I Can Has Cheezburger?
This evening on Yahoo.com's front page, the most prominent article is --- wait for it... wait for iiiit... ready?
Shoe tying. A video of how to tie shoes, "the old fashioned way". Thanks Yahoo!, now I'm paranoid. I've been tying my shoes the same way since I was six years old, does that make me out of date, or just old school? I don't jump on many trends but I'm wondering if maybe there was something I missed. A flyer? Perhaps a chain email? I hate not getting the joke.
I hate that this is news.
In other "news", I have a gigantic black bruise on my leg from perching too long on the window sill yesterday during the break in. Well, to be truthful, I did it again later just to see what it felt like to be a bird. Just kidding. Birds don't perch on my windowsill. This isn't a Disney film, after all. I figured I'd update you on my unintentional self-mutilation, since shoe-tying is headlining today's news. Maybe I should send a photo of my bruise to Yahoo!? Never know what'll happen. Maybe my injury will make headlines, and then be "ripped from the headlines" for one of those shows where they solve crime by poking dead people's innards. I can only hope.
Fingers crossed, ya'll!
Whuh?
K has a crush on a boy named Kevin. He's 5 years old, and sometimes they play together. If you ask her about him, she blushes and hides her face in her hands, and giggles when she tries to answer. She's only 3 years old! These kids start too young these days. Back in my day, we didn't like anyone until we were in the double-digits, if we liked them at all, but these youngsters are always jumping the gun, rushing in to everything willy-nilly*. The fitting for her wedding dress is tomorrow, Wayne will be discussing a bride price with Kevin Saturday morning. We don't know exactly what to expect, but there were rumors he was demanding no less than three oreos. We may need to postpone this arrangement for another year. We'll see.
Willy Nilly
Does anyone understand the new caveman commercial Geico's been running? Two cavemen are talking out on a balcony during a party. Caveman A says something to Caveman B about how, "A little loyalty would be nice, that's all." Caveman C runs in, announces he and (Jill?) are, "Getting back together," and is told to leave. Normally I have no problem putting these scenarios into some sort of context, but this one has me stumped. I get that maybe Caveman A wants loyalty from Caveman C after helping him through his breakup (or going through one himself?) but the line that throws me is said by Caveman A. The line, "What? Like having Geico makes me less of a caveman?"
What is that supposed to mean, anyway? I tried working out what it might represent as a euphamism, but nothing made sense except maybe, "erectile dysfunction,"** but I have a hard time wrapping my mind around that. I somehow doubt Geico wants to be subliminally equated to a flaccid weiner, especially since their target audience seems to be men in the 18-35 age range, but that's all I could come up with that didn't delve into more sensitive territory. (Gonorrhea, perhaps? I'm thinking that's a little taboo for the realm of advertising.)
If anyone wants to explain that commercial to me, I'll give you a lollipop. Tootsie pop, even, and you can choose which flavor.
This Is What Happens When I Watch TV At Night
Just saw a new DQ commercial, in which a waffle bowl (really a man in a giant foam costume, for the skeptical) opens his door to find a lovely blonde swirl of ice cream. "I just moved into the building," she says, "Do you have some chocolate syrup I could borrow?" (Comment: What links those two thoughts together, I'm not certain.) "Sure," replies WaffleBowl, and hands her a bottle. "Just out of curiosity, what do you want it for?"
"Oh," she smiles coyly. "I was just thinking I'd dump it all over myself." As she turns to walk away, we see WaffleBowl's reaction. Shock, as we'd expect. And then, half a second before the words "Dairy Queen" take over the screen, a sudden... extra reaction. WaffleBowl is watching her walk away and suddenly visibly tenses and grunts sharply. Kind of like he'd been punched in the stomach. . Kind of like something else that likely is much nicer than being punched in the stomach. The screen is immediately filled with images of the new dishes, and it was so sudden I thought I didn't see what I thought I saw.
Maybe I'm being a perv and misinterpreting an innocuous moment of comedy, but that's ok with me. It was hysterical. I can't wait to see it again, and I'll admit: I'm now very curious to try what DQ has to offer.
Shoe tying. A video of how to tie shoes, "the old fashioned way". Thanks Yahoo!, now I'm paranoid. I've been tying my shoes the same way since I was six years old, does that make me out of date, or just old school? I don't jump on many trends but I'm wondering if maybe there was something I missed. A flyer? Perhaps a chain email? I hate not getting the joke.
I hate that this is news.
In other "news", I have a gigantic black bruise on my leg from perching too long on the window sill yesterday during the break in. Well, to be truthful, I did it again later just to see what it felt like to be a bird. Just kidding. Birds don't perch on my windowsill. This isn't a Disney film, after all. I figured I'd update you on my unintentional self-mutilation, since shoe-tying is headlining today's news. Maybe I should send a photo of my bruise to Yahoo!? Never know what'll happen. Maybe my injury will make headlines, and then be "ripped from the headlines" for one of those shows where they solve crime by poking dead people's innards. I can only hope.
Fingers crossed, ya'll!
Whuh?
K has a crush on a boy named Kevin. He's 5 years old, and sometimes they play together. If you ask her about him, she blushes and hides her face in her hands, and giggles when she tries to answer. She's only 3 years old! These kids start too young these days. Back in my day, we didn't like anyone until we were in the double-digits, if we liked them at all, but these youngsters are always jumping the gun, rushing in to everything willy-nilly*. The fitting for her wedding dress is tomorrow, Wayne will be discussing a bride price with Kevin Saturday morning. We don't know exactly what to expect, but there were rumors he was demanding no less than three oreos. We may need to postpone this arrangement for another year. We'll see.
Willy Nilly
Does anyone understand the new caveman commercial Geico's been running? Two cavemen are talking out on a balcony during a party. Caveman A says something to Caveman B about how, "A little loyalty would be nice, that's all." Caveman C runs in, announces he and (Jill?) are, "Getting back together," and is told to leave. Normally I have no problem putting these scenarios into some sort of context, but this one has me stumped. I get that maybe Caveman A wants loyalty from Caveman C after helping him through his breakup (or going through one himself?) but the line that throws me is said by Caveman A. The line, "What? Like having Geico makes me less of a caveman?"
What is that supposed to mean, anyway? I tried working out what it might represent as a euphamism, but nothing made sense except maybe, "erectile dysfunction,"** but I have a hard time wrapping my mind around that. I somehow doubt Geico wants to be subliminally equated to a flaccid weiner, especially since their target audience seems to be men in the 18-35 age range, but that's all I could come up with that didn't delve into more sensitive territory. (Gonorrhea, perhaps? I'm thinking that's a little taboo for the realm of advertising.)
If anyone wants to explain that commercial to me, I'll give you a lollipop. Tootsie pop, even, and you can choose which flavor.
This Is What Happens When I Watch TV At Night
Just saw a new DQ commercial, in which a waffle bowl (really a man in a giant foam costume, for the skeptical) opens his door to find a lovely blonde swirl of ice cream. "I just moved into the building," she says, "Do you have some chocolate syrup I could borrow?" (Comment: What links those two thoughts together, I'm not certain.) "Sure," replies WaffleBowl, and hands her a bottle. "Just out of curiosity, what do you want it for?"
"Oh," she smiles coyly. "I was just thinking I'd dump it all over myself." As she turns to walk away, we see WaffleBowl's reaction. Shock, as we'd expect. And then, half a second before the words "Dairy Queen" take over the screen, a sudden... extra reaction. WaffleBowl is watching her walk away and suddenly visibly tenses and grunts sharply. Kind of like he'd been punched in the stomach. . Kind of like something else that likely is much nicer than being punched in the stomach. The screen is immediately filled with images of the new dishes, and it was so sudden I thought I didn't see what I thought I saw.
Maybe I'm being a perv and misinterpreting an innocuous moment of comedy, but that's ok with me. It was hysterical. I can't wait to see it again, and I'll admit: I'm now very curious to try what DQ has to offer.
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