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Rational BAC · 10-29-2003, 07:59 AM

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Originally posted by Biff the unclean
Did they advertise a product that they could deliver? Or did they advertise a product that they couldn't even prove exists?

For only $35, 000 the new Forester SUV will be your's to enjoy...after you are dead.

That Isuzu SUV sitting on the mountaintop is something anyone could deliver? In the sense of actually driving up there? If you did actually believe the commercial (truth in advertising) and tried to do that you almost certainly would be dead.

(Whoops forgot, I was invited off this thread for not taking it very seriously.) ---------- OK---last time on this------

Church signs are just silly COMMERCIALS. That is all they are. Ignore them if they annoy you just like you ignore most silly commercials on TV.

Rhea · 10-29-2003, 08:21 AM

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Originally posted by McNamara
And I think advertisers would generally have the good taste to avoid making fun of a disaster like the Titanic. Some religious people, on the other hand, seem to get a kick out of "pointing and laughing" at other people's suffering if they can make a pitch for their own beliefs at the same time.

Au contraire. Remember the flap about the "Titanic Ride" carnival ride? You climbed up a stair to the bow pointing at the sky, then slid down the deck (of this giant inflatable three-story ride) past smokestacks and deck windows to the water.

Pretty grotesque. Completely secular. Yet another commercial venue (like churches).

http://www.amusementdepot.net/titanicadventureslide.htm

(but then again, IIRC, it was a church carnival where the flap took place, I think. The organizers never thought about how tasteless it was. Then some people drove by and nearly barfed. Quite a to-do!)

DrJim · 10-29-2003, 08:41 AM

Here in Lethbridge Alberta there is a HUGE green water-tower that is being converted, of all things, into a restaurant (hope they install an elevator). Anyway, there is currently huge billboards plastered all over it. One of them is a giant picture of Jesus on the cross with John 3:16 or something like that written over it.

A restaurant with a 20ft crucifixion picture... makes you wonder if they will have a shish-kabob special ...

Rhea · 10-29-2003, 08:56 AM

Speaking of Giant-Sized poor taste...

Another one that's a real head-shaker is the church group who clear-cuts an acre of what had been beautiful forested hillside, leaving stumps and scrub brush to make way for their 20-foot-per-letter "CHRIST IS THE ANSWER" Advert.

So beautiful! Clear-cutting in Jesus' name!

Rational BAC · 10-29-2003, 09:07 AM

I hate to show my ignorance and figured I could eventually figure it out.

Not yet though. What the hell does IIRC stand for? See it all over the place and haven't a clue.

Sorry for the sidetrack.

Biff the unclean · 10-29-2003, 09:15 AM

If I Remember Correctly

Rational BAC · 10-29-2003, 09:30 AM

Thanks.

Really should have figured that one out.

Rhea · 10-29-2003, 09:36 AM

Or, "If I Recall Correctly" (seems more poetic

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lpetrich · 10-29-2003, 09:39 AM

That Titanic ride reminds me of how Dr. Isaac Asimov thought that there was one word that one never says aboard an ocean liner. You could say that something is "huge", "gigantic", "enormous", but never that word.

But when a stand-up comedian announced that we will be celebrating the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Dr. A got outraged and considered organizing a committee for feeding him to the sharks.

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10-29-2003, 08:41 AM	#73
DrJim Regular Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lethbridge AB Canada Posts: 445	Here in Lethbridge Alberta there is a HUGE green water-tower that is being converted, of all things, into a restaurant (hope they install an elevator). Anyway, there is currently huge billboards plastered all over it. One of them is a giant picture of Jesus on the cross with John 3:16 or something like that written over it. A restaurant with a 20ft crucifixion picture... makes you wonder if they will have a shish-kabob special ...

10-29-2003, 08:56 AM	#74
Rhea Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Recluse Posts: 9,040	Speaking of Giant-Sized poor taste... Another one that's a real head-shaker is the church group who clear-cuts an acre of what had been beautiful forested hillside, leaving stumps and scrub brush to make way for their 20-foot-per-letter "CHRIST IS THE ANSWER" Advert. So beautiful! Clear-cutting in Jesus' name!

10-29-2003, 09:07 AM	#75
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	I hate to show my ignorance and figured I could eventually figure it out. Not yet though. What the hell does IIRC stand for? See it all over the place and haven't a clue. Sorry for the sidetrack.

10-29-2003, 09:15 AM	#76
Biff the unclean Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: an inaccessible island fortress Posts: 10,638	If I Remember Correctly

10-29-2003, 09:30 AM	#77
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	Thanks. Really should have figured that one out.

10-29-2003, 09:36 AM	#78
Rhea Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Recluse Posts: 9,040	Or, "If I Recall Correctly" (seems more poetic )

10-29-2003, 09:39 AM	#79
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	That Titanic ride reminds me of how Dr. Isaac Asimov thought that there was one word that one never says aboard an ocean liner. You could say that something is "huge", "gigantic", "enormous", but never that word. But when a stand-up comedian announced that we will be celebrating the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Dr. A got outraged and considered organizing a committee for feeding him to the sharks.

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