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Topic: Too Many Owls!Posted By: aka ron
Subject: Too Many Owls!
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2017 at 5:16pm
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 10:30am
They still sell those down here, too.
Have for as long as I can remember.
------------- ...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender Jackson Browne - The Pretender
C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States
Posted By: brando98
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 8:58pm
Ive noticed the same thing lately. I'm not sure why its the hype thing now to put an owl in a commercial. There is also a Geico and a Wendy's commercial with owls in them. The Geico ad is from a year or two ago but the Wendy's one is still being shown.
Geico
Wendy's
Posted By: ALE515
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 12:06am
It was foxes a year or two ago, now it's owls. Let's guess what will be next!
Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 4:06pm
brando98 wrote:
Ive noticed the same thing lately. I'm not sure why its the hype thing now to put an owl in a commercial. There is also a Geico and a Wendy's commercial with owls in them. The Geico ad is from a year or two ago but the Wendy's one is still being shown.
Geico
Wendy's
Looks like Wendys's "borrowed" the old White Owl cigar mascot.
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Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 5:38pm
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2017 at 8:13pm
This thread has died!
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2017 at 5:57pm
I couldn't be more sick of anything than the 'TripAdvisor Owl'
This may possibly be 'improper board ettiquette', but...
1.) I wanna kill the owl
2.) I wanna de-feather it, chop off its fake little head
3.) I wanna boil the remains
4.) Once boiled, I wanna coat it in curry and toss it in boiling oil for 30 minutes
5.) Cool it, strip the meat off
6.) Take the glasses away from the 'America's Best' spokesowl
7.) Feed the AB owl the TA owl, claiming what I have is 'curried mouse'
8.) Then I wanna kill little mister know-it-owl and feed it to the pigs, who will eat anything and leave no evidence
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: Geezer
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2017 at 10:25pm
Hey now, I LIKED the 'America's Best' smarmy owl ads when they first came out. "Whooo?" "Stop it!"
Here lately the big offender is WGU, ('Western Governor's University), and at least they're low-key commercials and mildly humorous.
The Zyxal commercials were a bit much, with the highly stylized 'classy' owl with a British accent. "Wise all with Zyxal"?
------------- Rice is good if you're hungry and feel like eating 2,000 of something. - Mitch Hedberg
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2017 at 4:53am
Geezer wrote:
Hey now, I LIKED the 'America's Best' smarmy owl ads when they first came out. "Whooo?" "Stop it!"
Here lately the big offender is WGU, ('Western Governor's University), and at least they're low-key commercials and mildly humorous.
The Zyxal commercials were a bit much, with the highly stylized 'classy' owl with a British accent. "Wise all with Zyxal"?
I'm familiar with the WGU commercials, too. A little too silly.
HOWEVER, you hit the nail on the head with the Zyxal ads - they only showed for a short time, here...but even that was too long.
Aaaaaaand, by the way - what a pleasant 'blast from the past'! Great to see you back, Geezer - hope to see you more often. Hope this finds You & Yours at only the best.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: tikibagger
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2017 at 3:07pm
it seems like the tritest and easiest spokes animal comes up in the latest 'genius' ads from our beloved 'creators'
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Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 4:55am
PaWolf wrote:
I couldn't be more sick of anything than the 'TripAdvisor Owl'
This may possibly be 'improper board ettiquette', but...
1.) I wanna kill the owl
2.) I wanna de-feather it, chop off its fake little head
3.) I wanna boil the remains
4.) Once boiled, I wanna coat it in curry and toss it in boiling oil for 30 minutes
5.) Cool it, strip the meat off
6.) Take the glasses away from the 'America's Best' spokesowl
7.) Feed the AB owl the TA owl, claiming what I have is 'curried mouse'
8.) Then I wanna kill little mister know-it-owl and feed it to the pigs, who will eat anything and leave no evidence
Too much effort.
I just want to throw the TripAdvisor Owl into the running jet engine of a 747.
Yeah... that ought to do quite nicely, I should think.
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 2:40pm
^^^I don't see you having any 'Miracle On The Hudson' if you toss that little rat-bastard into the turbine.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 5:36pm
Anduril wrote:
PaWolf wrote:
I couldn't be more sick of anything than the 'TripAdvisor Owl'
This may possibly be 'improper board ettiquette', but...
1.) I wanna kill the owl
2.) I wanna de-feather it, chop off its fake little head
3.) I wanna boil the remains
4.) Once boiled, I wanna coat it in curry and toss it in boiling oil for 30 minutes
5.) Cool it, strip the meat off
6.) Take the glasses away from the 'America's Best' spokesowl
7.) Feed the AB owl the TA owl, claiming what I have is 'curried mouse'
8.) Then I wanna kill little mister know-it-owl and feed it to the pigs, who will eat anything and leave no evidence
Too much effort.
I just want to throw the TripAdvisor Owl into the running jet engine of a 747.
Yeah... that ought to do quite nicely, I should think.
How could anyone hate owls so much?
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 5:44pm
^^^You might consider sending Hooty a PM or email with a link to the owl mash-up. That is pretty cute.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 6:08pm
His last visit was March 1st of this year.
Posted By: ThatNerdInPhilly
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 6:23pm
Very true...the "wise old owl" is extremely played out!
Either a British accent or you have the grumpy sarcastic one from America's Best.
This TripAdvisor ad with the "WOOOO!" in the beginning and end drives me nuts!
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Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 6:48pm
aka ron wrote:
His last visit was March 1st of this year.
Of course.
It was just a suggestion...maybe, like...oh...."Whatever happened to AngMcP?". Something I know because I care about our members and, well, heck - sometimes they answer back.
Sometimes they'll surprise you.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 7:03pm
Angry S, Papa L. So many members just lose interest.
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 8:30pm
Very assumptive of you...sometimes it is something totally different. You have to care enough to ask.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 9:13pm
If I had to choose between the JG Wentworth boy band ad and the Trip Advisor Owl ad I'm going with the Owl!
------------- One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2017 at 2:45am
Ad nauseous wrote:
If I had to choose between the JG Wentworth boy band ad and the Trip Advisor Owl ad I'm going with the Owl!