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Knitting Hippie

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  1. There is a back-to-school commercial for Academy Sports that grates on my last nerve: A mom is conducting a press conference and announces she's picked Academy for her kids shoes. Reporters start firing questions and she answers the "was convenience a factor?" question by saying "I'm a mom. At Academy I'm not waiting on some tweenager for sizes I already know I need" 1. Tweenagers are ages 8 to 12. And she says “tweenager" like they are detestable. Mom, you do realize your special snowflakes will be tweenagers someday too, right? 2. Hey, at least they have jobs and aren't in their parents basement playing video games and yelling for mom to bring them a sandwich. They are working, earning their own money and learning responsibility. Guess your crotchfruit won't ever have to do that, huh? I hope she goes to Academy and can't find the size she wants and can't find one of those awful 'tweens' to help her... https://ispot.tv/a/w2qY
  2. The inept kindergarten teacher: Exactly how common is it to book a kid *friendly* vacation and then suddenly switch to a kid *free* vacation? Kid friendly implies that kids will be accompanying you. So you're suddenly kicking said kids off the vacation? What a bitch.
  3. What irks me is that he sees his wife on the couch reading a book and orders her a laptop/tablet. She looked perfectly comfortable! Not everyone desires an electronic device to read a book....
  4. I was 13 in 1983 and am loving this nostalgia-fest as well! The prairie shirt Barb wore in the first episode was identical the one I had in 6th grade. As were the large frame glasses. Steve was wearing the every-kid-had-a-pair Nikes with the red swoosh in this one. Nancy's Trapper Keeper was just like mine too. The nods to E.T. and Poltergeist are plentiful. In this episode alone we had the guy tethered as he goes into the muck ala Mom with the rope going in to get CarolAnne. Joyce talking to Will is similar to the conversation between Mom and CarolAnne as well ("someone is in here with me"). I totally (fer shur) saw the dressing up of Elle as a nod to dressing up E.T....blonde wig and all.
  5. She drank water without boiling it, didn't feel good and decided she wasn't emotionally prepared. She tapped out on Day 2. And I ask again.....had she ever even seen the show before?? Sleep deprivation, hunger and an upset tummy are par for the course. I know that I become a blubbering mess if I don't sleep or don't feel good. So, you know what? I don't apply to be on the show.
  6. I just saw that commercial yesterday. I had hoped it had gone to where bad commercials go to die. Two other things that grate on my nerves.....1) any commercial where people are WAY too chipper for the subject matter. It's insurance. Wipe that perma-grin off your face. And, 2) the long pauses in between lines drives me nuts. After she says "we need to talk", the pause is so long that I wondered if he forgot his line. And that continues throughout the rest of the commercial.
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