# Silly rant about a stupid commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858 "2003-07-02T20:26:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/61 "2003-07-03T18:03:41Z")
The ad agency that’s been granted the Carl’s Jr. account is on my list of people to be fed to the aliens when the mother ship arrives. However, I will first ask for 20 minutes alone with whomever thought of hooking a mike up to people chewing with their mouths open. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/62 "2003-07-03T18:11:31Z")
**xcheopis** , it was those fucking elves. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/63 "2003-07-03T18:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\*I hate the beer commercial (can’t remember which beer, all I remember is how annoying it is, real effective insofar as selling their product huh?). > > Anyway, it shows this guy walking through some club. He spots a beautiful woman eyeing him, and the words “Maneater” appear above her head. > > He keeps walking, another very good-looking woman glances at him, but she’s also in an animated conversation with a friend “Chatterbox” appears above her head. > > Then there’s “High Maintenance”. Finally “Miss Right” who is labeled “Girl Next Door” or “Yes” or some such. > > This just DRIVES Me nuts (short drive as my bf would say :)). I mean, this guy is giving a nano-second’s glance to each one of these women and he just “knows” they’re no good? > > Yeah, we all NEED to be more judgmental and into labeling people negatively based on superficial appearances. > > grrrrrrrrrr \*\* Speaking of beer commercials, what the fuck is up with that bear? Is that Molson? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/64 "2003-07-03T18:13:16Z")
Oh man! The girl with that bear is AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/65 "2003-07-03T20:27:02Z")
Two locally produced commercials around here annoy the crap out of me. The first is a commercial for some car dealership where the dealership’s general manager is supposedly an 8-year little girl. The commercial shows her on the phone wheeling and dealing with salespeople and customers. Even funnier, she acts like a complete bitch (or a spoiled brat, depending on how you look at it). She’s almost a caricature of a slimy car dealer. She must have picked up from her parent(s) how car dealers are supposed to act, huh? 😃 What always strikes me about the commercial is the message it’s sending. Our general manager is a bratty kid? That just fills me with confidence. :rolleyes: The other commercial is for a local tire place. The store’s slogan is: “We’re on the hill, but on the level.” This brilliant slogan is stated by a youngish man and some woman who must be his mother. The mother looks like the Bride of Frankenstein. Her hair must be four feet tall. Yeesh… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/66 "2003-07-03T20:50:04Z")
The Diamond Dealer Wars in Atlanta, Georgia are the most annoying radio spots imaginable. Two or three big diamond sellers are extremely competitive with each other. Their ads, which seem to play every 3.67 minutes, often make snide under-handed comments about the other. It’s like a dirty political campaign sometimes only year-round. It’s one thing I don’t miss about Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/67 "2003-07-03T21:46:12Z")
ALSO, I just saw a mustard commercial that ends with “We Cut the Mustard.” Now, when I was younger, “cutting the mustard” was another way of saying someone farted. Like, “who cut the mustard?” I don’t know it to mean anything other than that. Was this just a regional thing? ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/68 "2003-07-03T22:48:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by niblet\_head \* > \*\*My favorite is for “Herbal Dexatrim”, who’s main selling point is that it is the natural way to lose weight (?) and has been used in China for millenia! > > Uh… they have a weight problem in China?? \*\* No, not since they have been using this product? They’re probably going after the stereotype that Chinese people are little and slim, forgetting about the fact that you’d be slim too if you ate mostly rice and vegetables? ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/69 "2003-07-04T00:53:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*I believe the fact that the cookies are elf-shaped is the proof (as seen in an earlier commercial). \*\* Ah. I guess I just caught one in a series of commercials, then. Although I’m still not sure I understand their elfin logic. 🙂 Biggest response I’ve ever gotten on any post and I waste it on the friggin’ Keebler elves. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/70 "2003-07-04T01:21:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sat on Cookie \* > \*\*ALSO, > > I just saw a mustard commercial that ends with “We Cut the Mustard.” Now, when I was younger, “cutting the mustard” was another way of saying someone farted. Like, “who cut the mustard?” I don’t know it to mean anything other than that. Was this just a regional thing? \*\* Around these parts to fart is “to cut the **cheese,** ” an slight but important difference. “Cut the mustard,” IIRC, means to be above par. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/71 "2003-07-04T11:10:51Z")
The other day I got some burgers and stuff from Nation’s, and was suprised to see “100th Anniversary” on the bags. “I didn’t know they’ve been around that long,” says I. So my wife available light says, “Look closer,” which I do. The dates on the bag are 1954 to 2054. “What the hell?!” says I. More text says, “We were excited about our 100th anniversary, but we got impatient and jumped the gun…” Yeah, no kidding, it’s not even 50 years yet you bunch of fucking goobers. There’s a TV commercial for Smart and Final that’s really stupid, which when combined with the lame-ass name makes me never want to drive near the godforsaken wasteland masquerading as a store. The commercial consists of a boy wearing a chef outfit and riding a bike down a (poorly blue screened) country road, while loudly and nasally proclaiming that you should “come ta Smaarrrrt n Fiiiinalllllll!!!” ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/72 "2003-07-04T12:52:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\*I hate the beer commercial (can’t remember which beer, all I remember is how annoying it is, real effective insofar as selling their product huh?). > > Anyway, it shows this guy walking through some club. He spots a beautiful woman eyeing him, and the words “Maneater” appear above her head. > > He keeps walking, another very good-looking woman glances at him, but she’s also in an animated conversation with a friend “Chatterbox” appears above her head. > > Then there’s “High Maintenance”. Finally “Miss Right” who is labeled “Girl Next Door” or “Yes” or some such. > > This just DRIVES Me nuts (short drive as my bf would say :)). I mean, this guy is giving a nano-second’s glance to each one of these women and he just “knows” they’re no good? > > Yeah, we all NEED to be more judgmental and into labeling people negatively based on superficial appearances. > > grrrrrrrrrr \*\* Cmon, **CanvasShoes** , wouldn’t you find these labels to be very helpful? Well, as long as they were accurate! Yessir, we all need them. That way I could weed out the problems before they erupt. And wimmen could weed me out. Oh, wait. They do that now without the aid of labels … ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/73 "2003-07-04T14:45:54Z")
One word: Marineland This Ogforsaken place has been using the SAME JINGLE for my entire life, changing the words every season. It now makes me erupt into uncontrollable convulsions every time it comes on the air. Can’t change the channel fast enough. Hate it hate it hate it. Everyone does NOT love Marineland. That I know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Green\_Feather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_Green\_Feather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Green_Feather)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/74 "2003-07-04T18:42:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*The other one (really old) was that series of Old Leather commercials which proclaimed that Old Leather “smells just like a man.” > > Excuse me, but isn’t the point to NOT smell just like a man. Isn’t that like marketing deoderant that smells just like an armpit or carpet deoderizer that smells just like cat piss?\*\* ROTFLMAO!! Really, I’m at work and everyone is looking at me…weirdly. 😃 Around here, we have a furniture store called ‘Sticks N’ Stuff’. Their spokes person is a female stock car driver that no one’s ever heard of and who is about as animated as a manequin in a coma. Because of this commercial, I will never buy furniture again. Has this thread been sufficiently hijacked into ‘The commercial I hate the most’? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/75 "2003-07-04T19:17:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Green Feather \* > \*\*ROTFLMAO!! Really, I’m at work and everyone is looking at me…weirdly. 😃 > > Around here, we have a furniture store called ‘Sticks N’ Stuff’. Their spokes person is a female stock car driver that no one’s ever heard of and who is about as animated as a manequin in a coma. Because of this commercial, I will never buy furniture again. > > Has this thread been sufficiently hijacked into ‘The commercial I hate the most’? \*\* “Hah! I’m So and So, some kind of racecar driver, for Sticks n’ Stuff! Don’t yew think my hilariously over the top accent is appealing?” ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/76 "2003-07-05T04:41:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Why does the voice in people’s heads tell them to kill? Why doesn’t it ever say: “Go take a shit on the salad bar at Wendy’s” You might want to credit George Carlin. The adulteration of Caesar salads doesn’t bother me quite as much as all the yuppy bars that are apparently putting any kind of fruit-laden coctail they can dream up into a martini glass and calling it a “martini”. Oh, and **Homebrew** , I live in Atlanta and the annoying Diamond Wars still go on. Also, every single DJ on the local crappy Clear Channel station seems to be whoring himself out to several local businesses. Mostly I listen to NPR. ---
**Author:** ![graceland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@graceland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/graceland)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/77 "2003-07-05T10:56:43Z")
Why, oh why, is Alf back on my TV? I’d love to see his pal Emmitt spike him in the endzone. How much tequila did they serve at the brainstorming session where it was decided that Alf should be resurrected to hawk phone service? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/78 "2003-07-05T21:34:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Iteki \* > \*\*Presently an ad for Sensodyne or some such toothpase for sensitive teeth running here in Sweden. Drives me _batshit_. > They actually have the gall to _say_ “But if you stop using Sensodyne, your pain will return” or some such crap. Don’t you _ **dare** _ threaten me, or blackmail me or whatever the fuck it is you are doing. I will never touch your fucking product now that you happily tell me that using it sells my soul to your ratfart company for all time? It’s like one of those chain letter emailas that say if you don’t forward this to ten people in ten minutes you will die of cancer. Shag off yeh pricks. \*\* It’s true, though. If you have sensitive enough teeth to need sensodyne, you’re going to be using it for life. Apparently, there’s something in it that temporarily stops the pain, and that wears off over time (less time than you usually let go between brushings) - other toothpastes don’t have whatever it is in them, so once whatever it is wears off, if you haven’t reapplied it, your teeth will start hurting again. (learned the hard way) I’m going to be using Sensodyne forever. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/79 "2003-07-05T22:15:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fruitbat \* > \*\*Although crotch humming (when done by the fairer sex in my case) sounds more appetizing than yogurt. \*\* And with about the same amount of bacteria ingested, not that I’m complaining. If I have to hear that big boned Southern bitch pine for a “hot dog” one more time in the Legally Blonde 2 ads so help me. Hot dog=penis. BBSB wants to get boned. Okay, okay. We got it within the first 150 times we saw the commerical. Geez, it wouldn’t bother me so much if it wasn’t on all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-rant-about-a-stupid-commercial/185858/80 "2003-07-06T01:56:25Z")
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