New GM commercial

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Jimmy Rowland) said:

Tonight was aired an ad by GM

If thine TV set offends thee, huck it out the window.

(I'm keeping mine.)

cheers, & what's good enough for General Bullmoose ...
Tom

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On 13 Jul 2004 21:54:36 -0700, [email hidden] (Jimmy

Rowland) said:

Tonight was aired an ad by GM showing exuberant drivers playing
Frisbee out their car windows as they drive around city streets. You

Yes, I'm sure that many drivers will do what they saw on tv. "Hey,
good idea! Let's go try it!".

Not.

Thanks for your on-topic post. I'll be ignoring this thread now...
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Rick Onanian said:

On 13 Jul 2004 21:54:36 -0700, [email hidden] (Jimmy

Rowland) said:

Tonight was aired an ad by GM showing exuberant drivers playing
Frisbee out their car windows as they drive around city streets. You

Yes, I'm sure that many drivers will do what they saw on tv. "Hey,
good idea! Let's go try it!".

Not.

Thanks for your on-topic post.

Well, it's not bicycle specific, but I think it's pertinent. Motor
vehicles _are_ sold by ads that cater to irresponsibility, as well as
ridiculous fantasy.

I don't mind if their auto fantasies lure gorgeous women, or produce
kids smiling brightly all through a five hour drive.

But the fantasy that you can drive too fast for conditions because of
your new ABS, or night vision system, or headlights? No, that's
irresponsible, as is the "sliding sideways in the wilderness" footage
that's used to sell SUVs to husbands of soccer moms.

In fact, I'm not very fond of the scenes showing the beautiful
wilderness lake that last seen by Lewis & Clark, that you can get to
since you've bought a big SUV.

Some of the fantasy is a harmless way of pulling in suckers. Some is
regrettable, in that it gets more motor vehicles into places that used
to be quiet. But the macho driving nonsense - or, in the case now
mentioned, the stupid driving nonsense - is promoting dangerous
behavior. And cyclists are among the people that behavior endangers.

Quoted message said:

I'll be ignoring this thread now...

Well, that's one of the nice things about Usenet. None of the threads
are mandatory!

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Tom Keats said:

If thine TV set offends thee, huck it out the window.

most americans couldn't lift their tv let alone throw it out the window.

Quoted message said:

(I'm keeping mine.)

cause it weighs 100 pounds?

i say we shoot 'em. we got plenty o' guns down here.
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Quoted message said:

Yes, I'm sure that many drivers will do what they saw on tv. "Hey,
good idea! Let's go try it!".

Not.

well you have not seen how stupid people can be then (G)

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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:45:48 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

On 13 Jul 2004 21:54:36 -0700, [email hidden] (Jimmy

Rowland) said:

Tonight was aired an ad by GM showing exuberant drivers playing
Frisbee out their car windows as they drive around city streets. You

Yes, I'm sure that many drivers will do what they saw on tv. "Hey,
good idea! Let's go try it!".

One word: "Jackass."

Johnny Knoxville and Steve-o's antics have spawned a raft of
imitators--kids doing idiot stunts being filmed by their buddies with
DV camcorders.

I remember when they warned kids "DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME"

These days, they encourage you to try it--as long as you send them
footage.

-Luigi

"Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisable suburbs! skeleton
treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations!
invincible madhouses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs!"
-=Allen Ginsberg, "Howl"

Frank Krygowski <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Rick Onanian wrote:

(snip)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Thanks for your on-topic post.

Well, it's not bicycle specific, but I think it's pertinent. Motor
vehicles _are_ sold by ads that cater to irresponsibility, as well as
ridiculous fantasy.

Sorry that could have used an "OT" warning at the very least.

I was spouting about the ad here because I thought I remembered
reading a recent post with a bicyclist's reaction to car ads that show
reckless city street driving. Upon further investigation I realize I
was thinking about, and following up on this article:

http://www.bicyclinglife.com/NewsAndViews/Prodriver.htm

Neither a post here nor even very recent. Looking at it again, I guess
the article isn't very specifically related to biking either.

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:00:48 -0400,
<[email hidden]>, Luigi de Guzman

Quoted message said:

I remember when they warned kids "DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME"

These days, they encourage you to try it--as long as you send them
footage.

What's the fun of lowering the bar if you can't watch the idiots
bumping their heads trying to crawl under it.
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Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Jimmy Rowland) said:

Tonight was aired an ad by GM

If thine TV set offends thee, huck it out the window.

It's much more fun throwing it off the roof.

Quoted message said:

(I'm keeping mine.)

BikeContent: BitTorrent is nice, no tv and yet I'm waiting the TDF
stages. Heck, some nice person even removed all the
commercials.

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