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Didymus, could you STOP making such a big deal about getting on the top of the page? It's getting pretty annoying.

I agree with the whole Tobacco issue, Megaproto. No offense to anyone who does smoke with pride, but it does sound pretty shameful for tobacco companies to promote a product that might kill the consumer.

UPDATE: Phillip Morris, the like second or third largest tobbaco company, has information on its website on HOW TO QUIT SMOKING!
How ironic is that??

Snickers- These things are just...ughhh...they taste terrible. The commercials are even more pathetic! They show that you'll be lazy and have weird judgement if you don't eat those frikin' bars? Man, those guys will do anything to get people to eat their stuff! The only thing to snicker about is how bad these things are! I think I'll do it now! Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh!

Ok... those stickers that girls put all over crap in school that usually say stuff along the lines of "I would talk to you, but then I might catch your stupid"... these chicks, I could swear they have $80 worth of unfunny stickers all over their school supplies...
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And Tobacco companies... Im not even getting started on those buttwipes

The most hilarious commercial of the low-carb genre is one of the Atkins commercials that features a testimonial by a professional women's basketball player. Now, anybody who has ever been any sort of athlete can tell you: a low carb-diet is suicide for an athlete. Carbs = energy, and without energy an athlete cannot perform. I don't know what they were thinking..

What about those miracle drugs they advertise on TV? Someone speaks in a nice, smooth voice, "Doxodyl. It'll cure every single problem you have. Just ask your doctor." Then the same person talks at about 900 mph describing all the side effects: "Possiblesideeffectsincludelossofscalpcoloncancerheadachesnausiavomitingulcersappendicitisheartattacks
highbloodpressureurinaryinfectionsbreastcancerandtuburculosis. Doxodylshouldnotbetakenifyouarebetweentheagesof2and85." In other words, if you use their drug, you're probably going to die from it. And all this just to keep your hair from falling out!

Possible side effects include loss of scalp, colon cancer, headaches, nausea, vomiting, ulcers, appendicitis, heart attacks, high blood pressure, urinary infections, breast cancer, and tuberculosis. Doxodyl should not be taken if you are between the ages of 2 and 85.

...You should never associate your product, especially food, with a disgusting ad campaign. I remember a couple of years ago, when I watched a lot more television, a commercial they had about some guy whose dog stole part of his sandwich, and the guy steals the quizno's sub back from the dog and eats it anyway...

"Quizno's! So good, even with dog spit! Try our ranch dressing!"

Ewww, I just grossed myself out...

...P.S. You get the same effect from eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke.

Hey, I have a product that I dislike...

This freakin' Pentium III HP computer that keeps crashing on me!

I think I need a new battery.
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Coffee- OK, this stuff tastes like crap! I mean, really! I think they just crapped and put it in the blender! It's even brown like crap! I mean, you have to resort to that junk when you've gotten 8 minutes of sleep? I would much rather prefer soda for a source of caffeine! The only good thing about this crap is that we have no cranky adults!

I like Snickers too. It's made of pretty generic candy bar stuff...chocolate, peanuts, and caramel.

...Firefox- Well, duh! This is the best browser EVER! Skinable.

Internet Explorer- Meh. Blech. Eeww. Gross. Not very customizable.

Netscape (7.2)- Eeew. Almost as bad as IE.

Opera (Free)- Gotta hate that frickin' ad.

My IE 2- Who the crap uses this?

Author:	Didymus [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:13 pm ]
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My brother has Jack Russells. Here is my description of a Jack: take the most yappy, hyperactive dog you can think of, then feed it a crapload of coffee. That's what Jack Russells are like. For hyperactive dogs, they are pretty smart. I've been able to teach them words. One time, my brother and his wife left them at my mom's house for vacation for a week. By the time they got back, I had taught them the word "critter," which for them means plush toy. I'd say the word, and immediately one of them would bring me a stuffed animal to play fetch or tug-of-war with them. Ooh, TOTPD AND 150th Posts on the Thread!

Author:	Ingiald The Ill [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:49 pm ]
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Didymus, could you STOP making such a big deal about getting on the top of the page? It's getting pretty annoying. Anyway, my dogs also know words. I swear that they recognize the word "Pizza", because whenever someone says it, they come running. (Not that they get any) As for stupid commercials, you should see the one for Cambells. I mean, why would that guy be so desperate for the last can, if he obviously has access to a neverending source? It just goes to show, common sense isn't all that common.

Author:	Tom [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:59 pm ]
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Ingiald The Ill wrote: Didymus, could you STOP making such a big deal about getting on the top of the page? It's getting pretty annoying. Looks like you missed the memo on that one.

Author:	fahooglewitz1077 [ Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:58 pm ]
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Strong Lad wrote: I agree with the whole Tobacco issue, Megaproto. No offense to anyone who does smoke with pride, but it does sound pretty shameful for tobacco companies to promote a product that might kill the consumer. UPDATE: Phillip Morris, the like second or third largest tobbaco company, has information on its website on HOW TO QUIT SMOKING! How ironic is that?? The directions to quit smoking must be like: 1. Insert Phillip Morris Cigarette in mouth. 2. Find a lighter. 3. Light cigarette. 4. Smoke. Also, visit Shards O' Glass.com a fake website by the American Legacy Foundation, which does not believe that a tobbaco company should release information on how to quit [smoking].

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Sun Aug 15, 2004 11:16 pm ]
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fahooglewitz1077 wrote: UPDATE: Phillip Morris, the like second or third largest tobbaco company, has information on its website on HOW TO QUIT SMOKING! How ironic is that?? IIRC, this is part of the settlement for one of the many lawsuits they've been involved in. They run lots or radio ads, too.

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Author:	Didymus [ Sun Aug 15, 2004 11:29 pm ]
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Hey, I was celebrating a TOTPD AND a 150th post. And I'm not the one who started it.

Author:	Shopiom [ Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:37 am ]
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Coffee- OK, this stuff tastes like crap! I mean, really! I think they just crapped and put it in the blender! It's even brown like crap! I mean, you have to resort to that junk when you've gotten 8 minutes of sleep? I would much rather prefer soda for a source of caffeine! The only good thing about this crap is that we have no cranky adults! Count Chocola- What the crap is up with this stuff? They only sell it around Halloween, and there's been like 3 other cereals made from it! Oh, and the commercials! Now, how fake is that vampire accent? HOW FRIKIN' FAKE? And, the marshmallows! Why put marshmallows in cereal? Just why? Cereal with marshmallows in it usually tastes sucky. I mean, everyone's gonna eat the marshmallows and leave the actual cereal never to be digested! Snickers- These things are just...ughhh...they taste terrible. The commercials are even more pathetic! They show that you'll be lazy and have weird judgement if you don't eat those frikin' bars? Man, those guys will do anything to get people to eat their stuff! The only thing to snicker about is how bad these things are! I think I'll do it now! Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh! HAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHA! HA! Ha. OK, got a little crazy there, but you get my point.

Author:	ThatGoblin [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:57 am ]
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Shopiom wrote: Snickers- These things are just...ughhh...they taste terrible. The commercials are even more pathetic! They show that you'll be lazy and have weird judgement if you don't eat those frikin' bars? Man, those guys will do anything to get people to eat their stuff! The only thing to snicker about is how bad these things are! I think I'll do it now! Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh! They should do one about eating a snickers and becoming emporer of the world. Or maybe throwing one in the pool and becoming rich and famous.

Author:	M.J [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:30 am ]
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G'day mates.... (Ok, so no one in Australia says that..) I was just wondering if you have Vegemite in America and if you eat it or not. If you don't, then you are really missing out on something. - M.J -[/url][/quote]

Author:	M.J [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:34 am ]
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G'day Mates! .... (Ok, so no one in Australia says that...) I was just wondering if you have Vegemite in America and if you eat it or not. If you don't, then you're really missing out on something. - M.J - "she's some kind of bird reptile..."

Author:	Shopiom [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:17 pm ]
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Looks like someone double posted!

Author:	ThatGoblin [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:29 pm ]
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Is vegimite real? I thought it was just a fake food in a cartoon! What does it taste like?

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:30 pm ]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite

Author:	woddfellow2 [ Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:24 pm ]
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MegaProto wrote: Ok... those stickers that girls put all over crap in school that usually say stuff along the lines of "I would talk to you, but then I might catch your stupid"... these chicks, I could swear they have $80 worth of unfunny stickers all over their school supplies... ... And Tobacco companies... Im not even getting started on those buttwipes Not to be discrimatory, but: Yes, apparrently those girls don't understand that stupidity is not a virus. Stupidity is a lack of education that is not achieved via contagious virii. (Are they reading this?) Not only that, but stupid is an ADJECTIVE, not a noun. The noun version is "stupidity". They sound like Homsar when they say that. [:homsar:]DaAaAaAaA, I might catch your stupid~![/:homsar:] I hate tobacco. It is bad for your health and it doesn't look that cool. Yes, they are better off used as toilet paper. InterruptorJones wrote: The most hilarious commercial of the low-carb genre is one of the Atkins commercials that features a testimonial by a professional women's basketball player. Now, anybody who has ever been any sort of athlete can tell you: a low carb-diet is suicide for an athlete. Carbs = energy, and without energy an athlete cannot perform. I don't know what they were thinking.. Yes, I heard that low-carbohydrate (carb [sic] is a stupid term) diets can kill you. It has something to do with the heart. Didymus wrote: What about those miracle drugs they advertise on TV? Someone speaks in a nice, smooth voice, "Doxodyl. It'll cure every single problem you have. Just ask your doctor." Then the same person talks at about 900 mph describing all the side effects: "Possiblesideeffectsincludelossofscalpcoloncancerheadachesnausiavomitingulcersappendicitisheartattacks highbloodpressureurinaryinfectionsbreastcancerandtuburculosis. Doxodylshouldnotbetakenifyouarebetweentheagesof2and85." In other words, if you use their drug, you're probably going to die from it. And all this just to keep your hair from falling out! Translation: Announcer wrote: Possible side effects include loss of scalp, colon cancer, headaches, nausea, vomiting, ulcers, appendicitis, heart attacks, high blood pressure, urinary infections, breast cancer, and tuberculosis. Doxodyl should not be taken if you are between the ages of 2 and 85. lumberjack vegetable wrote: ...You should never associate your product, especially food, with a disgusting ad campaign. I remember a couple of years ago, when I watched a lot more television, a commercial they had about some guy whose dog stole part of his sandwich, and the guy steals the quizno's sub back from the dog and eats it anyway... "Quizno's! So good, even with dog spit! Try our ranch dressing!" Ewww, I just grossed myself out... LOL! ROTFL! AOL! PIMPL! Dog spit?! That's funny! Didymus wrote: ...P.S. You get the same effect from eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke. It seems to work for The Cheat, but not a human being. All we do is belch like crap. Little Mikey never exploded. I tried that trick myself, and I'm still here. Shopiom wrote: Snickers- These things are just...ughhh...they taste terrible. The commercials are even more pathetic! They show that you'll be lazy and have weird judgement if you don't eat those frikin' bars? Man, those guys will do anything to get people to eat their stuff! The only thing to snicker about is how bad these things are! I think I'll do it now! Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh! The only good use for them is dropping them in a swimming pool to make them think you crapped. [LAUGHS] lumberjack vegetable wrote: Hey, I have a product that I dislike... This freakin' Pentium III HP computer that keeps crashing on me! I think I need a new battery. ... Maybe it's just Windows. Try installing GNU/Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for business, Fedora Core for other use Mandrakelinux - User-friendly distro Debian - Not for newbies, but worth mentioning Linspire - Windoze-like user-friendly distro -- similar to Mandrakelinux Either that, or try buying a Macintosh.

Author:	StrongRad [ Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:29 am ]
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"Abba-Zabba, you my only friend" What about popular rap music (not talkin about real rap, just this MTV stuff)? I mean, all they do is rap about the stuff they have. I don't want to hear about 22 cars and a 4 million dollar home. I mean, having stuff doesn't mean that you should right a song about it. You don't hear Toby Keith singin about his pickup trucks and his dogs. Nor do you hear Gov't Mule sing about all the bassists they've had, and you certainly don't hear Velvet Revolver singing about all the empty liquor bottles Axel Rose left at their houses...

Author:	Strong Lad [ Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:02 am ]
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OK, this one may get me lynched by all of the ladeez on the forum, but I think it's worth the risk to explain something. It's an ad for a new car. A window cleaner is cleaning the windows of a house, when the ladder gives way, and he is left hanging by a windowsill. He cries out for help, and the lady of the house sees him hanging, and cries out "hold on!" She rushes downstairs, and then the window cleaner looks to see that she just moved her car away from his point of falling. She then gets out, and does nothing. My question is, is that funny because it's a MAN who is worth less than a car? What would happen if the roles were reversed? Then it would surely be campaigned against be various different feminist groups, to make it banned. Although in these times, men are becoming more and more redundant, it wouldn't hurt to appreciate that the door swings both ways, rather than women get special treatment. DISCLAIMER: I do not endorse, nor suggest an advertisement where the roles are indeed reversed, and neither would I find it funny. I am not demanding that the days of sexism against women be resurected, as I am not in any way chauvanistic. Some of my best friends are female, and I do not look down on them as inferior to my male friends, but neither do I look up at them as superior unless proven superior by behavioral traits and personality, which some have already done. All I am pointing out is that I wish for equal treatment of men and women, which was what the original campaigns by feminist groups were all about. Please don't flame me, please don't flame me, please don't flame me. This post is machine-washable.

Author:	TURKEY [ Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:10 pm ]
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Paper: Whats up with that?

Author:	StrongRad [ Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:18 am ]
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I'm boothered that Chevy had to pull the ad with the little kid fantisizing about driving a 'vette... An opponent to the ad said something to the extent of "Think about the children!! Do you think Chevrolet is going to care when a kid sees this and tries to drive their parents' cars?" Ok, I'm all about being safe and stuff. I mean we gotta have a certain amount of safety, but I think this is a bit of a stretch. If this ad would make a kid steal a parent's car, then we need to pull everything on TV containing cars!!

Author:	talkz2much [ Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:52 pm ]
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Shopiom wrote: Coffee- OK, this stuff tastes like crap! I mean, really! I think they just crapped and put it in the blender! It's even brown like crap! I mean, you have to resort to that junk when you've gotten 8 minutes of sleep? I would much rather prefer soda for a source of caffeine! The only good thing about this crap is that we have no cranky adults! I like coffee, and I'm not an adult. I used to hate it, but I developed a taste for it. Try it with sugar and creamer and all that good stuff. Shopiom wrote: Snickers- These things are just...ughhh...they taste terrible. The commercials are even more pathetic! They show that you'll be lazy and have weird judgement if you don't eat those frikin' bars? Man, those guys will do anything to get people to eat their stuff! The only thing to snicker about is how bad these things are! I think I'll do it now! Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh! HAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHA! HA! Ha. OK, got a little crazy there, but you get my point. I like Snickers too. It's made of pretty generic candy bar stuff...chocolate, peanuts, and caramel. Yes, I agree their commercials are a bit....stupid, but a lot are. Have you seen the new one about a guy becoming president because he ate Snickers? I thought that was pretty funny, but yeah....they make exaggerated commercials to grab your attention. If they just said "Eat Snickers because it's food," I doubt you'd be impressed.

Author:	ThatGoblin [ Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:55 pm ]
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What about those Skittles commercials? About this bird bringing this guy Skittles? And the one with the kids on a rainbow? Those are dumber than those Snickers.

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Thu Aug 26, 2004 10:55 pm ]
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talkz2much wrote: I like Snickers too. It's made of pretty generic candy bar stuff...chocolate, peanuts, and caramel. Don't forget the nougat! What the hell is nougat anyway? Oh, right.

Author:	ThatGoblin [ Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:20 pm ]
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MMmmmmm..... Nougat.... Abba-zabbas are so good....

Author:	TURKEY [ Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:36 pm ]
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I hate the commerical because of "Jumpin' Jack Flash". Skip the kid.

Author:	TURKEY [ Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:13 am ]
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Ummm...... My girlfriend and I once got in a fistfight over who got the last cup of coffee. Just wanted to change the subject from math & Jolt cola.

Author:	fahooglewitz1077 [ Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:11 pm ]
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WEB BROWSER TIME! Firefox- Well, duh! This is the best browser EVER! Skinable. Internet Explorer- Meh. Blech. Eeww. Gross. Not very customizable. Netscape (7.2)- Eeew. Almost as bad as IE. Opera (Free)- Gotta hate that frickin' ad. My IE 2- Who the crap uses this?

Author:	No Loafing [ Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:39 pm ]
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It's spyware time! Hotbar: Dag, yo I thought it'd be just a program to give you a fun toolbar for IE and lets you put stuff in you emails. But its a big spyware and the fun email ONLY WORKS IN OUTLOOK EXPRESS! OK, some other stuff. 2600 ET: OK, this atari game is SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (one hour later) O CRAPPY! I mean, you just wander! How fun is that?

Author:	lumberpeg vegeplank [ Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:49 pm ]
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I have a new least favorite commercial... The Sierra Mist Soda commercial that shows a bunch of bagpipers, and they are looking for some chap named "Wallace" and when the find him, he is..uh...getting blasted up his kilt with steam from a grate on the ground. You are left with the image of steam, which is most times a very hot thing, mind you, shoved up the...well you get my drift. The association between hot steamy ugly guy nether regions and cold lemon lime flavor are too hideous to imagine. I see this ad all the time! How much money did they spend in order to forever suspend my love for the taste of lemony sugar?!? That's just wrong, dad. Never were truer words spoken.

Author:	Didymus [ Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:14 pm ]
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Or how about the one where the guy jumps off the balcony and lands in my drinking water? I'm never eating in that restaurant again.

Author:	fahooglewitz1077 [ Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:04 am ]
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I've got a rant: this stupid LCD screen is so hard to see!!! Oh and... phpBB: This Open-Source is awesome. I'd love to have my own phpBB forum...but I don't have any MySQL databases....

Author:	woddfellow2 [ Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:23 am ]
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fahooglewitz1077 wrote: ...Firefox- Well, duh! This is the best browser EVER! Skinable. I agree. fahooglewitz1077 wrote: Internet Explorer- Meh. Blech. Eeww. Gross. Not very customizable. I agree. fahooglewitz1077 wrote: Netscape (7.2)- Eeew. Almost as bad as IE. I disagree. It's based on Mozilla, which is what with which Firefox is based. fahooglewitz1077 wrote: Opera (Free)- Gotta hate that frickin' ad. The browser is OK, but the ad sucks dust. fahooglewitz1077 wrote: My IE 2- Who the crap uses this? I agree.

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