Moose135 March 2, 2016 Share March 2, 2016 The HMOs have a deductible, usually a small amount, and then they cover the rest of the cost. Until you hit your annual limit... 2 Link to comment
Bastet March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 It just depends on your plan; I have neither a deductible nor an annual limit. And count me in with wondering why the "I'm bathing the children" woman doesn't just say, "No thanks, I'm not interested" rather than coming up with an excuse (especially since, as has been amusingly pointed out, the excuse does nothing to scare the guy away if he's casing the joint rather than trying to drum up business). 3 Link to comment
90PercentGravity March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 I have an annual out of pocket limit (3200), then my ppo covers 100% in network. 1 Link to comment
ari333 March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Count me in with the rest of you who are being driven crazy by that University of Phoenix ad. It's on every damn channel I decide to watch it seems. Oh dear god! [/Frasier voice] MAKE IT STOP!! 6 Link to comment
Moose135 March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 And now McConaughey is being snarky to his dogs...I can only hope they left a big, steaming gift in the back seat of his Lincoln. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNiOcmHFHTs 5 Link to comment
bitchin camaro March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 OMG, I would feed them ALL the barbecue. They're so cute! 7 Link to comment
RCharter March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Until you hit your annual limit... I didn't think insurance companies were allowed to institute a limit anymore? Maybe its a lifetime limit they aren't allowed to have. Link to comment
Fiddler1 March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 What CHANNELS are you guys watching?? It feels like it's on every channel I watch! It's a Windows 10 ad called "Meet the Bug Chicks." I mean, I can deal with a lot of bugs but there ARE limits to what I want to see magnified a zillion times while I'm sitting on the couch with my late-night TV snack ;) 4 Link to comment
Eliot March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 (edited) And count me in with wondering why the "I'm bathing the children" woman doesn't just say, "No thanks, I'm not interested" rather than coming up with an excuse (especially since, as has been amusingly pointed out, the excuse does nothing to scare the guy away if he's casing the joint rather than trying to drum up business). I think the reason it irritates me so much is that it reinforces negative stereotypes of women as being "too polite for their own good." We get brought up to always be nice and kind, often to our detriment. This is a likely criminal on your doorstep! And you feel like you have to send him off with a polite excuse? Edited March 3, 2016 by Eliot 13 Link to comment
Lexxy March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Especially since she's not even home and not in danger - tell that thief to F off! Especially since he's probably about to rob your house either way. 9 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Especially since she's not even home and not in danger - tell that thief to F off! Especially since he's probably about to rob your house either way. 2 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Here's the bug chick ad. Warning, big bugs! 5 Link to comment
90PercentGravity March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Here's the bug chick ad. Warning, big bugs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6SVsf0k2i0 Argg! Now I have to burn my phone. 7 Link to comment
Bastet March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Cool; some of those bugs were really interesting looking. 10 Link to comment
SoSueMe March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 (edited) Here's the bug chick ad. Warning, big bugs! I actually like bugs but that centipede is disturbing. I vaguely remember a Magnum episode featuring a centipede bite, didn't sound like fun. Maybe they gave that centipede a bad rap? Here we go: http://www.tv.com/shows/magnum-pi/solo-flight-16136/ Edited March 4, 2016 by SoSueMe 3 Link to comment
MaryPatShelby March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 I came here today to post specifically about that Bug Chicks ad. The first time I saw it, on ESPN I think, they showed it twice in a row....yes back to back I got to see that giant hairy spider close up. Never again. Every time it starts up I am blocking my eyes. Unnecessary, especially since they're not selling bugs, or spiders, or a fun kid activity, they're selling Windows 10, or higher. 4 Link to comment
Brattinella March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 Here's the bug chick ad. Warning, big bugs! Thanks so much for posting that! Cool bugs! And I would MUCH rather see that ad than the puppymonkeybaby ad! 11 Link to comment
Jamoche March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 Unnecessary, especially since they're not selling bugs, or spiders, or a fun kid activity, they're selling Windows 10, or higher. No software company should ever associate itself with "bugs", because the joke that they *are* "selling bugs" is way too obvious. 10 Link to comment
arejay March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 Does anybody else think that the guy in the Anastasia Date craziness just goes back to his dingy little basement apartment and beats off to those videos the girl posts? Just me? 2 Link to comment
RCharter March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 (edited) I came here today to post specifically about that Bug Chicks ad. The first time I saw it, on ESPN I think, they showed it twice in a row....yes back to back I got to see that giant hairy spider close up. Never again. Every time it starts up I am blocking my eyes. Unnecessary, especially since they're not selling bugs, or spiders, or a fun kid activity, they're selling Windows 10, or higher. Consequently, my laptop is also selling Windows 10, since every hour I see a pop up window for Windows 10. I purposely purchased a laptop with Windows 7, and skipped the disaster that was Windows 8....so neither bugs, nor pop up windows is really going to make me change my mind at this point. I mean, lets get real Windows, if the promise of being a guaranteed million dollar winner isn't enough to get me to click a pop up ad, what chance do you really have? Unless of course they re-release Windows XP as Windows 11. Edited March 4, 2016 by RCharter 6 Link to comment
cynicat March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 Here's the bug chick ad. Warning, big bugs! Gotta say that I love it. I wish more people understood how way cool bugs are. Yay for bug chicks! 6 Link to comment
proserpina65 March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 Thanks so much for posting that! Cool bugs! And I would MUCH rather see that ad than the puppymonkeybaby ad! I have an almost pathological fear of centipedes, so even though puppymonkeybaby is an abomination before dog, it's better than the Windows 10 ad for me. If someone had handed me a giant bug of any kind (except a ladybug or a butterfly) when I was a kid, I'd have dropped dead on the spot. 5 Link to comment
LoneHaranguer March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 No software company should ever associate itself with "bugs", because the joke that they *are* "selling bugs" is way too obvious. I don't know that it's possible to come up with a joke regarding Microsoft and bugs that hasn't been completely worn out. 2 Link to comment
bitchin camaro March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 I have an almost pathological fear of centipedes, so even though puppymonkeybaby is an abomination before dog, it's better than the Windows 10 ad for me. If someone had handed me a giant bug of any kind (except a ladybug or a butterfly) when I was a kid, I'd have dropped dead on the spot. I feel that way about spiders. I remember going to the children's museum when I was a kid and they had a "rainforest" where there were a couple of tarantulas and the presenter tried to get us to pet them. Notafreakingchance. Do y'all remember that cell phone ad where a picture of a spider pops up when the phone rings and the lady at the table just loses her shit and they smash the phone to bits? I would be that lady. 9 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind March 5, 2016 Share March 5, 2016 I purposely purchased a laptop with Windows 7, and skipped the disaster that was Windows 8....so neither bugs, nor pop up windows is really going to make me change my mind at this point. I mean, lets get real Windows, if the promise of being a guaranteed million dollar winner isn't enough to get me to click a pop up ad, what chance do you really have? Unless of course they re-release Windows XP as Windows 11. I never thought there was a problem with Win 3.1 Link to comment
Haleth March 5, 2016 Share March 5, 2016 I'm one of those people who will put spiders outside rather than smash them, so I kinda like the bug commercial. The li'l caterpillar at the end is adorable. 5 Link to comment
ari333 March 5, 2016 Share March 5, 2016 Oh lord, I hate the Yoplait commercial in which they are go "mmmmm" and "MMMMM" I just hate it. 3 Link to comment
Brattinella March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 (edited) "Apples And Bananas". AAAHHHHH! Edited March 6, 2016 by Brattinella 1 Link to comment
Haleth March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 I get really annoyed with the airline commercial where Jennifer Aniston complains about no showers. Oh, the horrors of being a One Percenter! (Who would want to shower on a plane anyway?) 7 Link to comment
Eliot March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 I get really annoyed with the airline commercial where Jennifer Aniston complains about no showers. Oh, the horrors of being a One Percenter! (Who would want to shower on a plane anyway?) If you're on a 16 hour flight to Asia, a shower on the plane is a really nice perk. That said, there's no way you come out all beautifully coiffed and made up. Especially if there is turbulence!! 2 Link to comment
Ohwell March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 I wouldn't take a shower on a plane even if they had one. I'd rather wait until I got to the hotel. 8 Link to comment
Ubiquitous March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 I noticed the commercial with the man who stops being rude to his insurance agent when he discovers he plays rugby is back in circulation. What an asshole. http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7hiV/penn-mutual-rugby 2 Link to comment
RCharter March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 I feel that way about spiders. I remember going to the children's museum when I was a kid and they had a "rainforest" where there were a couple of tarantulas and the presenter tried to get us to pet them. Notafreakingchance. Do y'all remember that cell phone ad where a picture of a spider pops up when the phone rings and the lady at the table just loses her shit and they smash the phone to bits? I would be that lady. I'm that girl too. The shots they bug girls had on their computer were cool, but holding a giant spider on my hand....oh no. I'm one of those people that will pet a snake with one finger from a foot away. Oh lord, I hate the Yoplait commercial in which they are go "mmmmm" and "MMMMM" I just hate it. Oh yeah, the one where the dad basically has an orgasm in front of his kids? Disturbing, I do not want to know whats in that yogurt cup...although, it probably tastes better than disgusting Yoplait. 1 Link to comment
Blergh March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 Do the folks having those toilet cleaner ads realize that for their subjects to poke their heads out of the commodes [and say 'It's clean'], that they'd have had to crawl up a sewer line? 2 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 This ad for the California Psychics kills my soul: Lady, if you're "suffering" because of some issue you're having with your boyfriend, you should probably lose the boyfriend. Or see a shrink. Or do both. But a psychic is not going to help you with what the real problem is. I'd bet cash on it. 10 Link to comment
Blergh March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 (edited) Why do they have Flo on the 'boy bands' and 'shopping network' commercials behaving like she's a gnat who refuses to get the hint that everyone's sick of her and won't be swatted away? Come on, if the folks running these spots are starting to get that fewer and fewer folks tolerate much less like her, what's the point of them keeping inflicting her on us! Edited March 6, 2016 by Blergh 3 Link to comment
Stella Rose March 6, 2016 Share March 6, 2016 Does anybody else think that the guy in the Anastasia Date craziness just goes back to his dingy little basement apartment and beats off to those videos the girl posts? Just me? Now I will. Thanks! 3 Link to comment
bmoore4026 March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 Rick Kitchen, on 03 Mar 2016 - 4:50 PM, said: Here's the bug chick ad. Warning, big bugs! <hisses and recoils> Haaaaaaate!!! 1 Link to comment
bmoore4026 March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 BooksRule, on 27 Feb 2016 - 09:19 AM, said: I'm finding the newest commercial for University of Phoenix annoying. For one thing, forage and mortgage do not rhyme. And there are too many words being forced to try (and they fail) to fit into the tune. Finally, the commercial has turned that song into an earworm for me. (But at least I'm singing the real words in my head and not the ones from the commercial.) ETA: I just watched it again. 'Faster' and 'multitasker' also do not rhyme. I loathe violence against women, as any good gentleman should, but every time she says "Still don't think I got a brain", I want to punch her hard in her smug ass mouth. You went to the University of Phoenix - don't act proud. As for Oprah and the bread (which also irritates me, along with hearing about her fat ass for close to thirty years), it's official - Oprah is the anti- Marie Antoinette. Or The Bizzaro Marie Antoinette. Take your pick. And count me in on the Bug Ladies hate. I'M TRYING TO EAT HERE!!!! 6 Link to comment
DeLurker March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 I'm finding the newest commercial for University of Phoenix annoying. For one thing, forage and mortgage do not rhyme. And there are too many words being forced to try (and they fail) to fit into the tune. And the voice is not particularly pleasing. And it seems to be on constantly. 5 Link to comment
Ubiquitous March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 (edited) Does anybody else think that the guy in the Anastasia Date craziness just goes back to his dingy little basement apartment and beats off to those videos the girl posts? Just me?What's the deal with that, anyway? I assume it's a cover for some sort of mailorder bride operation b/c how exactly does someone in America go on a date with a woman in Eastern Europe? Edited March 7, 2016 by Ubiquitous 3 Link to comment
mmecorday March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 (edited) As for Oprah and the bread (which also irritates me, along with hearing about her fat ass for close to thirty years), it's official - Oprah is the anti- Marie Antoinette. Or The Bizzaro Marie Antoinette. Take your pick. Bizarro Marie Antoinette FTW! Great. Now that University of Phoenix song is stuck in my head. ETA: I clicked on the link and was treated to an extended version of the University of Phoenix ad. This version of the song includes the lyrics "I took two bullets in the chest. Got three kids I never rest." How is this supposed to entice someone into enrolling in the University of Phoenix? What KILLS me is someone got paid to write this shitty take on a well-known classic movie song. Everyone involved in the making of this commercial needs to have a Kansas farmhouse dropped on their stupid heads. Edited March 7, 2016 by mmecorday 9 Link to comment
Jamoche March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 This version of the song includes the lyrics "I took two bullets in the chest. Got three kids I never rest." How is this supposed to entice someone into enrolling in the University of Phoenix? One of the many many things they're in trouble for is abusing the federal student aid for veterans program. If truth in advertising applied, that song would be riffing off their legal troubles. UoP doesn't care about your brain, all they care about is if you only had a loan. 4 Link to comment
LoneHaranguer March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 I assume it's a cover for some sort of mailorder bride operation b/c how exactly does someone in America go on a date with a woman in Eastern Europe? A quick google says it's via webcam and "romance tours" (where groups of guys are flown over), but it'd probably be more accurate to say that it's a cover for a scam, rather than a real mailorder bride operation. 3 Link to comment
RCharter March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 A quick google says it's via webcam and "romance tours" (where groups of guys are flown over), but it'd probably be more accurate to say that it's a cover for a scam, rather than a real mailorder bride operation. romance tours? There is a documentary on NF about this sort of thing and it is fascinating. Like a terrible, terrible trainwreck. I can't believe these people have a TV ad! Pervs are coming out of the dark! 3 Link to comment
SmithW6079 March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 Do the folks having those toilet cleaner ads realize that for their subjects to poke their heads out of the commodes [and say 'It's clean'], that they'd have had to crawl up a sewer line?And that was the Eugene Toom's episode of "The X-Files." 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind March 7, 2016 Share March 7, 2016 And that was the Eugene Toom's episode of "The X-Files." AND the Flukeman. No, wait. That was a porta-potty he hid in. 1 Link to comment
Jamoche March 8, 2016 Share March 8, 2016 AND the Flukeman. No, wait. That was a porta-potty he hid in. Lalala I can't hear you, that sort of thing is only done by Agent 13 on Get Smart and it's magic. Link to comment
ennui March 8, 2016 Share March 8, 2016 Why do they have Flo on the 'boy bands' and 'shopping network' commercials behaving like she's a gnat who refuses to get the hint that everyone's sick of her and won't be swatted away? Come on, if the folks running these spots are starting to get that fewer and fewer folks tolerate much less like her, what's the point of them keeping inflicting her on us! The association has been engraved on our brains. Flo = Progressive. They don’t even need to say much anymore. 2 Link to comment
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