puckish
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:00 pm
Feminine Shame Hut: BWAH!
It's the place to hang out until your hoo-hoo is all glittery again.
Cleo256
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:02 pm
I was seriously [monkey] just coming here to bitch about this new, quiter wrapper biznatch.
I just brought it up because I liked the commercial. It's silent, which is a nice change from the car ads trying to berate me into buying a car.
I totally get what y'all are saying about the product and the intent of the ad. But I just wanted to compliment them on a good commercial. I like the quiet.
Strawberryblonde
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:04 pm
I like the rock-climbing one too. "How about we practice on that rock first?"
"The
OTHER rock!"
Has anyone else seen the commercials for propane? They are just cracking me up!
In the first one, this guy comes into a house and he's wearing a white T-shirt with the word "propane" on it. He is greeted by a guy wearing a shirt with the word "electricity" on it. The electricity guy is stunned to find out that the propane guy is taking over a lot of his duties. Then he asks "anything else?" and the propane guy hits a remote causing a fire to light in the fireplace. The electricity guy blurts out "Does Wood know about this?!?" And the camera pans to an old guy in an easy chair with a shirt labelled "Wood". It's much funnier when you see it.
The second commercial is Propane and Electricity in the kitchen. Propane is cooking. Electricity is defending himself. "They LOVE my cooking! Shakes, TV dinners, TOAST! Toast is important!"
meknownothing
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:06 pm
If you're a pizza delivery guy, use the new Fructis Hair Gel! The girls will be all over you because you will look like Ace Ventura, Pet Detective! And we all know how sexy he is.
And (changing topic), how many bottles of Coca-Cola is that singing woman carrying in her bag? I'll ignore the fact that each and every one is OPEN, but shouldn't she be bending under that load? I do like her singing though.
And the Feminine Shame Hut? Are the locks on the inside or the outside? I'm guessing outside, because the Shame must be locked away.
luvmedo20
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:23 pm
If you're a pizza delivery guy, use the new Fructis Hair Gel! The girls will be all over you because you will look like Ace Ventura, Pet Detective! And we all know how sexy he is.
Hilarious because it's true. What were the hairstylists thinking?
And total word on the exponentially better Pier 1 ads with Thom. He just adds a little extra yum where as Kiristie added a little extra yuck.
MsLark
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:28 pm
I saw the new Pier One commercial! 1000 percent better than with Kirstie Alley, who I actually don't mind normally, but in those ads she's just stark, barking mad.
I came over to talk about this one myself. Finally! Thom of QE's first Pier One commercial has aired. The end of the Kirstie era. Yay! He's mostly being his cute self, helping a young WOMAN fix her place up. Smart, smart move Pier One. Time for me to end my boycott!
Sikamikanico
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:30 pm
What I hate about some of the tampon/pad ads lately is the apparent trend of implying that before using THIS product or THAT product, there was no way to live a normal life without embarrassing incidents when you were on your period. Wearing white? GASP! Swimming? OMG!!!1!!! Sitting down for more than three seconds? HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!?
Word,
puckish. Those first couple of periods are rough, but every woman eventually knows what works for her and what doesn't. So Tampax, I seriously doubt that your Glossy 'Pon of Ultimate Protection is better than my system.
because it's dirty, you're a dirty girl and that's concentrated evil coming out from between your legs.
Hee! Or it's the blood of Jesus Christ cursing you for the hell your vagina hath wrought on the Earth. Oh you've got cramps? Thou shalt pay for the sins of Delilah, hussy! (It's much funnier if you imagine Stewie from family guy saying that.)
Isaboe
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:32 pm
Then he asks "anything else?" and the propane guy hits a remote causing a fire to light in the fireplace. The electricity guy blurts out "Does Wood know about this?!?" And the camera pans to an old guy in an easy chair with a shirt labelled "Wood". It's much funnier when you see it.
The second commercial is Propane and Electricity in the kitchen. Propane is cooking. Electricity is defending himself. "They LOVE my cooking! Shakes, TV dinners, TOAST! Toast is important!"
I love these ads.
I'm not sure if it's a national ad yet, but they they have a place down here where you can have your period "finished" for you. They say "if you're through childbearing but haven't hit menopause yet but hate the hassle of your period." They claim to be able to "suck" it out of you in an hour and you can go on with your fun filled life. First off, Ew. Second, have we gotten so lazy and inconvenieced by it that we need to "get rid of it in an hour"? Christ, if it's that big a hassle get a hysterectomy and get it over with. Sheesh.
Cleo256
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:40 pm
The electricity guy blurts out "Does Wood know about this?!?" And the camera pans to an old guy in an easy chair with a shirt labelled "Wood".
That's hilaious! I love that sort of joke. Domino's ad with the "Tuesday" guy being ignored by the kids, but they love their good buddy "Friday" is pretty good, but this sounds better.
That's another thing that's never not funny in commercials: lame costumes. T-Shirts that say "Propane", giant fake vegetable costumes, aliens wearing cardboardcut-out masks and passing as human. Comedy gold, all.
FfrauleinN
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:47 pm
I'm not sure if it's a national ad yet, but they they have a place down here where you can have your period "finished" for you. They say "if you're through childbearing but haven't hit menopause yet but hate the hassle of your period." They claim to be able to "suck" it out of you in an hour and you can go on with your fun filled life. First off, Ew. Second, have we gotten so lazy and inconvenieced by it that we need to "get rid of it in an hour"? Christ, if it's that big a hassle get a hysterectomy and get it over with. Sheesh.
Wh-wh-what? What
is this place? The hell?
screamapiller
Mar 11, 2004 @ 12:50 pm
It's just a pad/'pon, and it's just your period. Who cares about stuff like that? Has any woman here ever been in a bathroom stall, and heard rustlings of a wrapper from the next stall over and hollered out, "Neener neener, you're on your period! HA ha!" What's the big deal if people see your purse/hear the wrapper?
Wait, people don't do this? Hell, I'd be the first one to run down the hall pelting them with feminine hygiene products. Hee!
When you need to hide your shame, try the *NEW* Tampax Feminine Hut! It's made of pretty pink plastic and it's completely disposable. Fits in most backyards!"
Sadly, the ad world doesn't have to think about this, I know someone who already has. I kid you not, my friend's ex wife (who is a complete mental case) made her daughters
live naked in a tent constructed out in her backyard during the onset of their first menstrual periods. I
SO wish I was lying about this (and this woman wonders why her daughters chose to move in with their father after she banished the younger one to the tent...)
but back on topic:
I just brought it up because I liked the commercial. It's silent, which is a nice change from the car ads trying to berate me into buying a car.
I know. I enjoyed those thirty seconds of silence after hearing someone screaming about buying (insert prodcut placement here).
wdejesus79
Mar 11, 2004 @ 1:05 pm
they they have a place down here where you can have your period "finished" for you. They say "if you're through childbearing but haven't hit menopause yet but hate the hassle of your period." They claim to be able to "suck" it out of you in an hour and you can go on with your fun filled life. First off, Ew. Second, have we gotten so lazy and inconvenieced by it that we need to "get rid of it in an hour"? Christ, if it's that big a hassle get a hysterectomy and get it over with. Sheesh.
EW! And, Jesus, we have gotten lazy as fuck. I mean, I hate that time of the month as much as any other woman, but damn, it's only around for a couple of days.
I finally saw the CitiRewards hamster commercial last nite. Whoever said it's that woman's face that's the funniest shit in this commercial, word! She's so nonchalant when she turns around and sprays mace in that dude's face.
Cleo256
Mar 11, 2004 @ 1:13 pm
I kid you not, my friend's ex wife (who is a complete mental case) made her daughters live naked in a tent constructed out in her backyard during the onset of their first menstrual periods.
Wait. This happened in, like, rural Afghanistan, right? Surely something like this would never happen in an industrialized North American nation. Right?[/denial]
screamapiller
Mar 11, 2004 @ 1:25 pm
I kid you not, my friend's ex wife (who is a complete mental case) made her daughters live naked in a tent constructed out in her backyard during the onset of their first menstrual periods.
Wait. This happened in, like, rural Afghanistan, right? Surely something like this would never happen in an industrialized North American nation. Right?[/denial]
Keep up that denial,
Cleo... this woman lives in Upstate NY.
Spencer Cat
Mar 11, 2004 @ 1:26 pm
Big Fat Word to the positive responses to the new Pier One ads. The ads with Hermione Gingold were just off-putting. Oh wait, that was Kirstie Alley? My bad.
cstad
Mar 11, 2004 @ 1:38 pm
Just had to weigh in on the whole "silent" pad/'pon thing... Yes, in early Jr. High school, I would have loved this item, as I was one of the first girls in my class to get the dread "p." I used to go to the nurse's office so I wouldn't have to use the public restroom. Yeah, that really fooled my classmates.
However, as a now grown adult woman, I've totally gotten over such things. Perhaps they should market this to the younger set. I am amazed to remember how paranoid I was at that age and maybe there are still some kids who feel the same way. Though I really, really hope not.
I'm not sure if it's a national ad yet, but they they have a place down here where you can have your period "finished" for you. They say "if you're through childbearing but haven't hit menopause yet but hate the hassle of your period." They claim to be able to "suck" it out of you in an hour and you can go on with your fun filled life.
Does this mean, that since I'm not planning on having children ever, I should go have it done now? So I don't have to put up with the whole "hassle" of the "p"?
Michael1973
Mar 11, 2004 @ 2:01 pm
Can somebody explain to me the Dodge(?) commercial where various people are seen being attacked by flying car doors? After 3 or 4 scenes of this happening, we see some guy in a Dodge waving to his neighbors, who are all driving in cars with no doors?
My understanding of this commercial can be summed up in one wqrd:
"Huh?"
killershrew
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:06 pm
They claim to be able to "suck" it out of you in an hour and you can go on with your fun filled life.
I reeeeeeeeeeeaaaalllllllllllllllly know I'm going to regret asking this, but what exactly is the "it" they're going to suck out? The blood etc.?
Okay, now to something more cheerful. I love watching the Universial studios with the large black lady riding behind Captain America, because she looks like she's having so much FUN!
bamf
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:10 pm
Can somebody explain to me the Dodge(?) commercial where various people are seen being attacked by flying car doors? After 3 or 4 scenes of this happening, we see some guy in a Dodge waving to his neighbors, who are all driving in cars with no doors?
My understanding of this commercial can be summed up in one wqrd:
"Huh?"
The guy is Ryan Newman, a racecar driver who drives a Dodge. I love NASCAR, am pretty meh about Newman and the commercial is stupid.
But, the NEXTEL commercials celebrating the history of NASCAR are awesome. A single number (3) can make a fan cry? Damn straight!
BengalsGirl
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:16 pm
Wait, people don't do this? Hell, I'd be the first one to run down the hall pelting them with feminine hygiene products. Hee!
Thanks,
screamapiller, now I can barely stifle the urge to run down
my hallway (which is in a hospital, mind you), flinging pads and tampons at random people.
"Take that, you hoo-hoo! Now, off to the Feminine Hygeine Hut!"
screamapiller
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:23 pm
Wait, people don't do this? Hell, I'd be the first one to run down the hall pelting them with feminine hygiene products. Hee!
Thanks, screamapiller, now I can barely stifle the urge to run down my hallway (which is in a hospital, mind you), flinging pads and tampons at random people. "Take that, you hoo-hoo! Now, off to the Feminine Hygeine Hut!"
I aim to please,
BengalsGirl. And if I were the girl in the Tampax Pearl commercial who rescues her Pearlpon with the MacGuyvering of some "lesser" 'pons and a pad? I'd be running through that party using the tampon rope as a lasso, snaring people with it.
This just in: I am
SO twelve today. That is all.
JHeaton
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:35 pm
I reeeeeeeeeeeaaaalllllllllllllllly know I'm going to regret asking this, but what exactly is the "it" they're going to suck out? The blood etc.?
The uterine lining, presumably.
I desperately want to see those propane ads. Is it a national campaign? Who's running them? Why haven't they bought time during
King of the Hill?
hotrodchick
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:39 pm
After 3 or 4 scenes of this happening, we see some guy in a Dodge waving to his neighbors, who are all driving in cars with no doors?
It's the new Dodge SRT10 Ram. Randy Newman is driving the truck, which is so fast that it blows the doors off the other cars on the road, thus the flying doors.
ETA: Hee. Feminine Hygeine Hut.
jadefox
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:43 pm
Have you seen the new Old Navy ads (thank the Lord, no more fashizzle!)?
Anyhoo, there are these six or seven Abercrombie wannabes in various summerwear pretending to be reporters or correspondents or something, and I swear there is one women in the commercial that looks like the black Paris Hilton! It's kinda weird, actually....
vegasusa555
Mar 11, 2004 @ 3:55 pm
WORD, WORD, WORDY McWORD to everyone's comments on the slew of condescending tampon/pad commcercials. I hate how there is always a cheesy voiceover saying something, " Try the new Tampax Sparkly Do's! The best new way to plug up your happy hole during your 'special time'".
Thanks big media for speaking to me like I am a character in a Sweet VAlley Junior High book. Appreciate it!
*everyone please don't slip on the sarcasm that's dripping from this post. :)
Poodle Hat
Mar 11, 2004 @ 4:38 pm
Electricity is defending himself. "They LOVE my cooking! Shakes, TV dinners, TOAST! Toast is important!"
Electricity reminds me of Dr. Niles Crane.
Mangetical Anji
Mar 11, 2004 @ 4:44 pm
WORD, WORD, WORDY McWORD to everyone's comments on the slew of condescending tampon/pad commcercials. I hate how there is always a cheesy voiceover saying something, " Try the new Tampax Sparkly Do's! The best new way to plug up your happy hole during your 'special time'".
Are you Judy Blume in disguise?
Miki The Brain
Mar 11, 2004 @ 4:47 pm
Tampax Sparkly Do's
For your glittery hoo-hoo!
I think the "I'm 12" wave has washed over all of us....
FfrauleinN
Mar 11, 2004 @ 4:49 pm
It really has. Embrace it, y'all.
The uterine lining, presumably.
Wait.
Permanently? It this something you have to have done every month? What's the deal here?
Mangetical Anji
Mar 11, 2004 @ 4:51 pm
Heh. I love being 12. I actually used glittery body lotion today, just to feel more "one" with this thread.
TenPea
Mar 11, 2004 @ 4:57 pm
The uterine lining, presumably.
Just Ew, and Ouch.
And I'm with the love cycle for the woman on the bike with Captain America. Now, *that* is a woman comfortable with her body and having a good time. I do think CA should get a helmet or something though.
Sikamikanico
Mar 11, 2004 @ 5:03 pm
They claim to be able to "suck" it out of you in an hour and you can go on with your fun filled life.
Okay, has it really come to this? It's a period, a normal bodily function that does not require a medical procedure to speed things up. Yes, it often comes when you don't want it to and it can be uncomfortable but suck it up. Jesus.
I hate how there is always a cheesy voiceover saying something, " Try the new Tampax Sparkly Do's! The best new way to plug up your happy hole during your 'special time'".
Dude, seriously. It's a tampon, not a body decoration; I doubt a nation full of women are contemplating what color tampon they should use. Do you know why? Because it's going to be
inserted into your vagina; no one's gonna see what it looks like (spoiled for the sake of good taste). As long as a tampon/pad has great protection, it could be emblazoned with pictures of Madeleine Albright for all I care.
Mangetical Anji
Mar 11, 2004 @ 5:10 pm
Okay, has it really come to this? It's a period, a normal bodily function that does not require a medical procedure to speed things up. Yes, it often comes when you don't want it to and it can be uncomfortable but suck it up. Jesus.
Actually, it might not be such a bad idea. I don't mean for the general populace of women, but there are women who have periods that are so heavy and so painful that it makes getting day-to-day things done just that much more difficult. I'm talking about the throwing-up-spending-three-days-in-bed-because-you-can't-move-or-you-may-pass-out-from-pain kind of period, like I used to have. Birth control took care of that problem for me, but I know several women for whom that didn't work. Of course, if you're just doing it for [insert shallow reason here], then that's a different story.
ChinkyGirl
Mar 11, 2004 @ 5:13 pm
bwahhahahaha!
Does it come in Pearl, too?
BTW, WTF is Tampax Pearl anyways? Everytime I see an ad for it, it looks like a regular tampon and they don't say otherwise in these ads.
I see a Jennifer Garner Hot Tub Party connection...
Been meaning to ask....what's the significance of that pic in the PC thread anyways? :)
Favorite Universal Studios commercial moment: when this couple is kissing passionately on the beach and some stupid kid drops ice cream all over the guy and cracks up. I don't know why, but it gets to me everytime!
Sikamikanico
Mar 11, 2004 @ 5:17 pm
Yes Mangetical Anji, women who have extremely heavy, prolonged and painful periods like that (like my mom does; she once menstrated for 21 days straight) should feel free to have the procedure because periods like that deserve medical attention. I think, though, that we both can agree that there will be many women who have this procedure because they can't be bothered to be slightly uncomfortable for a few days; that's what I was complaining about. Topic? "Toast is IMPORTANT!" is so my new catchphrase.
Mangetical Anji
Mar 11, 2004 @ 5:22 pm
Oh yeah. I mean, I'd never have it done now. It's just not that uncomfortable for me anymore, so I wouldn't bother with it. I definitely agree with you on that point.
On topic: The New York Times subscription commercials bug me, and I'm not sure why. I think it might be the blonde woman on the phone. Is there something wrong with the sound mixing? Because she sounds fuzzy and distorted. Despite the fact that they are advertising a newspaper that I could, you know, go online and read for free, instead of paying $30 a month to have delivered at my door as a result of thousands of trees being razed to make paper.
Alexandria Bay
Mar 11, 2004 @ 5:28 pm
The first time I saw the Propane and Electricity ad, I wanted to freeze frame and check for propane accessories. ITA they should totally buy time during King of the Hill.
There have been times when the cramps were so bad, I thought of performing a DIY hysterectomy. Also, I have never wanted children and am unlikely to change my mind at my age. And, frankly, it's just a pain in the ass (well, not exactly, but you know what I mean). So I say, bring on your suction cups, flexible tubing, fabulous drugs, and the name of this place in Texas.
Spencer Cat, Hermoine Gingold rocked!
BengalsGirl
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:07 pm
As long as a tampon/pad has great protection, it could be emblazoned with pictures of Madeleine Albright for all I care.
Now, imagine if instead of Madeleine Albright, it was a picture of the hot Gap guy? Hmmm... we may be onto something here...
glstx
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:20 pm
Someone mentioned the manboobs in the Hulk/Universal Studios commerical. What about the sleeping guy in the Disney Cruiselines ad? You don't really notice them until he's asleep in the jacuzzi and the bubbles are making them jiggle.. jiggle! Totally grosses me out every time.
Shamrock Shakes are not in my area of Texas this year, but here is a
website devoted to them.
Ilikegrayarrows
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:29 pm
Now, imagine if instead of Madeleine Albright, it was a picture of the hot Gap guy? Hmmm... we may be onto something here...
Ewww… the people would get all bloody. Poor hot Gap guy. Poor Madeleine Albright.
healing fish
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:30 pm
So I'm assuming the egg-sucking procedure has to be done once a month, right? Unless they're effectively sterilizing you so you'll never have a period again. But if they're not, why do they say that you won't be able to have children anymore? I'm very confused.
Isaboe
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:40 pm
The uterine lining, presumably.
Wait. Permanently? It this something you have to have done every month? What's the deal here?
So I'm assuming the egg-sucking procedure has to be done once a month, right? Unless they're effectively sterilizing you so you'll never have a period again. But if they're not, why do they say that you won't be able to have children anymore? I'm very confused
It does sound confusing doesn't it. I'm assuming you'd have to have it done every month. Which would be more inconvenient than just having the period. They usually show the ad during the day when all the Judge Judy/soap operas/talk shows are on, but now that I actually want to see it to get the name of the place I haven't seen it. Figures. Grrrr....
Miki The Brain
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:42 pm
Like what, the day that you start your monthly, you rush to the SuperVacuum people to get it taken care of.
I was thinking maybe it's 1 Hour Egg Harvesting....as in, bye bye eggs, bye bye period, hello hot flashes...
senor coconut
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:47 pm
Can somebody PLEASE get the website when the mysterious menstruation vampires commercial comes on again? I would LOVE to see what this is all about so I can snark good and proper.
Poodle Hat
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:51 pm
I doubt if they are hoovering out eggs. I'm assuming that they are getting rid of the lining, you know that part that bleeds away naturally. But what do I know? To get to the eggs is a surgical procedure, isn't it?
Poodle Hat
Mar 11, 2004 @ 6:57 pm
healing fish
Mar 11, 2004 @ 7:01 pm
An interesting quote from the above link:
You women should spend less time complaining and more time working on putting your legs your head. If menstruation is getting you down that much, there is one fool-proof solution... get pregnant.
And now back on topic: the animated United Airlines guy is hot.
Miki The Brain
Mar 11, 2004 @ 7:03 pm
Poodle Hat I clicked on the first link on that page you linked and LALALALALALALALLALALA I don't want to know LALALALALALALALALALALAL
senor coconut
Mar 11, 2004 @ 7:10 pm
It just makes you wonder what they do with said blood and unfertilised egg.
Hmmm....Mad scientists, anyone?
Did you say evil clones?
ubi
Mar 11, 2004 @ 7:22 pm
Shamrock Shakes are not in my area of Texas this year, but here is a website devoted to them.
Guess what I just finished sucking down (shut up!). Yep, finally got my filet-o-fish meal and Shamrock Shake chaser. Happy days are here again!
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