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Re: What is WITH this trend?
Posted By: Quartz, on host 63.64.161.56
Date: Monday, February 26, 2001, at 01:58:03
In Reply To: Re: What is WITH this trend? posted by Brunnen-G on Saturday, February 24, 2001, at 15:35:48:

> > Ugh, I hate when that happens. My sister and I have made a game of guessing what a commercial's going to be about.
> >
> > Me: Um...It's for a car!
> > Sister: No, no, it's for Life Insurance!
> > Me: No wait! It's for a phone company!
> > Sister: Contact lenses!
> > (we wait and see the end of the commercial).
> > Both: (in puzzled voice) Baby shampoo?
>
> I saw a new ad the other day that *really* baffled me. It was half music video and half arty monochrome camera angles, and featured some woman wandering around in various vague yet sexy-looking poses. The narrator drooled ecstatically in the background, "When was the last time you were seduced? When was the last time you seduced someone? When was the last time you danced until dawn in Paris? When was the last time you bought lacy lingerie? When was the last time you fell in love at first sight? Blah blah blah, decadence, sex, lust, romance, passion, excitement, blah blah blah." Arrgh, make it stop. On and on and on while Miss Sexy Lady pouted and posed.
>
> My first thought was "It's an ad for Viagra." Then I considered perfume, cars, fashion brands, beauty products, all the usual stuff that gets advertised like this. I went out on a limb and considered chocolates or sunglasses.
>
> It was an ad for cornflakes. I almost fell off the couch laughing.
>
> Brunnen-"cornflakes are NOT SEXY and NEVER WILL BE. Deal with it, cornflake makers."G

Actually, now that I think about it, that sounds kind of cool. There's so many commericals like that, so maybe the cornflake people were making a minute-long parody.

Or maybe they're just dumb.

~~*Q*~~