# Another "what were they thinking?" commercial thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983 "2012-12-14T01:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/61 "2012-12-15T06:21:35Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > \I totally need it in every hole. Sig line?! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/62 "2012-12-15T06:48:17Z")
There’s a new commercial that I’ve only seen online. The music is _Father Christmas_, by The Kinks; not really the sort of uplifting, seasonal song that most companies try to associate their products with. You’d think they could have googled the lyrics, especially since it’s an ad for Google. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I love this comerical. Not because it’s all that hilarious (although it is amusing) but because it gives me hope that America may finally start inching away from its ridiculously prudish ways. Jeez, if they’re gonna spend thousands of dollars on ads that people have to be subjected to (not all of us dvr) why not make them amusing and relevant to the real people that watch them and not dumbed down and sanitized for the puritanical dolts they seem to think this nation is comprised of. Okay, you lost me at “relevant”. Telling women that if they buy a certain drain cleaner that hot and studly plumbers (wink, wink) will show up at their door with a few double entendres doesn’t seem all that relevant to the experience of being a woman in the modern world. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/63 "2012-12-15T07:17:14Z")
> [@azraiel](#): > > Nope. Regular (if outdated) glasses. > > Fat? Squat? Dude is at least average height. And he has the belly that middle-aged male primates tend to get, but he’s far from grotesquely fat. And his pecs indicate that he was stacked as hell when younger. > > Perhaps that he’s a normal dude with a decent physique for his age who happens to be unconcerned about others’ take on his fashion decisions? That he’s comfortable with himself? And your reaction and perception of the ad (as terribly distorted as it is) goes a long way toward justifying the ad’s message. > > Absent your ridiculous post, I would just say that “he’s out of fucks to give.” > > [Ad in question.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygeWsoYYMuQ) Hey, what do you want? I was pulling the description of the commercial out of my ass. I’m not sure my description, which may be a bit embellished, is something to get into a twist about. So “ridiculous” seems a bit harsh.. unless of course, 1) he is a relative of yours, 2) that is you, or 3) when you look in the mirror, he looks a lot more like you than you care to admit. I think I did pretty damn good for only seeing it once. So I missed his glasses. Sue me. And he is fat. I never called him grotesquely obese. OK, perhaps he’s not Danny D’s stature. Are you saying he’s higher than 5’8"? Whatever his height, he looks short and stocky to me, sort of a little fat man. Not obese, but fat. The speedos don’t help. but hey, I’m 6’3". perhaps my perspective is different. And here’s the thing. The thread is asking for commercials that made ME say WTF? I can’t speak for the whole board. So, in summing up, if you like the commercial, good. Me? I was never a big fan of SC, and this ad isn’t appealing enough to get me to go buy a bottle… which is what the ad is trying to do. He gives me the willies. also, no matter what I said about the ad or the guy, I said nothing approaching the ugliness of your thoughts: "I would just say that “he’s out of fucks to give.” Yeah, I can see how using the words fat and squat could upset you, but “he’s out of fucks to give?” How is THAT supposed to get me to buy some SC? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Crime\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/64 "2012-12-15T07:18:48Z")
The General car insurance. I’ve seen these commercials close to 100x and have no idea what is going on. Why the hell is there an animated, unidentified general with no apparent country of allegiance hanging out and playing baseball with a penguin. I just don’t even know where to begin with those commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Crime\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/65 "2012-12-15T07:21:43Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Hey, what do you want? I was pulling the description of the commercial out of my ass. I’m not sure my description, which may be a bit embellished, is something to get into a twist about. So “ridiculous” seems a bit harsh.. unless of course, 1) he is a relative of yours, 2) that is you, or 3) when you look in the mirror, he looks a lot more like you than you care to admit. I think I did pretty damn good for only seeing it once. So I missed his glasses. Sue me. And he is fat. I never called him grotesquely obese. > > OK, perhaps he’s not Danny D’s stature. Are you saying he’s higher than 5’8"? Whatever his height, he looks short and stocky to me, sort of a little fat man. Not obese, but fat. The speedos don’t help. but hey, I’m 6’3". perhaps my perspective is different. > > And here’s the thing. The thread is asking for commercials that made ME say WTF? I can’t speak for the whole board. > > So, in summing up, if you like the commercial, good. Me? I was never a big fan of SC, and this ad isn’t appealing enough to get me to go buy a bottle… which is what the ad is trying to do. He gives me the willies. > > also, no matter what I said about the ad or the guy, I said nothing approaching the ugliness of your thoughts: "I would just say that “he’s out of fucks to give.” Yeah, I can see how using the words fat and squat could upset you, but “he’s out of fucks to give?” How is THAT supposed to get me to buy some SC? :dubious: Not to hijack the thread, but good lord if Southern Comfort is not the most awful thing to burp up the next day, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/66 "2012-12-15T08:07:28Z")
No idea what brand perfume commercial. Guy and girl, frolicking on the beach. She’s wearing a short dress. Then we see just the girl, from the hips up, bending forward and doing something that looks an awful lot like, removing her panties. She’s also looking over her shoulder and laughing. Next shot, from further away, he is kneeling in front of her, with his head pressed into her dress at crotch level. ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/67 "2012-12-15T10:35:26Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Hey, what do you want? I was pulling the description of the commercial out of my ass. I’m not sure my description, which may be a bit embellished, is something to get into a twist about. So “ridiculous” seems a bit harsh.. unless of course, 1) he is a relative of yours, 2) that is you, or 3) when you look in the mirror, he looks a lot more like you than you care to admit. I think I did pretty damn good for only seeing it once. So I missed his glasses. Sue me. And he is fat. I never called him grotesquely obese. > > OK, perhaps he’s not Danny D’s stature. Are you saying he’s higher than 5’8"? Whatever his height, he looks short and stocky to me, sort of a little fat man. Not obese, but fat. The speedos don’t help. but hey, I’m 6’3". perhaps my perspective is different. > > And here’s the thing. The thread is asking for commercials that made ME say WTF? I can’t speak for the whole board. > > So, in summing up, if you like the commercial, good. Me? I was never a big fan of SC, and this ad isn’t appealing enough to get me to go buy a bottle… which is what the ad is trying to do. He gives me the willies. > > also, no matter what I said about the ad or the guy, I said nothing approaching the ugliness of your thoughts: "I would just say that “he’s out of fucks to give.” Yeah, I can see how using the words fat and squat could upset you, but “he’s out of fucks to give?” How is THAT supposed to get me to buy some SC? :dubious: I started to multiquote, but realized it wouldn’t matter a damn. I’ll just offer these: Dude’s 5’10", at least. He’s as tall or taller than everyone he passes. He has a belly, but he barely has “love handles,” if any at all. “Ugliness of [my] thoughts”? Really? Between my friends and I, “out of fucks to give” is high appellation. It means one is comfortable with who s/he is. It means one likes the skin s/he is in. It means s/he is realized. In brief, when we watch the same ad you and I come to two very different conclusions. You decide “child molester.” I decide “dude comfortable in own skin.” I prefer my life. And comfortable=Southern Comfort. Great ad campaign. Hell, I don’t like the drink, but I’ll buy a bottle in your honor tomorrow. Put on some Odetta, sip some SoCo, and think about your preposterous response. Slainte. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/68 "2012-12-15T10:59:10Z")
> [@Crime\_Scene](#): > > The General car insurance. > > I’ve seen these commercials close to 100x and have no idea what is going on. Why the hell is there an animated, unidentified general with no apparent country of allegiance hanging out and playing baseball with a penguin. I just don’t even know where to begin with those commercials. Dude sounds American to me so that is your best bet, no clue on the rest 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/69 "2012-12-15T13:54:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Okay, you lost me at “relevant”. Telling women that if they buy a certain drain cleaner that hot and studly plumbers (wink, wink) will show up at their door with a few double entendres doesn’t seem all that relevant to the experience of being a woman in the modern world. Easy. Watch fifteen minutes of morning programming on TLC and NICK and note how manufacturers attempt to sell us young American moms and wives ideas on how to properly Stepford ourselves in order to achieve the perfectly nutritious and sanitized domicile. We’ve been bustling about in aprons and rubber gloves in an attempt to impress others with our domestic prowess for some fifty years with small reward. What we really need is a solid rodgering to unclog the pipes from time to time. We may be moms n wives, but we’re still women, ya know?\* Plumb us. \* Plumb us real good. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/70 "2012-12-15T14:16:55Z")
> [@azraiel](#): > > I started to multiquote, but realized it wouldn’t matter a damn. I’ll just offer these: > > Dude’s 5’10", at least. He’s as tall or taller than everyone he passes. > > He has a belly, but he barely has “love handles,” if any at all. > > “Ugliness of [my] thoughts”? Really? Between my friends and I, “out of fucks to give” is high appellation. It means one is comfortable with who s/he is. It means one likes the skin s/he is in. It means s/he is realized. > > In brief, when we watch the same ad you and I come to two very different conclusions. You decide “child molester.” I decide “dude comfortable in own skin.” I prefer my life. > > And comfortable=Southern Comfort. Great ad campaign. > > Hell, I don’t like the drink, but I’ll buy a bottle in your honor tomorrow. Put on some Odetta, sip some SoCo, and think about your preposterous response. Slainte. Dude, whatever makes you happy. I think the phrase “has no more fucks to give” means he’s so old, he can’t fuck anymore. You seem to have a different interpretation of it. Which is fine by me. I don’t understand you or the commercial. I must be out of their target market range. It hits you square in the speedo. Enjoy your SC this weekend, and try not puke because of spite. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/71 "2012-12-15T15:50:19Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Dude, whatever makes you happy. I think the phrase “has no more fucks to give” means he’s so old, he can’t fuck anymore. You seem to have a different interpretation of it. Sorry man, it may be a new phrase, but it has a very clear meaning and yours isn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/72 "2012-12-15T16:32:25Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Easy. Watch fifteen minutes of morning programming on TLC and NICK and note how manufacturers attempt to sell us young American moms and wives ideas on how to properly Stepford ourselves in order to achieve the perfectly nutritious and sanitized domicile. We’ve been bustling about in aprons and rubber gloves in an attempt to impress others with our domestic prowess for some fifty years with small reward. What we really need is a solid rodgering to unclog the pipes from time to time. > > We may be moms n wives, but we’re still women, ya know?\* Plumb us. \* Plumb us real good. I was going to respond saying that perhaps “relevant” isn 't the correct word, and that what I mean is Americans \*can \*and would \*like \* to take a joke every once in awhile that isn’t oh so “family friendly” and doesn’t revolve around the mythical, perfect world. But I like your response much better :p. Plumb us real good, indeed. As to the Southern Comfort ad, the only signal to me that this guy is supposed to be “unattractive” is his cheesy pornstache. Without that I would just think he was your average European tourist that I see all the time around here. I also love the music and the dog who comes gallumphing along side him. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/73 "2012-12-15T16:33:38Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > We may be moms n wives, but we’re still women, ya know?\* Plumb us. \* Plumb us real good. Noooooooooo problemo! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/74 "2012-12-15T19:04:08Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I can’t imagine what the Febreze people were thinking with their awful ad campaign, where they lead blindfolded people into filthy, squalid rooms piled high with garbage. Supposedly Febreze covers the smell, but we at home can’t smell it; we can only react to the hideous visuals. All I get from the commercial is a visceral association of Febreze with repulsion and disgust. I get what they’re going for there. Except there’s one where the victims are sitting on a couch in an otherwise empty storage container (with a one-way window). Do empty metal storage containers really smell that vile? Am I suppose to assume the interior is coated with hobo piss and bum semen? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/75 "2012-12-15T19:50:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Okay, you lost me at “relevant”. Telling women that if they buy a certain drain cleaner that hot and studly plumbers (wink, wink) will show up at their door with a few double entendres doesn’t seem all that relevant to the experience of being a woman in the modern world. That’s not the message of the commercial, though. It clearly shows that the “two studly plumbers come to your house” thing is just the woman’s fantasy. She wants a product that will clean her drains effectively, and she’d also like to have some fun with hot guys like the grocery store employees she happens to see nearby. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/76 "2012-12-15T19:54:19Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Sorry man, it may be a new phrase, but it has a very clear meaning and yours isn’t it. Its ok. But isn’t the correct phrase “he doesn’t give a fuck..”, not “he has no more fucks to give.” ? Maybe you and I are from different areas? ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/77 "2012-12-15T20:05:23Z")
I’m pretty sure “no more fucks to give” just means basically old and given up and not caring about something anymore, since giving a fuck means you care. I’ve never heard it used sexually at all. As an example, if the meaning of this phrase sparked a 400-post debate that totally derailed this thread, once you had become thoroughly bored and tired of the debating you might say “I’ve had enough of this, I’ve got no more fucks to give”. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/78 "2012-12-15T21:54:37Z")
I’ve never heard the phrase “no more fucks to give”, although the meaning is quite clear. I like it and intend to work it onto conversations from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/79 "2012-12-15T22:02:08Z")
I’m still curious what the pineapple on the door is supposed to suggest. Can anyone explain? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/80 "2012-12-15T22:36:37Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I’m still curious what the pineapple on the door is supposed to suggest. > Can anyone explain? Please? Pineapples symbolize [hospitality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore_Pineapple#Pineapples_as_a_decorative_motif), which is why one sometimes sees ornaments on doors, gates, etc., shaped like pineapples. I don’t know what \*\*terentii \*\*thinks they suggest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983.md?page=5)