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#34205 07/12/01 03:38 AM
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During the All-Star Game "that soda" unfurled a multinational "multilingual" Whattsuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! commercial...dumbest thing I ever saw! Give us a break already! Grrrr!


#34206 07/12/01 05:56 AM
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How about the automobile commercial that boasts an "impressive lease" deal, and prints it on the screen (I believe the law says they have to) for a duration that only speed readers who watch TV through a magnifying glass could read. I believe the spirit of that "law" was lost in the translation.


#34207 07/13/01 08:29 PM
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ONe of my plastic providers is called Egg, and they send me boring emails with stupid offers. They eggshelled themselves today with this headline:

Win TANK DRIVING + £100 of underwear : Fri 13.7.01

On that cheerful thought, I depart for a week in murky Manchester


#34208 07/16/01 01:37 AM
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Win TANK DRIVING + £100 of underwear
Sweet mav, does that mean that to enter the contest, you have to drive a tank in your underwear? Woo-hoo! (If it does, can we see a piccie?


#34209 07/16/01 02:52 AM
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So, Vernon, are you refering to the Hari Seldon that wears "Foundation" garments? You sly dog.

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#34210 07/16/01 03:01 AM
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In reply to:

So, Vernon, are you refering to the Hari Seldon that wears "Foundation" garments?



Of course. That's why I thanked Faldage for his tactful correction of my incorrect spelling.


#34211 07/20/01 10:53 PM
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I just received an idiotic advertisement by e-mail. This is a little long, but very funny. At least I thought so.

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#34212 07/20/01 11:35 PM
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Rapunzel,

it lost a lot in the translation, eh?


#34213 07/22/01 10:37 PM
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Kind of an ad on a sign in front of a construction site:

"New office environment for Clarica"

Clarica is an insurance company whose ads emphasize word play with Clarity/Clarica.

Environment? Clarity? I think they just needed to fill the rest of the white space on the sign.


Carpe whatever


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#34214 07/23/01 02:05 AM
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solrep, nice to have you back, Sweetie. Missed you.
Just five more posts, and you'll no longer be a stranger.


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