Friday, flakes, funnies

[bironic]

People are battening down the hatches here, waiting for the storm they're saying will dump a foot and a half of snow by tomorrow evening. It'll be our third storm in a week. I am loving this winter, and not just because I get to telework so much. Wednesday morning dawned with an otherworldly landscape: branches coated with wet snow, lit yellow-

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[m_supercomputer]

Oh, it was Kolya! I knew I recognized the narrator's voice, but couldn't place from where. I love that commercial, though, and am going to find as many excuses as possible to use this animated .gif of the most terrifying segment.

[bironic]

Ha! Excellent. I had a great time watching some other Fred Davis ads today. The rat over Atlanta, hugging and kissing the golden dome, was especially wonderful.

[m_supercomputer]

Hee, was the rat one about an ox fighting King Roy, THE RAT? That one's amazing. Do you have the link? It used to be on YouTube, but the candidate's people apparently finally wised up and removed it.

[bironic]

Yeah, they linked to it somewhere in the Slate article, hang on - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvq1LT9yon4&feature=player_embedded#at=418

Fabulous.

[m_supercomputer]

Ahaha, that one's pretty great. The ad I meant was this one - it must've been a take off of the earlier one, with more terrible animation and insane narration. And an ox. *g*

[bironic]

Wow. That is... special.