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- From: monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan )
- Subject: Re: Video Only ad
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.231304.7924@u.washington.edu>
- Keywords: stupid
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: UW Computing
- References: <1992Dec22.211412.5522@u.washington.edu>
- Distribution: seattle
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:13:04 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <1992Dec22.211412.5522@u.washington.edu> cummings@stein.u.washington.edu (Michael Cummings) writes:
- > 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.
- >
-
- If you're spending more that 1.85 seconds wondering about this STOOPID
- commercial...
-
- You and your wife need to get out more :)
-
-
- Happy Holidays
-