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- From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
- Subject: Re: Video Only ad
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.001643.12849@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:33:38 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- 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.
-
- I know the answer to this one. I think the commercial said the guy was
- was down here from Alaska. (And everyone knows Alaskans aren't too good
- with numbers.)
-
- monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan ) writes:
- | If you're spending more that 1.85 seconds wondering about this STOOPID
- | commercial...
- |
- | You and your wife need to get out more :)
-
- Yeah, right. A usenet-junkie telling other people *they* need to get
- out more.
- ==
-
- Bob Seattle, Washington
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