# Summer's Eve Commercial

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-eve-commercial/600736>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 25, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-eve-commercial/600736 "2011-10-25T14:28:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-eve-commercial/600736/21 "2011-10-27T21:58:48Z")

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> [@Troppus](#):
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> I read it backwards from the OP’s perspective: the ad reminds us that sex is fun and a worthwhile pursuit, and uses a familiar axiom: the fairytale. Just because we are near equality now doesn’t mean we should feign offense and scrap eons of literary history chock full of similar stories. “Man performs heroic act in the name of love.” It’s tongue-in-cheek.
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> As the owner of a particularly entertaining **V** , I’m not in the least offended. I mean…that’s what they’re _for_.

Tongue in cheek? You’re doing it wrong.

What does your V do? I’m picturing it singing “Hello my baby, hello my darling” but only when your alone with it.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-eve-commercial/600736/22 "2011-10-28T00:32:45Z")

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Well, that pyramid probably is a tall enough pedestal.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-eve-commercial/600736/23 "2011-10-28T00:38:35Z")

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> [@Barking\_Dog](#):
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> I’m so going to shamelessly plagiarize this, if’n you don’t mind sir.

Go ahead. I stole it from Steve Martin.

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