I hereby request the media to:
Replace the words "Rep. Harry A. Waxman, (D-CA)" with the words "Mayor of Whoville." Please, I'm begging you. I mean really, you're telling me you're hearing this for the first time? Immediately, upon seeing the guy I thought he was a dead ringer for the mayor. And I know you did too, media. You trained to notice things. So please, I'm begging you, make the switch and out Harry for 'who' he really is...
Posted on: April 16, 2008 12:50 pm
Posted on: April 15, 2008 3:44 pm
Edited on: April 15, 2008 5:28 pm
What random thing angers you for no reason?
Sometimes something happens that gets under my skin. It happens. Normally it goes away after a while.
But sometimes it doesn't go away. And sometimes occurrences happen that inflame this annoyance, and it becomes a war. For me, I have just about had it with a particular bumpersticker/ad campaign.
Milk started it. Innocently enough, they created the unique "Got Milk?" campaign. Unique, a little creative, it was a very successful campaign. Not sure why they advertise, but that's not the point of the blog. This campaign was successful enough that a number of non-creative advertising people stole it. "Got Burrito?" "Got Music?" was the new catchphrase, just insert your product for the second word, and voila, a new campaign was born.
Well now it is 2008. And I still see bumperstickers. And I want to run these people off the road. "Got Sand?" Well I don't have sand, did you need some? I've started pulling up to people at lights now, answering their question. "No I don't have any sand!!! Did you need some???? They have a bunch at the beach, but I don't think you can take it. Sorry to disappoint you but I don't have any!" Just yell it at them.
Today I saw "Got Groceries?" What??? I don't know what possesses people to:
1) create new stickers with new nouns for the second word.
2) say to themselves, "Wow, 'Got Groceries?'! I've been waiting for that one to come out, I must buy it and immediately paste it on my truck..."
I saw "Got Ammo?" the other day too. I'll let that one slide.
But sometimes it doesn't go away. And sometimes occurrences happen that inflame this annoyance, and it becomes a war. For me, I have just about had it with a particular bumpersticker/ad campaign.
Milk started it. Innocently enough, they created the unique "Got Milk?" campaign. Unique, a little creative, it was a very successful campaign. Not sure why they advertise, but that's not the point of the blog. This campaign was successful enough that a number of non-creative advertising people stole it. "Got Burrito?" "Got Music?" was the new catchphrase, just insert your product for the second word, and voila, a new campaign was born.
Well now it is 2008. And I still see bumperstickers. And I want to run these people off the road. "Got Sand?" Well I don't have sand, did you need some? I've started pulling up to people at lights now, answering their question. "No I don't have any sand!!! Did you need some???? They have a bunch at the beach, but I don't think you can take it. Sorry to disappoint you but I don't have any!" Just yell it at them.
Today I saw "Got Groceries?" What??? I don't know what possesses people to:
1) create new stickers with new nouns for the second word.
2) say to themselves, "Wow, 'Got Groceries?'! I've been waiting for that one to come out, I must buy it and immediately paste it on my truck..."
I saw "Got Ammo?" the other day too. I'll let that one slide.
Posted on: April 9, 2008 2:01 am
Edited on: April 9, 2008 2:02 am
Commercials that Make No Sense
We've all seen commercials that boggle our minds. You know, ones that make no sense. You watch it, then when it's over, you ask "what the heck was that" and most of the time you don't even remember what the ad was for.
Well, the John Kruk commercial on ESPN is blogworthy. John Kruk is reminiscing about the time when he was walking around on the field [in a suit, so he's not a player] during a baseball game, and he suddenly trips over his lost briefcase. Somehow this lost briefcase was buried in the dirt on the field. He opens it, and a bunch of bugs come flying out of the briefcase, because he left an egg salad sandwich in there. All these bugs are freakin flying around and somehow it brings bad luck to the Yankees, which for some reason have Karl Ravich pitching for them.
Do we have any idea what the heck this is about? I've heard of and seen games where bugs come out of nowhere [I think Cleveland had a game like that]. If you've never seen the ad, you're thinking "this dude is on acid" with that description. But if you've seen the ad you're thinking "thank God, I'm NOT on acid."
Well, the John Kruk commercial on ESPN is blogworthy. John Kruk is reminiscing about the time when he was walking around on the field [in a suit, so he's not a player] during a baseball game, and he suddenly trips over his lost briefcase. Somehow this lost briefcase was buried in the dirt on the field. He opens it, and a bunch of bugs come flying out of the briefcase, because he left an egg salad sandwich in there. All these bugs are freakin flying around and somehow it brings bad luck to the Yankees, which for some reason have Karl Ravich pitching for them.
Do we have any idea what the heck this is about? I've heard of and seen games where bugs come out of nowhere [I think Cleveland had a game like that]. If you've never seen the ad, you're thinking "this dude is on acid" with that description. But if you've seen the ad you're thinking "thank God, I'm NOT on acid."
Posted on: March 21, 2008 7:13 pm
nice work USD!!!
It takes some getting used to, "San Diego" doesn't mean USD to most of us here in San Diego. The campus is buzzing! I'm amazed they were able to fight through losing their top two scorers. Truly amazing, I guess the Big East wasn't so big after all! At least for that game.
Posted on: February 11, 2008 3:30 pm
NFL to Revisit putting Radio Comm in for Defenses
Well, according to the Washington Post [you might need a Post account to read], the NFL is looking into allowing the defense to have a player with a Radio Communication device, just like the QB gets. This would eliminate the need for the defenses to relay signals in from the sidelines, and thus there would be no signals to steal.
Of particular note is the fact that they've had similar proposals each of the last two offseasons. For proposals like this to pass, the teams have to approve them with a 24 out of 32 vote. Two years ago the proposal received 18 votes. Last year, it garnered 22 votes. Of note, the Patriots were one of the teams to vote against this proposal [NFL.com link].
I'd be really interested in seeing who the other owners were who voted against this. The League quote is that "some of the offensive coaches didn't think it was necessary," but yet I'd hardly call Belichick an offensive coach. I have a sneaky suspicion that my Eagles might have voted against this proposal as well.
Does anyone know what other owners would have shot down a "leveling of the playing field?" That is, who would have been against the defense being afforded the same mechanism for play calling that offenses get?
Of particular note is the fact that they've had similar proposals each of the last two offseasons. For proposals like this to pass, the teams have to approve them with a 24 out of 32 vote. Two years ago the proposal received 18 votes. Last year, it garnered 22 votes. Of note, the Patriots were one of the teams to vote against this proposal [NFL.com link].
I'd be really interested in seeing who the other owners were who voted against this. The League quote is that "some of the offensive coaches didn't think it was necessary," but yet I'd hardly call Belichick an offensive coach. I have a sneaky suspicion that my Eagles might have voted against this proposal as well.
Does anyone know what other owners would have shot down a "leveling of the playing field?" That is, who would have been against the defense being afforded the same mechanism for play calling that offenses get?
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