What I Learned from TV Commercials

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hi*ball

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So this afternoon the wife and I are watching TV and I see a commercial for Diet Coke.

I don't know if it's just me, but I have never experienced anything even close to what these people in the commercials are experience upon opening a can of soda.

Dancing in the street? Nope. Dancing in the car? No. Doing backflips in the rain? You get the idea.

TV commercials are funny. :banana:
 
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I know exactly what you are saying. It's almost like they leave out the part where you are supposed to consume massive amounts of mind altering drugs and THEN open your can of soda pop. That's why I only drink out of bottles. :D
 
I learned you can do power drifts in a 300+ hp car and still be considered a responsible driver ... as long as you do it on a closed course, and you're a professional ... <G>

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I also learned that I will never EVER get a whopper that looks as good as they do in the commercials ...

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That a woman gets more, almost orgasmic, satisfaction from one little piece of Dove or Ghirardelli chocolate than a guy gets from a whole pound bag of M&Ms.
 
I alway have to rebuild my big mac, it's like they put it together ,then shake it up before giving it to me. :thumbsdn:
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"When I bite into a York Peppermint Patty, I get the sensation of. ..."

I get the sensation of having semi dark chocolate and peppermint flavored glue in my mouth knowing that I have just contributed a little more to how much longer it will take my body to decompose in the grave than those of previous generations.
 
I learned that I don't hear the sound of them, because I mute the TV when they are on. :yes: (partly because they turn up the volume when they are on).

And any selling potential to me is lost because I don't want them there in the first place. (yes I know, earnings for the TV company etc, etc.)
 
I stopped watching TV in 2002......Now when people say, "have you seen that commercial," I say NO.

Still, it feels like I'm still watching TV since people at work won't shut up about it.
 
i have actually been paid on a few occasions and had freebies to watch commercials before they came out .. we had to vote the best one between a few of us . so we got paid .sometimes had free beer which was the best bonus .and we saw commercials that never made the tv . was a bit of fun on the way to the pub for us .
 
hi*ball said:
So this afternoon the wife and I are watching TV and I see a commercial for Diet Coke.

I don't know if it's just me, but I have never experienced anything even close to what these people in the commercials are experience upon opening a can of soda.

Dancing in the street? Nope. Dancing in the car? No. Doing backflips in the rain? You get the idea.

TV commercials are funny. :banana:
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It's not just you and your not supposed to notice. Mick Jagger noticed and sang about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3a7cHPy04s8 I put this link because it has the lyrics too.

I didn't have a TV for thirty years, not until 2005 when the HD age arrived... and I used the excuse of American Idol to buy a Pioneer Plasma, then came House, and 24... and a few series I binge watch, like Sons of Anarchy, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, etc., and an occasional movie. Blu Ray is great. Other than that the TV is unused.
 
Hyperion said:
I learned that I don't hear the sound of them, because I mute the TV when they are on. :yes: (partly because they turn up the volume when they are on).

And any selling potential to me is lost because I don't want them there in the first place. (yes I know, earnings for the TV company etc, etc.)
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My kind of guy! :thmbsp:
 
Tom Brennan said:
That a woman gets more, almost orgasmic, satisfaction from one little piece of Dove or Ghirardelli chocolate than a guy gets from a whole pound bag of M&Ms.
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post of the week, right there.

On another note, your avatar has made me go back and research Mr. Sherman. Seems he suffered from depression, was even suicidal, and knew the Civil War would go on for years, tho nobody listened.

Great post.

I've learned from tv that beer is to be passed to friends, cracked open and poured, but NEVER ONCE tasted or drank.
 
onwardjames said:
On another note, your avatar has made me go back and research Mr. Sherman. Seems he suffered from depression, was even suicidal, and knew the Civil War would go on for years, tho nobody listened.
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He was very popular with his troops, most of whom were Midwesterners; they called him Uncle Billy. I read a soldier's diary in which he described that while his unit was crossing a bridge in Georgia they saw Sherman squatting buck naked in the shallow stream, wearing nothing but his hat and eating a can of beans with his pocket knife.

The soldiers started waving their hats and calling out "Ho, Uncle Billy!" Sherman looked up, smiled and waved his knife at the boys.
 
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