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- From: cummings@stein.u.washington.edu (Michael Cummings)
- Subject: Video Only ad
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.211412.5522@u.washington.edu>
- Keywords: stupid
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- Distribution: seattle
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:14:12 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- There's an ad for "Video Only" on TV where they solicit
- testimonials from a bunch of Plain Folks about how cheap everything is
- there. One guy make the comment (not quite verbatim), "I checked around,
- and everything here is about 12% less. But that 12% is like 50% to me."
-
- HUH?!?!
-
- Anyone have any idea what this could possibly mean?
-
- I know it's just a stupid ad, but my wife and I both think this is
- pretty funny and wonder whether we're missing something.
-
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- Michael Cummings NX7E
- cummings@u.washington.edu
- "To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being
- --
- Michael Cummings NX7E
- cummings@u.washington.edu
- "To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being
- crushed under the wheels of the Imperial carriage." - _You Gotta Have Wa_
-