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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that this is the wrong 470 page forum thread for you.  lol

Eliot
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Speaking of "awful and cruel" ads, the one for that home healthcare company, Brightstar I think it's called, makes me want to scream and throw things at the TV. It's narrated by a woman whose mother i

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I like Panera but I'm so sick of those damn commercials with everyone shoving food down their throats like it's their last meal. I'm beginning to wonder if people are taking cues from the ads, because when I go in there at lunchtime, people do seem to be eating like it is, indeed, their last meal.  I go for coffee now but seldom go there for lunch anymore.  

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TattleTeeny

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I was just at a completely sold out Ricky Martin concert and could not believe the shapeless shirts they were trying to sell for $45.  Umm, no, if I'm buying a concert tee shirt for $45 it had better accentuate the positives!  Thankfully sports teams have figured it out.

Can I just go off track for one more second? Recently, my BF decided to clean out his closet of T-shirts he was never going to fit in ever again and ones he didn't care much for anyway (I know, what a miracle in itself). Turns out, years ago, he must have borrowed a too-big one from me and hung on to it. Well, it was a Nirvana one from, like, 1992 maybe? He gave it to his 25-year-old coworker who adores Nirvana...as, like "classic rock," you guys (oy vey, I'm old), thinking I didn't want it because it was so huge. I panicked for a minute! My youth of yesterday...given to a youth of today! YIKES! (I let it go though; better for that guy to have it after all...I guess.)

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mmecorday

mmecorday

Hey, WW is paying Oprah a lot of dough to talk about how she can eat bread!

 

I watch a lot of nostalgia channels and they are famous for showing really cheaply made commercials. One is for some company that helps people with poor credit get better credit. It's on every commercial break. "So that you can get a new house, a new car, even a new job!" I think it's the announcer's voice that drives me batty, as well as the stock footage of people pulling their hair out as they're poring over their bills.

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LoneHaranguer

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I like Panera but I'm so sick of those damn commercials with everyone shoving food down their throats like it's their last meal.

Their ad agency must have noticed how many food commercials look like the actors can't wait to spit out the product after just nibbling at it.

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bad things are bad

Dear Subway. Even though I do enjoy a sandwich from you occasionally, your "Sub-mageddon" ads with the screeching "newscaster" need to go away. Like yesterday.

 

those ads remind me of Whose Line is This Anyway, where Colin Mochrie would be in front of a green screen and have to do a fake newscast without knowing what was showing behind him

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mansonlamps

Oh my God.  The toaster strudel woman is back.  Now with a girl.  "This moment is perfect in every way. Juuuuust like my kid. Gooey. Flakey. Happy. Toaster Strudel."  Gahh, I literally want to throat punch that woman her voice is so annoying.  Or beat her to death with a box of Toaster Strudel.  There is not a single commercial, and I am including the incredibly heartbreaking ASPCA one that makes me cry for an hour afterward if I accidentally see it, that makes me dive for my remote faster.  Honestly if I can't locate the remote fast enough I literally (yes!) run out of the room just so I don't have to hear her.  If I had to pinpoint it, I guess it's the quasi-sexy voice she is attempting to use while describing her kid eating.  Or something.  Blecch.

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mansonlamps

mansonlamps

 

Hey, WW is paying Oprah a lot of dough to talk about how she can eat bread!

 

And how stupid is the general public?  Hmm, let's pick the least successful dieter ever on the face of the planet earth ever and make her a spokesperson for Weight Watchers!  And watch the stock double!  Ha, no that won't happen because people realize that if Oprah could lose weight and keep it off she wouldn't need weight watchers, she's richer than God.  She has personal chefs and trainers, counting points isn't going to be her magic elixir....Oh, wait, oops.  Marketing genius, the public at it up....

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ari333

Oh my God.  The toaster strudel woman is back.  Now with a girl.  "This moment is perfect in every way. Juuuuust like my kid. Gooey. Flakey. Happy. Toaster Strudel."  Gahh, I literally want to throat punch that woman her voice is so annoying.  Or beat her to death with a box of Toaster Strudel.  There is not a single commercial, and I am including the incredibly heartbreaking ASPCA one that makes me cry for an hour afterward if I accidentally see it, that makes me dive for my remote faster.  Honestly if I can't locate the remote fast enough I literally (yes!) run out of the room just so I don't have to hear her.  If I had to pinpoint it, I guess it's the quasi-sexy voice she is attempting to use while describing her kid eating.  Or something.  Blecch.

 

Omg is that the one in which she says, "so sweet" about the child.... who is stuffing her mouth such that her mouth cannot contain all the strudel? Blecch indeed.

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Oh my God.  The toaster strudel woman is back.  Now with a girl.  "This moment is perfect in every way. Juuuuust like my kid. Gooey. Flakey. Happy. Toaster Strudel."  Gahh, I literally want to throat punch that woman her voice is so annoying.  Or beat her to death with a box of Toaster Strudel.  There is not a single commercial, and I am including the incredibly heartbreaking ASPCA one that makes me cry for an hour afterward if I accidentally see it, that makes me dive for my remote faster.  Honestly if I can't locate the remote fast enough I literally (yes!) run out of the room just so I don't have to hear her.  If I had to pinpoint it, I guess it's the quasi-sexy voice she is attempting to use while describing her kid eating.  Or something.  Blecch.

Oddly enough,  I have no problem hearing her voice but I get very annoyed that she isn't wiping the kid's mouth or telling the kid to wipe  her own mouth instead of reveling  in the mess. Sorry but  both mother and daughter are over the age   of three and should know better!

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peacheslatour

peacheslatour

Yes, Oprah, Im very glad you lost weight on WW even though you ate bread.  Yes, even ate bread EVERY DAY!  I believe you. Now, stop shouting about it, please.

I have a cat, who honest to dog, loves bread.  I mean she LOVES bread.  To the point where if I'm eating a piece of toast, a croissant or even a pancake (I don't use see-rup, only butter) she will practically crawl into my mouth to get at it.  We have changed her name to Oprah.

 

 

Oh my God.  The toaster strudel woman is back.  Now with a girl.

Not to be shallow, but that is one unattractive child.  If they're going to do a close-up on a kid cramming strudel into her gaping maw, it should at least be a cute kid.  JMHO

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SoSueMe

SoSueMe

I like Panera but I'm so sick of those damn commercials with everyone shoving food down their throats like it's their last meal. I'm beginning to wonder if people are taking cues from the ads, because when I go in there at lunchtime, people do seem to be eating like it is, indeed, their last meal.  I go for coffee now but seldom go there for lunch anymore.  

And the lilting, lovely and slightly superior tone of the female voice-over actress, I can't stand the pretentious little chick and I've never even met her. And that makes me feel bad about myself (but only a little).

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backformore

backformore

Yes, Oprah, Im very glad you lost weight on WW even though you ate bread.  Yes, even ate bread EVERY DAY!  I believe you. Now, stop shouting about it, please.

 

 

And how stupid is the general public?  Hmm, let's pick the least successful dieter ever on the face of the planet earth ever and make her a spokesperson for Weight Watchers!  And watch the stock double!  Ha, no that won't happen because people realize that if Oprah could lose weight and keep it off she wouldn't need weight watchers, she's richer than God.  She has personal chefs and trainers, counting points isn't going to be her magic elixir....Oh, wait, oops.  Marketing genius, the public at it up....

yes,  Here's MY plan for wealth.

1) Get Optifast to endorse me when  I lose 70 pounds on their diet plan.   

2) gain it back. 

3) Get Nutrisystem to pay me when I lose weight on THEIR plan.

4)  gain it back.

5) Jenny Craig -  lose the weight again.  Get the endorsement

6) gain it back

7) weight watchers.  same thing. 

 

All I need is an agent, and enough fame that people care to know how I keep losing weight. 

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ari333

ari333

Anyone cramming food in these ads and leaving bits all over their mouths just disgusts me. Is it supposed to convey that it is so delicious that no one can control themselves? So they MUST cram and shovel and slurp.. oh the slurping. I cannot grab the remote fast enough.

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St. Claire

St. Claire

Because I am pathetic and wondered about that before I made my post, this is what it says on the site:  At Liberty Mutual, we know how much you count on your car because others are counting on you. That's why we do everything we can to keep you on the road. With Accident Forgiveness, your price won't go up due to your first car accident. Accident Forgiveness comes standard with your policy at no extra charge to qualifying customers.

 

I don't know what you have to do to be a "qualifying customer" - maybe agree to be on one of their annoying commercials?

Pretty much all I did to earn accident forgiveness on my LM policy was to live in a state that has it. I never signed up for it, but I was glad to have it when I skidded on an icy on ramp after a storm a few years back.

 

Traditionally, the bride's parents still foot the bill for the wedding.  The groom's parents don't.  So a daughter could require a loan for her wedding as well as for her college education (which both she and the son would be applying for on their own anyway).

The daughter doesn't require a loan to pay for her college because she's so super smart that she got a full ride to the university of her choice. :-)

 

So, there are a lot of posts here about the Liberty Mutual woman whose pants are too tight.

I hate those commercials, #1, but I know nothing about what women consider good fashion, so I showed my wife the commercial, and she just said,

"Those are fitted pants, what?"

"Well, people online said they're too tight and don't fit."

"I don't see that.  They're totally fine."

"So, no?"

"No."

 

If they were too tight, I might have noticed it.  It's not like they're skintight, she just walks weird in her shoes..

I don't think they are too tight, but I do thing the length is kinda wonky. Not quite long enough for regular pants, but too long for ankle pants.

 

 

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DeLurker

DeLurker

Anyone cramming food in these ads and leaving bits all over their mouths just disgusts me. Is it supposed to convey that it is so delicious that no one can control themselves? So they MUST cram and shovel and slurp.. oh the slurping. I cannot grab the remote fast enough.

My mother would 1) kill me then 2) die of embarrassment if I were filmed eating like a Panera Pig.

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Ohwell

And the lilting, lovely and slightly superior tone of the female voice-over actress, I can't stand the pretentious little chick and I've never even met her. And that makes me feel bad about myself (but only a little).

If it's the most recent ad you're referring to, she says "500 calories or less.  Food as it should be."  As superior-sounding as she is you'd think she would know to use correct grammar--500 calories or fewer. 

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peacheslatour

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I don't think they are too tight, but I do thing the length is kinda wonky. Not quite long enough for regular pants, but too long for ankle pants.

I agree with you about the length, they're too short for pumps and would look better with a slight heel or flats.  They are too tight though, you can tell by the way they ripple at the hips and rise.  That's stress on the fabric.

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

Anyone cramming food in these ads and leaving bits all over their mouths just disgusts me. Is it supposed to convey that it is so delicious that no one can control themselves? So they MUST cram and shovel and slurp.. oh the slurping. I cannot grab the remote fast enough.

 

At this point, I'm halfway expecting to see a restaurant commercial where the servers just come out and dump the food on the table, then back away before they accidentally lose a finger or a hand. Because either the food really is just that good or these folks haven't eaten in days, because there's really no other reason for them to be attacking it like they've just escaped from a desert island.

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SoSueMe

SoSueMe

I agree with you about the length, they're too short for pumps and would look better with a slight heel or flats.  They are too tight though, you can tell by the way they ripple at the hips and rise.  That's stress on the fabric.

I don't think it's the tightness that bothers me so much as she doesn't seem to know how to walk in high heels. The Asian LM chick knows how to walk in heels. (I still can't stand any of them though.)

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RCharter

RCharter

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At this point, I'm halfway expecting to see a restaurant commercial where the servers just come out and dump the food on the table, then back away before they accidentally lose a finger or a hand. Because either the food really is just that good or these folks haven't eaten in days, because there's really no other reason for them to be attacking it like they've just escaped from a desert island.

In the future we'll just all eat at a trough.  The trough will serve breakfast all day. 

 

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bitchin camaro

bitchin camaro

I have a cat, who honest to dog, loves bread.  I mean she LOVES bread.  To the point where if I'm eating a piece of toast, a croissant or even a pancake (I don't use see-rup, only butter) she will practically crawl into my mouth to get at it.  We have changed her name to Oprah.

 

Not to be shallow, but that is one unattractive child.  If they're going to do a close-up on a kid cramming strudel into her gaping maw, it should at least be a cute kid.  JMHO

Oprah cat - hilar!

 

And I'll be shallow too. The Catholic church near me puts out an antiabortion sign every so often and it has got the ugliest baby I have ever seen on it. Not that only attractive people should be allowed to be born, but that's not exactly the ringing endorsement for their cause that it could be. (Yes, I realize my place in hell has been reserved with a solid gold placard.)

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Tunia

Tunia

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Because they keep wrecking their cars. RIP, Brad.

 

But "then Liberty Mutual called and [she] broke into her happy dance," but she's... still walking!

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Tunia

Tunia

That Jeep ad with the kids singing the Presidents names is getting on my last nerve.

Hadn't seen this one, and then, as I was reading your post, it came on.  Presidents Day...Yeah.

 

Not to be outdone, I see Volvo is celebrating "King of Sweden Day".

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bigskygirl

bigskygirl

Now Jillian from The Biggest Loser is pushing a fancy treadmill in order to convince us to lose weight. They even have three contestants from the show on the commercial trying to convince us to buy the treadmill. If it is so easy to lose weight by using this one treadmill then why the heck did they need to go on show in the first place?

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riley702

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I have a cat, who honest to dog, loves bread.  I mean she LOVES bread.  To the point where if I'm eating a piece of toast, a croissant or even a pancake (I don't use see-rup, only butter) she will practically crawl into my mouth to get at it.  We have changed her name to Oprah.

 

Ha! My Lucy does, too. And I put a little brown sugar on my pancakes, then fold them over and eat 'em up. Works for French Toast, too.

 

The daughter doesn't require a loan to pay for her college because she's so super smart that she got a full ride to the university of her choice. :-).

 

So did my nephew! We live in Indiana, where Eli Lilly gives out two 4-year full-ride scholarships per county per year (it DOES have to be in Indiana, though). He chose Pharmacy at Butler University - it's a 6 yr doctorate, so he had to pay for the last 2 years himself. Still, the family would never have been able to afford it otherwise, so yay!

 

In the future we'll just all eat at a trough.  The trough will serve breakfast all day. 

 

Everything comes back around again. In the middle ages, people ate out of trenchers - basically, a trough made out of bread.

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RCharter

RCharter

Maybe it's a Mackinaw peach. They're only good for two weeks.

You're kind to defend her, but I think its a normal peach and she is just a yogurt bitch :)

Anyone remember that SNL sketch where the "all you can eat" restaurant was a feeding trough?

no, but that sounds hilarious!

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CarpeDiem54

CarpeDiem54

One of my previous cats used to love getting on the table and licking the butter.  She loved it.

  

I had a cat who loved butter, too! I'd put an extra glob under my toast so it would melt and when I was finished with my toast I'd say, "Frosty, here's your toast!" and let him lick the plate.

Anyone remember that SNL sketch where the "all you can eat" restaurant was a feeding trough?

I remember that! It was hilarious. I especially liked the faucet they'd drink beer from.
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Qoass

Qoass

I can't remember what show it was from but I do remember a scene in which a man is horrified by his escort for the evening so he orders "a keg in a trough for the lady".  Damn, the seventies were good to me...

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