And sometimes a triple or quadruple meaning.
I’m very good with words.
What can I say? Messageboards give me the freedom to actually speak up when I notice these sorts of things.
Well I never said it was a *bad * thing.
Modest, are we? 
Everyone’s allowed at least one special talent, about which they can brag. Mine’s wordplay.
Ok, that’s fair.
What’s my talent, though? Hmm. Setting people at ease, I guess would be a good one.
Early to Mid 70’s actually. I’m 37, and that commercial was on when I was a young-un. One of my favorites, too. “A-one… a-two… a-three… CRUNCH. A-three.”
Yes. I find the talk of icepicks and sledgehammers very relaxing. 
It had to be in 80’s, too, though. I am not old enough to have watched anything in the '70s! And i wasn’t even in the country!
I don’t disagree with you, lovely. I’m just pointing out that it’s been around for 30 some-odd years, that’s all. It still shows up on TVLand every once in awhile. The little animated kids are wearing bell bottoms, so I guess it’s fashion sense is up-to-date again.
Unfortunately in two posts I have not managed to actually address the OP. And I still got nothing. Sorry!
And I don’t have any AC.
Also, the one toilet is out of order.
Far Side: “You know, we’re just not getting to that guy.”/Far Side.
There was an OP? Where?
Hey. You’re not even supposed to be here today.
So, Polycarp, who was the Grand Old Man?
And when chatting up prostitutes, did he later knock them up? Would the Grand Old Lady sometimes join him? Have I just earned the undying wrath of half the subjects of the United Kingdom?
Ironic, isn’t it.
I’ve always wondered whether fishbicycle was a woman without a man or if there is some more obscure reference at work…
Explanation?
The joke of which may, perhaps, have been lost on you: Dolemite
I think it was earlier, too. Does anyone remember the original, longer version of the commercial, where the kid asks three animals for help? There was a turtle and something else before the owl offers his solution.
Nope. I’m the epitome of boring. In a discussion among her women co-workers of romantic characteristics, Deb, one time, remarked that I was “steady.”
I do live in a zoo composed of a dog, four cats, 15 goats (La Mancha and pygmy), four cavvies, 12 rats, varying numbers of mice, two ball pythons, a Dumeril boa, a legless lizard, a water dragon. several fish, several fancy cockroaches, (and have, in the past, lived with bearded dragons, African and Asian millipedes, White’s frogs, a corn snake, a red-footed tortoise, a box turtle, and probably some other forgotten critters), but those are Deb’s–I’m just the farm hand.
I actually knew what/who Dolemite was - a friend of mine named “Mr. T” in FF VIII such, and I looked it up then. I’m still not sure of the joke, though. His skull is 50 % a man in an action flick?
**tomndebb ** I am dreadfully disappointed there are no birds in that mix!
And, a35362, that is the one I remember. I just didn’t spell out the whole thing. I think there was only the one commercial, but I can’t remember what the other two animals said.
I knew there was more! I thought I remembered the kid asking a variety of creatures. For the record, I remember seeing these commercials, and I was born in '80. I tried licking one as many times as I could once; I think I got to about 40 before I got tired of counting and of licking. Remember the stars on the wrappers of some Tootsie roll pops? People used to say that if you had a star you could bring it to the store and they’d give you a free one.