I swear, I saw this crap commercial a hundred times before I actually, looked and listened to it, all at the same time, and said, “Hey, that’s kinda funny, I get it now”.
:smack:
Any takers?
(Omg, this is a punctuation nightmare… :()
Never watched it all the way through, wondered why he was laughing at the end.
It was months before I saw the tiny giraffe. :smack:
That one didn’t give me any trouble, but it was just today that I figured out the Geico Caveman Scrabble commercial. He’s playing Scrabble with a guy who plays the word “orakpoed”. Caveman says that’s not a word and asks what it means. The guy says something that sounds like “sect” or “sex”. Then he plays “neanderthal” and Caveman leaves in a huff.
So I’m googling “orakpoed” and asking about it on Giraffe’s board. Turns out the player is Brian Orakpo from the Washington Redskins, and he’s saying “orakpoed” means “sacked”. 
whats up with the giraffes?
beer not helping…
What rich dude doesnt have a tiny g?..and that same g with a website? :eek:
I still don’t get the State Farm one. Why was he calling at 3 a.m.? Is that the only time State Farm staffs their phones? Was he on hold until then?
I only just realized the Microsoft dog & golf one - poor quality vid - was the same people throughout, and the kid did get the dog in the background, which is why the dad tries the same trick. Initially I thought it was just about people making PP presentations all the time because they had spent all that money on a computer.
Maybe the Agent was stationed in New Zealand? :dubious:
If you look closely, you’ll see he’s wearing a shirt that says orakpoed.
I admit, I still don’t get this. Is “sacked” offensive to the caveman for some reason, or is the joke that he’s playing with Brian Orakpo, who uses his own name as a valid word?
I guess that could be funny if the viewer understood the inside joke of orakpoed. However, I wouldn’t know him to look at him, so that commercial still falls flat for me.
I posted this on the Dope the day after I first figured it out, which wasn’t all that long ago: the double-meaning behind “Every kiss begins with Kay.”
‘Sack’ is a term in American Football, the game Orakpo plays. While he’s not a record holder, he’s racked up a pretty good sacking stat, which is what he’s (presumably) bragging about.
Then he plays Neanderthal, which is what pisses off the caveman (since the Geico Cavemen are over-sensitive prisses).
This subtle message eluded me for an embarrassing length of time.
I knew “It’s my money and I need it now!” commercial irritated me greatly (especially the last guy who yells it out) and I had no idea what the commercial was about until recently.
This happens to me all the time… I don’t tell anyone.
He was calling that late because he can. They are flogging the fact that they are available even late so that people who can’t get them during normal business hours can still reach someone.
Most people don’t get the phone sex part of that one.
No, the idea is that you can always reach someone at State Farm, 24/7. Their entire marketing campaign is about how much better they treat their customers, saying that the other services are only cheaper because they cut corners.
What was it you didn’t get?
Phone sex? The wife thinks he’s cheating on her and he’s talking to the other woman.
Well, it could be either, really.
This is mine as well. Years of hearing the commecials. Then one day “oh, I’m such an idiot.”
I get it. I just don’t want it.
Mine, too. I finally asked my husband, and he laughed at me. I hate that commercial now - it reminds me that I’m stupid.
