# Weird Ad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 1, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544 "2011-11-01T20:42:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544/1 "2011-11-01T20:42:09Z")

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I got a weird ad at the bottom of the ATMB index page. Just a big button labeled “INSTALL”

I didn’t click on it, but I copied the link. Here it is, slightly broken:  
ht tp://adserving.cpxinteractive.com/clk?3,eAGljlFvgjAUhX8Nb8TctggYsodqITOzZGQYgy8L0IIIAYfd3Pj1u1OzZM-7aU5Ov3N7bwkLYAEUnMqHhauhqpyAMOZCoQqllQ1BEBBCqEvBI54dXxLON2wf8tWxfPP5tVZT.1TfLL9wbFjfLs.XXIRxXj4i.Sk.DZ2b-6-K0r209yG4775.7n0tMiGXv9MFZ.KYMCla2KQcsmlrZBp18gXm2bQmm10yxbsti0VI9mnL5P2f-P7Btg.GnCzGLRrhydVMDe9Fp8uuKdtZrw3C3qX0mjWoZzPmTX0wajjpWTnq3DQfuhvyqulrjItiyEf1OuraYssTivhDzhMSBvBJ54ANpuk0Aop2GBU64gD1LRZ9A.3efPg=,

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544/2 "2011-11-02T04:52:03Z")

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Reported.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544/3 "2011-11-02T13:09:27Z")

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Misread thread topic as “Weird Al” and was trying to figure out how that might properly fit into ATMB…

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544/4 "2011-11-02T17:07:24Z")

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Thanks for the link. Doesn’t seem to be working now (I deleted the space), making me think somebody already beefed. If this appears again, save a screen shot; this may help us narrow down which provider the ad came from. Apologies for the inconvenience.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544/5 "2011-11-04T03:44:09Z")

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> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> Misread thread topic as “Weird Al” and was trying to figure out how that might properly fit into ATMB…

Yep, I keep seeing the thread title and thinking of “Weird Ad” Yankovic, the guy who makes parodies of popular commercials.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ad/601544/6 "2011-11-06T21:39:44Z")

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> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> Misread thread topic as “Weird Al” and was trying to figure out how that might properly fit into ATMB…

So did I and I got all excited for a minute. I went to see him last month live. It was awesome 🙂