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    Posted: 17 Apr 2008 at 1:11am
Did anyone notice that they changed the Verizon commercial with "Mr Fear of Commitment?"  In it, this guy runs into an old girlfriend. When she berates him for committing to a phone company, he used to say, "Why buy the whole cow when I can only pay on the days I milk it."  Now they changed it to something like "Why not pay only when I use my phone?"
 
What was wrong with the cow thing?  It was quite clever, really. Did some Cow Defense Organization get their panties in a wad?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote PaWolf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Apr 2008 at 1:17am
I started a thread on this very commercial while the old board was up.
Not even crickets commented.
The original commercial almost got me in trouble at home...I told MissyD that I had NEVER heard that line; I couldn't quit laughing...
"...if only I knew that one when I was young..."
Didn't even hear crickets in the bedroom, for a few days...
 
 
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Well Pa...That was a "cheep" line.  :) 
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PS: Pa, thanks for your "Crickets" post over on the other forum. I was lurking there and noted that you said there were two sites, so I came back here and... voila!
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Originally posted by applepiemommy applepiemommy wrote:

PS: Pa, thanks for your "Crickets" post over on the other forum. I was lurking there and noted that you said there were two sites, so I came back here and... voila!


Hey...I appreciate that, AM...but that was my 'FOWL brother', Hooty...LOL
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I resemble that remark!
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This commercial....

SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You're jealous...admit it.
You'll feel better in the morning.

And we'll still be laughing.Wink
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I posted a rant about this same commercial here.
 
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Great minds think alike!
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Originally posted by applepiemommy applepiemommy wrote:

Did anyone notice that they changed the Verizon commercial with "Mr Fear of Commitment?"  In it, this guy runs into an old girlfriend. When she berates him for committing to a phone company, he used to say, "Why buy the whole cow when I can only pay on the days I milk it."  Now they changed it to something like "Why not pay only when I use my phone?"
 
What was wrong with the cow thing?  It was quite clever, really. Did some Cow Defense Organization get their panties in a wad?
 
I thought they changed it the last time I heard it!!  Wasn't sure, as I wasn't listening that closely.
 
I think, instead of looking like a deer caught in headlights when the ex-girlfriend responded, the guy should've looked glad to see her go.  Maybe he should've said "Yep.  That's me.  Mr. Fear of Commitment...to YOU!!!!"
 
 
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Originally posted by applepiemommy applepiemommy wrote:

When she berates him for committing to a phone company, he used to say, "Why buy the whole cow when I can only pay on the days I milk it."  Now they changed it to something like "Why not pay only when I use my phone?"

Heh. I thought I'd just imagined that part.

This one bugs me rather a bit. Just ... her whole ... ah, icky ... ah, -ness. Like she's caught him red-handed in a truly dastardly act. (Sorry. I'm a bit wing-dang-doodled on Nyquil, and can't think of the right word. ... Smarmyishness?)

But there are two payoffs in it for me: That moment right after she says his name, and he looks at her as if to silently ask, "Sorry? Do I know you?" and that smug little smirk right as he's informing her that, no, he hasn't changed a bit. Everytime I see it, I blurt out, "And good for you!"

Clearly, I need to get out more.

Quote What was wrong with the cow thing?  It was quite clever, really. Did some Cow Defense Organization get their panties in a wad?

/me wants to insert crack about someone thinking it was a fat joke, but is too tired to come up with anything clever
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Originally posted by souris souris wrote:

[QUOTE=applepiemommy] (Sorry. I'm a bit wing-dang-doodled on Nyquil,

 

Nyquil ROCKS. But whenever I take it, wing dang doodling is the last thing on my mind. Embarrassed
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Big momma...do you even have a wang dang to doodle?  Last I noticed, women didn't.  They have poontangs to bing bang.  LOL
 

 
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Originally posted by applepiemommy applepiemommy wrote:

Originally posted by souris souris wrote:

Sorry. I'm a bit wing-dang-doodled on Nyquil,

 

Nyquil ROCKS.
Doesn't it, though? There was a week in February when I'd had so much of it, I was seeing shiny colours and fighting not to lick them.
Quote But whenever I take it, wing dang doodling is the last thing on my mind. Embarrassed
OK. Clearly, I used the wrong made-up technical term. I suppose, then, that I'm too ... ah, frangipanied? Or ... mascarponed? Or ... frazzasnazzled?
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I'm no longer 'committed' to Nyquil...why pay for the whole bottle, when I can simply pay for the dose I abuse?
Actually, I spent years basically addicted to it (I love the flavor; something, oh...say, kinda like anti-freeze)...years ago, my doctor informed me medical science was looking into damage Nyquil causes the prostate...haven't even looked at a bottle of it for probably 10 years...
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Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

I'm no longer 'committed' to Nyquil...why pay for the whole bottle, when I can simply pay for the dose I abuse?
Actually, I spent years basically addicted to it (I love the flavor; something, oh...say, kinda like anti-freeze)...years ago, my doctor informed me medical science was looking into damage Nyquil causes the prostate...haven't even looked at a bottle of it for probably 10 years...
 
Good thing you laid off the Nyquil. I am a nurse I have seen several people whose kidneys have gone kaput from hitting the Nyquil bottle a little too hard.
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