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Post by t-bob on Sept 27, 2011 8:14:37 GMT -5
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Post by Chesapeake on Sept 27, 2011 8:49:02 GMT -5
The link seems to be broken.
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Post by Dub on Sept 27, 2011 8:52:40 GMT -5
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Post by Dub on Sept 27, 2011 8:53:58 GMT -5
The link seems to be broken. It isn't broken, Bob just accidentally posted the title instead of the URL. |
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Post by theevan on Sept 27, 2011 8:57:54 GMT -5
That's horrible. I am truly offended. What the hell is the matter with Europe? Are children such an awful burden? The message should have been "get married, and have children in a stable, loving environment and raise them with love & discipline."
Sorry for the rant.
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Post by Dub on Sept 27, 2011 9:12:27 GMT -5
...What the hell is the matter with Europe? Evan may not be the first to pose that question. Of course Europeans ask "What the hell is the matter with the U.S.?" I admit to being surprised by the point of the commercial. I was going along thinking the supermarket tantrum would be resolved into a product endorsement... a food product. I've seen tantrums bordering on that one in stores and I'm always left wishing the child had better parents. - Dub |
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Post by theevan on Sept 27, 2011 9:19:52 GMT -5
Yeah, it was a rant. I love Europe. But that attitude mystifies me. Children are a gift.
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Post by Dub on Sept 27, 2011 9:29:30 GMT -5
Yeah, it was a rant. I love Europe. But that attitude mystifies me. Children are a gift. +1 |
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Post by Russell Letson on Sept 27, 2011 10:23:41 GMT -5
Not all gifts are appropriate for (or welcomed by) all recipients.
That said, the connection between the product and the pitch is curiously considered.
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Post by t-bob on Sept 27, 2011 10:29:15 GMT -5
Different cultures and senses of humor in Europe. Children are a gift. That ad is funny as hell when not taken personally.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 27, 2011 12:09:44 GMT -5
I laughed.
;D ;D ;D
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Post by dradtke on Sept 27, 2011 12:13:44 GMT -5
Me, too. Even without sound. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Sept 27, 2011 13:19:32 GMT -5
I agree that children are a wonderful gift. I'll also admit that at moments, rare moments, while raising them I was desparately searching for the return desk, convinced that I had gotten the wrong one. I've read enough stories here to know I'm not the only one.
I can see the humor in the commercial.
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Post by Chesapeake on Sept 27, 2011 13:30:35 GMT -5
The whole thing looked tongue-in-cheek to me.
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Post by Jawbone on Sept 27, 2011 13:30:49 GMT -5
My maw: "I put you in this world and I can take you out of it, now shut the f***-up"
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Post by Chesapeake on Sept 27, 2011 13:31:02 GMT -5
So to speak.
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Post by millring on Sept 27, 2011 13:42:54 GMT -5
Temper tantrums have to be one of the biggest conundrums parents face.
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Post by theevan on Sept 27, 2011 13:45:52 GMT -5
Temper tantrums have to be one of the biggest conundrums parents face. So I should be sure to always wear a conundrum? |
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Post by millring on Sept 27, 2011 13:46:45 GMT -5
Sorry, I don't mean to keep beating the same old conundrum.
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Post by omaha on Sept 27, 2011 13:51:50 GMT -5
Leaving a four year old behind at the mall will sure break them of those tantrums, that I can assure you.
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