# In which I pit another stupid advertising trend. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668 "2006-04-14T15:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/25 "2006-04-14T22:12:13Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Damn. Looks like I got socked right in the heart. _Le sigh_. Me too, but I think I get to keep my hit points for spotting it before the bannination. Though I also realize now that I should not have said anything here, of course; it was just so suddenly, incredibly obvious. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/26 "2006-04-14T22:14:30Z")
> [@Ensign Edison](#): > > Me too, but I think I get to keep my hit points for spotting it before the bannination. Though I also realize now that I should not have said anything here, of course; it was just so suddenly, incredibly obvious. I never get puns… ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/27 "2006-04-15T15:59:59Z")
I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/28 "2006-04-15T17:51:23Z")
> [@bird tuner](#): > > Just ask Hermann Goering: tell a lie enough times and it becomes the truth. Is saying this without apparent apology or irony now enough to get a complete newbie banned? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/29 "2006-04-15T17:55:27Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > **bird tuner** , I think I heart you. Please join our board. Thank you. By the same token, is the intellectual-heartless-bastard pose all it takes these days to get the wuv on the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/30 "2006-04-15T17:59:30Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Is saying this without apparent apology or irony now enough to get a complete newbie banned? I believe, based on his style, that he was a sock of a recently banned member. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/31 "2006-04-15T18:12:47Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > By the same token, is the intellectual-heartless-bastard pose all it takes these days to get the wuv on the Dope? Awww…it’s ok. I heart you, too. Seriously? I just liked the way that our returning friend was able to make a coherent argument with few grammatical errors and actually fight some ignorance in response to a stupid O.P. Too bad he couldn’t keep up the persona for very long. I didn’t detect the smell of gym socks until another thread which has since been disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/32 "2006-04-16T19:08:14Z")
Hammer ad, 1920 "You will find the Standard ™ brand hammer to be completely adequate and satisfactory for the hammering of nails of all kinds into both hard and soft wood. Hammer ad, 1943 “Standard Hammers are pounding away at the skulls of sneaky Japs for victory! Buy War Bonds.” Hammer ad, 2000 “Hammerient Hammers. Hammers. Nails. Hard.” Hammer ad, 2006 “Hammerworks produces award-winning, world-class, robust nail-driving solutions.” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668/33 "2006-04-17T11:22:32Z")
> [@Ensign Edison](#): > > I believe, based on his style, that he was a sock of a recently banned member. You guys are good. I can never tell who the socks are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-another-stupid-advertising-trend/352668.md?page=1)