# Hey, Geico! You’re not Phillyin’ right, dumbass! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-geico-you-re-not-phillyin-right-dumbass/1032406 "2026-08-18T20:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-geico-you-re-not-phillyin-right-dumbass/1032406/14 "2026-08-19T18:26:30Z")
I lead off with a similar Geico ad 21 years (Good God!) ago. > [@You're not from around here, are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-from-around-here-are-you/311817): > > Today I was tooling around with the radio on, and up came an advert for GEICO, It started out with something like, “Here in Arizona, the state bird is the cactus wren, the state flower is the saguaro blossom, and the state reptile is the ridgenose rattlesnake” then went on with somethng silly thing about how the last should be the GEICO gecko because of all the money he saves careful drivers. Only thing was, the guy pronounced the middle item “sag-you-are-oh.” Um, thank you for playing. It’s… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-geico-you-re-not-phillyin-right-dumbass/1032406)._