In <Dwr81J.2Dr@mattress.atww.org> A. Reichert wrote:
>And he better bring his TCP Towers novel in bound format!
Hot from TCP Towers presses, "Trolls of the mists", tells a touching
story of the reclusive trolls and the lusers who endanger their
lives. Be the first in your neighbourhood to have a copy of this
wonderful story. It can be yours for only 25 bowls of sushi[1].
sigh I think that I've been watching far too much US TV whilst I've
been over here. I really don't believe the number of adverts you have
to put up with. I can cope with an advert break every now and again,
but every 5-10 minutes ? I guess that I've been spoiled from TV in
the UK. BBC[12] doesn't have adverts (unless you count the occasional
pat on the back they give themselves or the party political broadcasts).
ITV/CH4 have adverts, but nowhere near as many as in the US. And
at least on Sky (satalite/cable) they don't break the film up with
adverts. They are all shown in a 20-30 minute gap after the film
has finished.
However, some of the adverts can be fairly amusing. Some of them
are almost worthy of the shows in the UK which make fun of TV in
general (out-takes, stupid adverts and the like). There were the
adverts for lawyers, health care and the like. There was a large
herd of adverts about "Abs". Now, ABS is normally mentioned in car
ads in the UK. In the US they use it to refer to abdominal muscles.
They have scantily clad models showing off their bodies whilst
exercising with "The Abdominizer" which for just 5 minutes day will
make a noticeable difference. A difference to your bank account
maybe.. You just look at these models and think "They didn't get
those muscles by using one of those machines for just 5 minutes a
day". Another thought is "what a waste of money".
The most amusing adverts are the Infomercials tho. The ones where
they say things like "We've taken the oil and water from this engine.
Poured in sand, reved it up and it still works like new", er yeah.
Right. Or one where they say things like "and if we just leave WonderStrip
on this table for 10 secs it removes all of the old paint from the
table and paints it with a new color for you", followed by lots of
comments like "isn't that great!" from the host who appears to have
a fixed smile and less intelligence than any of the nasty lusers
TCP Towers have had to put up with over the years.
In small doses, infomercials and the US adverts are amusing. I've got
a feeling that I'd rapidly go postal if I had to watch stuff like that
all of the time. At least I was spared the "And if you order now we
will not only give you two for the price of one but we'll throw in a
vital organ from our CEO as well" stuff.
| [1] |
sushi => squid[2] => quid => £.
Honest. |
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| [2] |
Why people actually like eating squid is beyond me. Perhaps
people like eating something which has the consistency of
rubber. There again, people believe M$ marketing... |
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Posted on 29 Aug 1996