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    Posted: 22 Oct 2008 at 1:42pm
A commercial I really dislike is for Netflix.  The premise is that there is a uiz show and the contestant is really samrt and knows the answer to every question, even the questions that the host doesn't ask:
 
Host: if you multiply...
Contestant:  the square root of 19
Host: Correct
 
If he's so smart, why doesn't he answer 4.359?  Obviously, because the dumb guy who wrote the commercial has no idea how to calculate a square root but thinks it sounds "intelligent".
 
And if you listen to the answers--besides the ones that say how many films Netflix delievrs or the free delivery--you will quickly learn they are all B.S.  If a rhombus has four sides then how many tigers are there in the zoo, or something like that.  One contestant I think says the opposite of purple is blue (that can't be right, the opposite of purple is red, on the other side of the spectrum).  I think I would be a better commercial if the contestant responded to a question "I don't know!" and the host still said "Correct".  Might wake up some people.
 
Anyway this one bothers me.
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  Quote kat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Oct 2008 at 8:48pm
Actually, the opposite of purple is yellow.
Like last week I was eating spaghetti, and I just couldn't believe I was actually eating spaghetti ! I was putting it in my MOUTH !
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  Quote macpic70 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Oct 2008 at 4:31pm
Or answer in a way that is totally ridiculous and incongruous:

Q. What is the opposite of purple?
A. Turtle Wax.

Q. When you multiply ...
A. Candy corn!

They seemed to be at least trying to do that in the earlier spots, but they have gone away from it. I really despise these ads, now.


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