Jamoche January 22, 2018 Share January 22, 2018 18 hours ago, chessiegal said: Who files a claim for a minor accident? Don't most policies have a $500 to $1,000 deductible? Ours do. When the Liberty Mutual idiot "taps" my bumper, damn straight I'm filing a claim. 4 Link to comment
Brattinella January 22, 2018 Share January 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Jamoche said: When the Liberty Mutual idiot "taps" my bumper, damn straight I'm filing a claim. *applause* 2 Link to comment
chessiegal January 22, 2018 Share January 22, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jamoche said: When the Liberty Mutual idiot "taps" my bumper, damn straight I'm filing a claim. I was referring to me being the cause, like backing into a light pole (or bumping into something at a drive-thru). Someone else at fault is a whole other story. It's their insurance that pays, not mine. Edited January 22, 2018 by chessiegal 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour January 22, 2018 Share January 22, 2018 9 hours ago, ivygirl said: I don’t see 4 weeks without the family car as a horrific punishment... It’s a way of giving the kid a consequence and not letting him just think, “eh, the insurance will cover it, so no big deal.” Maybe he’ll be a little more careful with the family car next time, in other words. My guess is that if he were in a more serious accident, involving more damage and/or injury but no negligence (e.g., texting, drinking), he’d be a little more upset and the parents may not be as focused on a punishment. Yep. I think he should be restricted from the car for a while. When he gets to be able to drive it again he should use it to get him to and from his job so he can buy his own heap and get his own insurance. 1 Link to comment
InDueTime January 22, 2018 Share January 22, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 1:24 AM, backformore said: I don't get this one at all: They haven't been to the store in a while, so smelling the milk bottle makes them fall on their face? Fainting from hunger? if so, why does it happen as soon as they smell the milk bottle? or the milk is so old it's sour - but why would that make them fall down? Also, that milk carton is obviously empty. Yet, everyone keeps smelling it, and no one is throwing it away. Link to comment
peacheslatour January 23, 2018 Share January 23, 2018 OMG, the one for Laser Spine Surgery. Various people talk about their experiences getting their backs fixed and there is one woman who is practically in tears. "It was like the heavens had opened up and I could live again" she whines. If she feels so damn much better, why is she crying about it? 2 Link to comment
Moose135 January 23, 2018 Share January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, peacheslatour said: If she feels so damn much better, why is she crying about it? They're tears of joy, of course! ;-) 2 Link to comment
Silver Raven January 23, 2018 Share January 23, 2018 Huggies is running ads telling us to unswaddle our babies and put them into their Huggies diapers. I thought swaddling was the in thing. 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour January 23, 2018 Share January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Silver Raven said: Huggies is running ads telling us to unswaddle our babies and put them into their Huggies diapers. I thought swaddling was the in thing. We were told to do it by the hospital over thirty years ago, so I don't think it's new. Link to comment
janie jones January 24, 2018 Share January 24, 2018 I don't understand. Babies need to be wearing a diaper when they're swaddled, so why does it have to be one or the other? Link to comment
mythoughtis January 24, 2018 Share January 24, 2018 Regarding the grounding... my son was grounded for his car accident because he wasn’t where he was supposed to be when he had said accident. I assumed the commercial was implying the teen had done something stupid. 2 Link to comment
tanyak January 24, 2018 Share January 24, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 11:09 AM, mojoween said: I just saw the ad a little bit ago and I agree. This means that Chevy did some research on the “real people” they used for their ads. What kinds of questions could they have possibly asked that would get them to the end game of finding far away relatives? That's a good point. I actually really like the second half of the commercial because the "real people" seem genuinely surprised to see their relatives, especially the black woman who is almost stunned silent when she sees the older woman sitting there. It almost makes up for the first half of the ad, which is the typical nonsense blubbering about how it looks like a luxury vehicle. Look, if someone gave me a Traverse, I would take the keys and say "thank you." But I'm under no illusions that it's some super-fancy ride. Link to comment
Amethyst January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 I find the KFC commercials kind of confusing. It's cool that Reba McIntyre is doing the Colonel, but the moment you get used to one, they switch it up again. Weren't they trying them out longer before, like a month at a time? 1 Link to comment
Silver Raven January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Amethyst said: I find the KFC commercials kind of confusing. It's cool that Reba McIntyre is doing the Colonel, but the moment you get used to one, they switch it up again. Weren't they trying them out longer before, like a month at a time? The switch Colonels when they start flogging a different product. 6 Link to comment
Amethyst January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 25 minutes ago, Silver Raven said: The switch Colonels when they start flogging a different product. Oh, is that it? I rarely go to KFC anymore so I didn't know they were pushing new products. Still tastes like fried chicken skin with a sliver of actual meat. 1 Link to comment
Haleth January 29, 2018 Share January 29, 2018 I think I read they switch colonels every 6 months. Link to comment
funky-rat January 30, 2018 Share January 30, 2018 On 12/18/2017 at 1:15 PM, Sandman87 said: Like "Lust for Life" in a cruise-line commercial, ferinstance? Or "Every Day Is Like Sunday" for the NFL, or "Here Come The Hotstepper" for back to school shoe shopping........ On 12/19/2017 at 6:58 PM, chessiegal said: What's the deal with WiFi on GM vehicles? Do you have to pay a monthly fee like in-home WiFi? And whatever happened to On Star? I use my phone for directions sometimes and have to use my cellular data to do it. I'm guessing the few times I do that would not be worth WiFi in my car, Yes. My Sonic is it's own Wi-Fi Hotspot. I pay $10/mo for 2 gigs, I think. We mainly do it in case we're out somewhere and we're in a dead zone with our phones (which does happen occasionally). The WiFi in the car is really good - it's linked in with the On-Star (which is still around). On 1/2/2018 at 10:48 PM, Phebemarie said: I binged watched the Kids' Baking Championship repeats on New Years' Day and saw a cereal commercial that seemed more inspired by Hannibal Lecter than Captain Crunch. The animated spot featured golden, square-shaped cereals dancing around, seemingly in a party mood. One of the cereal notices its companion and eats it. When a second square be-bops in, the cannibalistic cereal finishes it off, too. Very unsettling. Yeah, the Cinnamon Toast Crunch squares have been cannibals for years now. So stupid. On 1/3/2018 at 10:31 PM, chessiegal said: This 67 year old does. I've been lusting after one for years. We have a walk in shower which I miss when we travel and am stuck with a tub/shower combo. It's hard to get in and out of for these old bones. We have a regular whirlpool tub, and I am seriously considering replacing it with a heated walk in tub. My old arthritic bones would love it. I have a roll-in shower at my house. The elderly woman who owned it prior to us was in a wheelchair, and my arthritis having self loves it. The only downside is that it's not hard to move the curtain wrong, and get water all over the place. I would LOVE a walk-in tub. From what I understand, they drain really quickly. 2 Link to comment
janie jones January 31, 2018 Share January 31, 2018 Doesn't how quickly they drain depend on the plumbing? 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind January 31, 2018 Share January 31, 2018 Maybe when they install it, they replace all your pipes with bigger ones all the way to the sewer junction. Just how expensive IS this? Link to comment
chessiegal January 31, 2018 Share January 31, 2018 I've never seen a price for one - if you go to the web sites they tell you to call a number to get a price. I have seen ads that say, buy now and we'll give you a $1,500 discount, so they must be pricey. I've thought about going to a bath remodeling showroom and seeing if they could retrofit my whirlpool tub with a heater so the water stays hot. Considering we've been here 7 years, I obviously don't care that much. Link to comment
LoneHaranguer January 31, 2018 Share January 31, 2018 15 hours ago, janie jones said: Doesn't how quickly they drain depend on the plumbing? Not if it has a holding tank. The one in the ad I've been seeing looks like it has room for one, so it could pump the water out of the tub and let you get out in almost no time, even if it's going to take several minutes for all of the water to make it to the sewer line. 1 Link to comment
janie jones January 31, 2018 Share January 31, 2018 6 hours ago, LoneHaranguer said: Not if it has a holding tank. The one in the ad I've been seeing looks like it has room for one, so it could pump the water out of the tub and let you get out in almost no time, even if it's going to take several minutes for all of the water to make it to the sewer line. That's what my husband suggested, but then we were wondering who has room in their bathroom to hold a bathtub-sized tank? Link to comment
millennium February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 I just saw a spot for Beneful dog food. Why is it that whenever there's a talking dog in a commercial, he almost always has a male voice? 3 Link to comment
smittykins February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 Because all dogs are boys, and all cats are girls? (At least I thought so as a kid.) 18 Link to comment
janie jones February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 My guess is that's exactly why. Except poodles, which seem to always be girls. 8 Link to comment
bad things are bad February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 Quote Because all dogs are boys, and all cats are girls? ? 13 Link to comment
millennium February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 4 hours ago, smittykins said: Because all dogs are boys, and all cats are girls? (At least I thought so as a kid.) I think you have identified the operative delusion, but it's kind of mind-blowing when you consider all the advertising dollars spent over the years to perpetuate an infantile and sexist fantasy. Men are dogs: slobbering, goofy and always hungry. Women are cats: sleek, finicky, and predatory. 4 Link to comment
Silver Raven February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 6 hours ago, smittykins said: Because all dogs are boys, and all cats are girls? (At least I thought so as a kid.) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FemaleFelineMaleMutt 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 2, 2018 Share February 2, 2018 Garfield's male, too. And while boy dogs played the part, Lassie's a girl. 1 Link to comment
knitorpurl February 3, 2018 Share February 3, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 3:13 PM, Silver Raven said: Huggies is running ads telling us to unswaddle our babies and put them into their Huggies diapers. I thought swaddling was the in thing. I believe this is a dig at Pampers since their newborn diapers are called 'swaddlers'. 3 Link to comment
mojoween February 3, 2018 Share February 3, 2018 Contrave is some new snake oil that apparently controls your cravings so you lose weight and it’s a combination of Naltrexone and Bupropion. Now I fully understand that medications can have alternate uses or benefits previously unknown (hello Viagra) but how is half depression medication supposed to help you stop eating? And how come I still want to snack on everything in sight even though I’m taking Wellbutrin? 3 Link to comment
smittykins February 3, 2018 Share February 3, 2018 Sabra hummus commercial(paraphrased): Snacking like teenagers who overturned a vending machine? Is that who we are?" To which I reply, "HELL YES!" Link to comment
Qoass February 5, 2018 Share February 5, 2018 I found the Super Bowl ad for Diet Coke Mango to be kind of disturbing: the woman in it is so painfully skinny I kept expecting a health care worker from an eating disorder program to rush into the frame and slap the can from her hand and replace it with a hearty sandwich. 8 Link to comment
HighMaintenance February 5, 2018 Share February 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, Qoass said: I found the Super Bowl ad for Diet Coke Mango to be kind of disturbing: the woman in it is so painfully skinny I kept expecting a health care worker from an eating disorder program to rush into the frame and slap the can from her hand and replace it with a hearty sandwich. Same. I thought, "Stop dancing, you might fall and snap those toothpick legs in half!" 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour February 5, 2018 Share February 5, 2018 Hey HighMaintenance, are you the one that told us about darkshadowseveryday.com? If so I'd like to thank you, it's gotten me through some long boring winter days. Link to comment
mojoween February 5, 2018 Share February 5, 2018 I was reading an article about last night’s ads and I’m confused about Hyundai’s ad. People are going through airport security, and when they drop Hyundai car keys in the bucket, the scanner lights up a heart and the people are brought back to what looks like an interrogation room. Then they are told a heart-warming story about Hyundai donating to sick kids. At the end, the kids come out and hug the Hyundai owners. The logistics of this have me literally scratching my head. Do the sick kids just hang around the airport just hoping a Hyundai owner comes through? I hope the people going through security have a lot of time before their flight, since they have to listen to the video and then meet the people. And I’m glad Hyundai donates to worthy causes, but I’m not sure why accosting your owners is helpful. I just think it was an odd ad and doesn’t make me want to buy a Hyundai. I donate to whom I want to donate. I hated the Coke ad because a. it’s Coke, b. it’s Mango and not that exciting and c. it was way too freaking long. 7 Link to comment
xaxat February 5, 2018 Share February 5, 2018 The Hyundai ad featured people going through Super Bowl security and was originally going to air real time. I would have made that ad a disaster had they picked me. I paid thousands of dollars to get in, just want to get to my seat and order a twenty dollar beer and security selects me for extra vetting? I would have been looking to fight someone. And even heartwarming tales probably wouldn't get my blood pressure back down. 9 Link to comment
Eliot February 5, 2018 Share February 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, mojoween said: I was reading an article about last night’s ads and I’m confused about Hyundai’s ad. People are going through airport security, and when they drop Hyundai car keys in the bucket, the scanner lights up a heart and the people are brought back to what looks like an interrogation room. Then they are told a heart-warming story about Hyundai donating to sick kids. At the end, the kids come out and hug the Hyundai owners. The logistics of this have me literally scratching my head. Do the sick kids just hang around the airport just hoping a Hyundai owner comes through? I hope the people going through security have a lot of time before their flight, since they have to listen to the video and then meet the people. And I’m glad Hyundai donates to worthy causes, but I’m not sure why accosting your owners is helpful. I just think it was an odd ad and doesn’t make me want to buy a Hyundai. I donate to whom I want to donate. Seriously! First of all, getting pulled out of the security line and dragged into that little room is fucking TERRIFYING for people! Second of all, maybe these folks just want to get to their flights, or stop and have a bite to eat, or go to the bathroom or something. Let them be! 5 Link to comment
Ubiquitous February 7, 2018 Share February 7, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 7:28 AM, millennium said: I just saw a spot for Beneful dog food. Why is it that whenever there's a talking dog in a commercial, he almost always has a male voice? "What did that bitch in the dogfood commercial say?" ? 2 Link to comment
bad things are bad February 7, 2018 Share February 7, 2018 Quote Why is it that whenever there's a talking dog in a commercial, he almost always has a male voice? I refer you to my previous post Link to comment
LilWharveyGal February 7, 2018 Share February 7, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 9:21 AM, Qoass said: I found the Super Bowl ad for Diet Coke Mango to be kind of disturbing: the woman in it is so painfully skinny I kept expecting a health care worker from an eating disorder program to rush into the frame and slap the can from her hand and replace it with a hearty sandwich. Everything about that ad was awkward and un-aesthetically pleasing...and yet it's the only one that worked on me. *Sips Diet Coke Mango and hangs head in shame* 1 Link to comment
mojoween February 8, 2018 Share February 8, 2018 (edited) WTF does “today’s a Daisy for cottage cheese” mean? Edited February 8, 2018 by mojoween 3 Link to comment
Brattinella February 8, 2018 Share February 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, mojoween said: WTF does “today’s a Daisy for cottage cheese” mean? The only thing I can think of is "Do a dollop of Daisy" which is sour cream. Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 8, 2018 Share February 8, 2018 I just saw that ad for Daisy Cottage Cheese, too. I don't get it - she's got a bowlful of the stuff, with berries all around the edge and she picks up the strawberry to dip/eat. She doesn't have enough berries to use all of that cottage cheese. Shouldn't she have a spoon or something? And I didn't know you made lasagna with cottage cheese. But at least it's got normal ingredients - no carrageenan, guar gum, etc. - in it. 1 Link to comment
Jamoche February 8, 2018 Share February 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, mojoween said: WTF does “today’s a Daisy for cottage cheese” mean? Riffing off "doozy"? 1 Link to comment
chessiegal February 8, 2018 Share February 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said: I just saw that ad for Daisy Cottage Cheese, too. I don't get it - she's got a bowlful of the stuff, with berries all around the edge and she picks up the strawberry to dip/eat. She doesn't have enough berries to use all of that cottage cheese. Shouldn't she have a spoon or something? And I didn't know you made lasagna with cottage cheese. But at least it's got normal ingredients - no carrageenan, guar gum, etc. - in it. You must not watch Pioneer Woman if you didn't know you can make lasagna with cottage cheese. 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 8, 2018 Share February 8, 2018 <small voice> I've never heard of Pioneer Woman. </small voice> 4 Link to comment
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