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substitute

Why yes, yes it is.

Jul 19, 2007 10:31

I heard a carnival barker-style bellowing ad on the car radio yesterday while listening to the all-news AM station. It was the usual mortgage broker appeal to refinance, this time with the added warning that rates were going up. The ad concluded:

"It's the biggest no-brainer in the history of Mankind!

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gordonzola July 19 2007, 17:38:09 UTC

oh you don't listen to sports talk enough. That ad has been going for years (at least up here). The newest one is actually self-mocking about being the "biggest no-brainer in the history of Mankind!"

the thing is that the voice reminds me of Tom Bodette of those old Motel 6 "we'll leave the light on for you" ads.

klikitak July 19 2007, 17:56:25 UTC

In a battle of the wits, Crazy Gideon would run circles around any Jackass trolling Roman Cucina.

And Crazy Gideon wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of cargo shorts.

Dr Moussa alienhand July 19 2007, 18:03:38 UTC

XL Laser Vision Institute trumps everything right now.
you do the big research, you come away with the knowledge you don't have to fish around for your glasses in the morning. they got the hot gear. they got the answers, including that finance thing.

Re: Dr Moussa klikitak July 19 2007, 18:27:02 UTC

Lest not forget the KARS FOR KIDS spot that started my 4:45 a.m. morning off right- get up and got to to work, sung by a bunch of retired grannies and developmentally disabled teens.

God hated me.

Re: Dr Moussa substitute July 19 2007, 18:40:42 UTC

I only commute once a week, so the Lumpen-America AM Radio Ads for Idiots don't come as hard and fast as they once did.

I was always a fan of the ads for Joint-Ritis, especially the ancient Appalachian lady who said something like "Since the joint rahtis my oth ritis has been so much less that I barely notice hit."

Re: Dr Moussa pbd July 19 2007, 20:31:27 UTC

What about HMS Capital

30 year loan based on the LIBOR Index for "savvy financial people", we'll call it the Bill Handel loan...wait, for all of you that got screwed by rising interest rates, we now have the 10 year loan, "the last loan you ever need to buy", the payments are high, but you will own your home in 10 years!

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culfinglin July 20 2007, 22:51:48 UTC

the other vanpool driver loves AM radio, and i hear that ad way too often. before i got my ipod working again, it ran at least twice in the 90-minute commute home.