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Ghost of TWOP Past
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"Constipation is all around. You just have to know where to look."  Why in god's name would I want to go looking for constipation? 

peacheslatour
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Were they out of Tide pods?

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Dolly Parton is a national treasure. She has donated millions and millions of dollars to charity and literacy programs. She's won just about every philanthropic award there is. I will die on this hill

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On ‎8‎/‎28‎/‎2016 at 2:53 AM, Jamoche said:

Although the ad came to my attention because of its annoyance factor, it's the question that it raised that brings me here: Do kids these days have any idea who the Flintstones are, or do they think they're like Tony the Tiger? The show ended when their grandparents were still children! It was in reruns when I was a kid but I haven't seen any trace of it in decades.

I ask myself a version of this question every time I see the Verizon ad featuring John McEnroe.  Do the millennials of today even know who McEnroe is and do they get the "Can you really see if it's in?" joke?

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theatremouse

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1 hour ago, Tunia said:

I ask myself a version of this question every time I see the Verizon ad featuring John McEnroe.  Do the millennials of today even know who McEnroe is and do they get the "Can you really see if it's in?" joke?

If they follow tennis at all they do.

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bilgistic

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2 hours ago, Moose135 said:

Where are these women? Please, send me their numbers... ;-)

There's at least one in your city.

I kid! I'm only non-hideous on my best day. And you're familiar with my sparkling personality.

Wait, what's a "certain age"? I'll be 42 next month. I sometimes act 12, sometimes 72. I rarely feel certain.

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AuntiePam

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12 hours ago, bilgistic said:

There's at least one in your city.

 

My town is so small, we don't even have a grocery store.  But yeah, if the ads are true, there are gorgeous women looking for partners, careers in computer technology, and fresh food delivery right to the door! 

Now when I see the Viagra ads, I picture Trump looking for his next wife. 

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Jamoche

Jamoche

6 hours ago, SoSueMe said:

I missed this little gem. Must be regional? Deplorable, if you'll pardon the expression, lol.

Peter Popoff has been infesting the fringes of late-night TV for decades. He's most notorious for having "miracle cures" happen in his audience where the supposedly cured people were healthy plants, and having "divine revelations" that he was actually getting over the radio from cohorts, back before tiny headsets were so ubiquitous that you'd suspect that immediately. Yes, like in Leverage with the "psychic".

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ivygirl

ivygirl

On 9/11/2016 at 7:52 AM, Stacey1014 said:

I really want to like the Secret commercial with the young girl preparing to ask her boss for a raise, but was it necessary to dress her as a cross between a mousy unpolished equivalent of Clark Kent and someone who should be on What Not to Wear?  If she's going to talk to the bigwigs, shouldn't she look a bit more put together?

This ad bugs me too--for the reasons you mention AND for her demeanor. Understandably she'd be nervous. It's a realistic situation. But this particular actress, with her ill-fitting glasses and not-so-powerful power suit, comes across as *flaky* and inexperienced. The kind of person who'd go to a boss and say "Um, boss, I know I've been here, like, six months, but don't you, like, um, think I should be a MANAGER now? I mean, I like, show up on time and everything." 

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peacheslatour

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13 hours ago, Jamoche said:

Peter Popoff has been infesting the fringes of late-night TV for decades. He's most notorious for having "miracle cures" happen in his audience where the supposedly cured people were healthy plants, and having "divine revelations" that he was actually getting over the radio from cohorts, back before tiny headsets were so ubiquitous that you'd suspect that immediately. Yes, like in Leverage with the "psychic".

Oh, I just love Leverage! I binge watch it every Sunday.

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

I can't find the ad online, but there's a commercial for something called HomeChef.com, where a couple is having a mild argument because the guy is wearing one of those tall white chef's hats. His wife/girlfriend is telling him that he isn't a chef, even though he's been cooking what she admits are "delicious meals". He leaves the room in a mini-sulk, and his hat falls off because it catches the top of the doorjamb. He calls back, "Could you pick that up for me, babe?" and the ad ends.

I'm not sure what their disagreement is about. Do chefs not follow recipes, which is what Commercial!Guy had been doing? Don't they get the ingredients delivered to their restaurant or whatever? Because Commercial!Woman says he'd been getting the food delivered to their apartment before he, y'know, fixed it for dinner? The argument wasn't the usual ad-type thing, where the man is obviously a bumbling idiot, but I still don't get why they're disagreeing.

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theatremouse

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I haven't seen but I'm pretty sure that's just a Blue Apron clone. So the whole point is they send you ingredients preportioned for the exact recipes they give you. So yeah, he cooked it. He is not the "chef" in the sense that it is not his recipe. Chefs do work off recipes, but they wrote 'em. They often hone their own so their staff make their food the way they want it done. Someone who successfully executes someone else's dishes is a cook. Plus a chef runs a kitchen specifically. It's an in-charge title, not just a skill title. So if he decided because he can follow someone else's recipe successfully that makes him a chef, she's right to call him on his pretentiousness? Ish? You said it was a mild argument so I'll call that fair.

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Prevailing Wind

Prevailing Wind

Rachael Ray once said (and I paraphrase due to faulty memory) "A chef went to school. A cook didn't." My SIL's dad was an executive chef. When I met him, he was working in a hotel on Miami Beach. He *did* wear that chef's toque.

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Oh, I just love Leverage! I binge watch it every Sunday.

When I was on vacation in May, I saw a guy that reminded me of Eliot. I thought, "I need to watch my Leverage DVDs when I get home."  That night, in the hotel in York, PA, some channel was having a Leverage Marathon. I was very happy. (Since Leverage was cancelled, I cancelled my cable, so I don't get those odd channels anymore.) I binge-watch my Nero Wolfe DVDs, too. Love me some Tim Hutton.

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Jamoche

Jamoche

Woman is singing along to her car radio. Suddenly she's having an extremely vivid daydream about singing on an American Idol knockoff - so vivid that she doesn't even notice the car she's approaching until her car's collision alert comes on. Seriously? Who daydreams *that* vividly? And if they do, why do they think it's a good idea to do so in a car? How did they survive to adulthood?

If this is the future of driver-assist/"autopilot" drivers, count me out.

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friendperidot

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I slept most of the afternoon, have an infection and low grade fever, so maybe I was hallucinating. But I saw an ad for some cup like thing that women put on their mouths to make their lips puffier/fuller - not exactly sure, I had been asleep. I guess it was some kind of suction thing, but it came in 3 sizes, small medium and large. Maybe I was hallucinating.

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erikdepressant

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19 hours ago, forumfish said:

friendperidot, I'm sorry you're sick! I just HAD to do a search -- is this what you saw? Bizarre.

http://fullips.com/

That same site offers Nexsey, which you can use to tape your neck wrinkles back.  I'm sure it's reliable for hours, no matter what you're doing.

As far as Fullips... using suction to increase the fullness of soft tissue... no comment.

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Prevailing Wind

Prevailing Wind

I've seen an ad for those VR phones you strap to you head featuring a young woman on a bus.  JUST what a woman alone needs - something to block out ANYTHING that's going on in real life around her.  That creep who just wrapped his hands around your neck?  Too bad you didn't see him coming, isn't it?

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SpikeGal

SpikeGal

On ‎9‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 1:13 PM, bilgistic said:

Those commercials have been on TV for YEARS. Ask me how I feel about religion.

Please don't paint ALL religion with the same color!! I garentee you that Lutherans would NEVER EVER participate in this!

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SpikeGal

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On ‎9‎/‎6‎/‎2016 at 8:14 PM, Brattinella said:

The new Domino's ad with the "Dictator" who is insisting on salad, like it is her DUE?  Like everyone else will of COURSE agree that they are getting salad?  Yikes.

Yeah, I hate that one too. I also hate how HER OWN PARENTS just sigh and fall on the couch like, "Oh not again! Now we have to get salad!" Uh...no, you don't! Who are the parents here? She sounds like a spoiled brat with her, "No, I love salad! We're getting salad!" If I were there I'd be like, "We have lettuce, tomatos, carrots, hard boiled eggs in the kitchen, make your own! WE'RE having pizza!"

 

I like the other one better, where the salesman basically chides the salad loving Mom right in her ear. 'Eat a pizza once in a while!"

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SpikeGal

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On ‎7‎/‎13‎/‎2016 at 5:13 PM, callmebetty said:

And surprise surprise it's all WOMEN who are using or should use the product. Also the Male doctor who gives it to a female patient. Fuck that. No more having to be silicone skinned ,hairless, even toned dolls, in every orifice and exterior portion of one's body.

Murr from Impractical Jokers once bought that on the show and tried to use it!

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SmithW6079

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On 9/19/2016 at 3:39 AM, SpikeGal said:

Yeah, I hate that one too. I also hate how HER OWN PARENTS just sigh and fall on the couch like, "Oh not again! Now we have to get salad!" Uh...no, you don't! Who are the parents here? She sounds like a spoiled brat with her, "No, I love salad! We're getting salad!" If I were there I'd be like, "We have lettuce, tomatos, carrots, hard boiled eggs in the kitchen, make your own! WE'RE having pizza!"

She's a special little snowflake who was no doubt helicopter parented. Ma and Pa have no one but themselves to blame for creating a monster. Wait until they're old and she sticks them in a nursing home, but not the nice one, and never visits because she has her own life to live and that doesn't include taking care of a couple of old people.

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SpikeGal

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4 hours ago, SmithW6079 said:

She's a special little snowflake who was no doubt helicopter parented. Ma and Pa have no one but themselves to blame for creating a monster. Wait until they're old and she sticks them in a nursing home, but not the nice one, and never visits because she has her own life to live and that doesn't include taking care of a couple of old people.

And if you notice, she has such a big stepford smile on her face when she says that as well, like she automatically knows that they're gonna go along with what she says no matter what. Also her tone of voice when  she says, "We're getting salad!" like it's all been decided already.

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SpikeGal

SpikeGal

I can't even fathom why anyone would want a salad over pizza anyway! Well...maybe if you're on a strict diet.. or you're a vegan.

And it's not like salad is all that hard to make! Just get some lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, boil some eggs, chop them up into a bowl, toss them, and bingo, ya got a salad! Go make your own, you love salad so much!

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backformore

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I can't even fathom why anyone would want a salad over pizza anyway! Well...maybe if you're on a strict diet.. or you're a vegan.

Lactose intolerance, calorie control,  or wanting some fiber in your diet. 

We usually get a salad and pizza to split, it makes for a more balanced meal.  All pizza places near me sell salad.  Yeah, salad is easy to make - if you have all the ingredients ready. 

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peacheslatour

peacheslatour

10 hours ago, backformore said:

Lactose intolerance, calorie control,  or wanting some fiber in your diet. 

We usually get a salad and pizza to split, it makes for a more balanced meal.  All pizza places near me sell salad.  Yeah, salad is easy to make - if you have all the ingredients ready. 

There used to be a Shakey's (anybody remember them?) across from where I worked and they had a fantastic salad bar that was all you can eat. I still make salads at home based off of what I used to get at Shakey's.

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Moose135

Moose135

1 hour ago, peacheslatour said:

There used to be a Shakey's (anybody remember them?)

We never had them in NY, but I remember going to Shakey's a number of times while on vacations with the family to California in the 1970s.

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