# Did you associate Lindsay Lohan with the eTrade commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028 "2010-03-10T20:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/41 "2010-03-11T08:01:05Z")
What gets me is, although I’m not a lawyer, it wouldn’t matter if they _did_ intentionally use her surname. [ol] [li]She’s a public figure and therefore open to parody.[/li][li]Her party-girl image is common knowledge and therefore not damaging to her career or herself.[/li][/ol] This will get thrown out asap. Should charge her with filing a frivolous lawsuit! ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/42 "2010-03-11T13:27:02Z")
Nah, never thought of Lohan. I used to date a Lindsay and, although she wasn’t a milkaholic, that’s the first thing that springs to mind if I hear the name used without obvious association to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/43 "2010-03-11T13:28:31Z")
If I thought about it at all, probably yes. She would be the only Linday that I can think of. But I didn’t give it much thought. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/44 "2010-03-11T13:43:39Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I’ve worked in Marketing for a Fortune 500 company, nothing there is an accident and they didn’t just use an employees name. There’s too much on the line to pretend that coincidence is to blame. That ad was tested and focused grouped to death long before it got used. I’ll grant you that. Someone in a high dollar marketing firm gives commercial minutia way more thought than the average consumer. However, it’s overkill because despite their intention it’s still too large of a reach for an overwhelming portion of the target audience to make the connection. I love the commercial and have specifically pointed it out to my family as being hilarious. However, the mention of the name “Lindsey” is so subtle that I couldn’t for a $1000 have told you afterwards what it was. It was just a throw-away, dismissive reference. I’m not disagreeing with you. I can see how it may well have been intentional, but it was so nuanced that if that was the case then it was completely ineffective. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/45 "2010-03-11T13:46:16Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I don’t believe for a second that the name was used because some staffer was named Lindsay. The marketing folks very deliberately chose the name Lindsay because they thought it would be funny to lampoon her. Marketing and Advertising people are very deliberate about everything in an ad and they’d be acutely tuned into the Q rating of Lindsay Lohan. You betcha. They knew very well what they were doing, and I immediately thought of Lohan. She should be grateful _somebody_ thinks of her occasionally; maybe a casting director will. > [@Omniscient](#): > > There are lots of ridiculously popular names. It’s the milkaholic line and slutty implication that basically seals it. > > It’d be like them showing a black baby dribbling a basketball and calling him Michael. No, call him LeBron. Now there’s a lawsuit with legs. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/46 "2010-03-11T15:12:47Z")
I agree that the reference was intentional, but I don’t think Lohan deserves any damages. Plus, it’s bogus to wait this long to file the lawsuit, after it’s been playing for weeks. Now she’s claiming that she deserves higher damages because lots of people saw the commercial during the Winter Olympics, too. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/47 "2010-03-11T15:55:57Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > If I thought about it at all, probably yes. She would be the only Linday that I can think of. But I didn’t give it much thought. Please think about my daughter. That way she can call you as a witness in her lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/48 "2010-03-11T17:57:03Z")
I had seen this ad many times before LL’s suit and to tell the truth, if you asked me what the name of the ‘milkaholic’ was after I watched it, I couldn’t have told you. The word ‘milkaholic’ is more the attention getter for me, because I find it funny. I could care less about what her name was. The fact that she was a Lindsay didn’t make it any funnier to me. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/49 "2010-03-11T18:26:22Z")
Nope. When I think of the name “Lindsay”, I think of my favorite Deal Or No Deal model, case #26. Oh, how I miss her. And #10. And #13. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/50 "2010-03-11T18:31:19Z")
I still don’t get why anyone would assume it was her. I read the OP, clicked on the YouTube link, and I still didn’t think it was her. If anything, I’d’ve thought they were talking about the actual girlfriend baby. Had they made the milkaholic look like her or sound like her or something, maybe I could see it. But all they have is a first name. Those of you asserting that it is. It’s on you to prove your assertion. Give us a reason you think it was about her besides “She’s a popular girl named Lindsay, so it had to have been about her.” ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/51 "2010-03-11T18:39:06Z")
I didn’t think of her, nor do I believe they did it on purpose. “Lindsay” is just too popular a name, and Lohan too B-list, for a significant number of viewers to have made the connection. If they had named the baby “Paris,” for example, I’d think differently. But Lohan doesn’t have the single-name recognition she thinks she does. Comparing Michael Jordan – probably the greatest b-ball player ever - to Lindsay Lohan is crazy. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/52 "2010-03-11T19:44:24Z")
My first and last names (separately) have been the butt of humor since I was old enough to understand the concept of a joke, but you don’t see me suing anybody over it. Maybe if Lohan _were_ a milkaholic, she wouldn’t be such a walking train wreck. One more thing: When did she join the ranks of the “one names” (Madonna, Prince, Cher, Beyonce, Sting, et.al.)? Must have missed that headline, just like she did. I think Lindsay needs to dry out and STFU. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/53 "2010-03-11T19:59:45Z")
Lindsey Lohan? Seriously? If anyone asked who the most famous “Lindse(a)y” is over the past month it would easily be Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn. You know: Cover of Sports Illustrated, controversial cover of Sports Illustrated, Won a Gold medal last month, was on Jay Leno’s much touted first night return to the Tonight Show. She has easily been this year’s person most associated with LINDSEY name. What the hell has Lindsay Lohan done lately? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/54 "2010-03-11T21:34:50Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I actually thought of Lindsay Bluth first. When I heard about the lawsuit, Bluth was the first Lindsay to spring to mind, along with Lindsay Weir. I just happen to be watching AD episodes now on the Independent Film Channel and recently watched all of Freaks and Geeks for the first time. The chick from the Prairie Home Companion movie? I usually see her referenced as LiLo, who IMO should be sued by J-Lo. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/55 "2010-03-11T21:45:35Z")
Where does Lyndsey Buckingham fit into this? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/56 "2010-03-11T22:14:21Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > The chick from the Prairie Home Companion movie? I usually see her referenced as LiLo, who IMO should be sued by J-Lo. Who in turn should be sued by Jell-o. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/57 "2010-03-12T05:08:26Z")
But I will from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/58 "2010-03-12T06:02:48Z")
I’m very surprised there are 16 people as of this writing that answered yes to this. I really would have expected maybe 1 or 2 at most, and 0 wouldn’t have shocked me. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/59 "2010-03-12T17:22:08Z")
Yeah, the conspiracy theorist in me thinks this was a ploy to get Lohan some publicity. It’s done more good for e\*trade publicity than Logan though. I just blipped through the name when I heard it. It was one of those things where I couldn’t have told you the “milkawhaaa???” girls name after the commercial was over. Now I’ll never forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028/60 "2010-03-12T21:15:57Z")
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