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     CommentAuthorFrekky
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   From copyrantera Japanese cigarette ad featuring a pegasus that is clearly in flavor country:
   
2. • CommentAuthorStefanJ
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   Hey . . . that's BAD HORSE!
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     CommentAuthorcelan
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   What do you do with a washed-up wrestler?
   Rowdy Roddy Piper Fights Childhood Obesity
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     CommentAuthorFinagle
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   That ad is pretty surreal when you think about the weird mix of iconography. The semiotics are just a mess.
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     CommentAuthorlampcommander
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   @celan: That makes me very happy.
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     CommentAuthorBrianMowrey
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   The horse should at least pull out before he lights up
7. • CommentAuthorlooneynerd
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010 edited

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   The funniest commercial I think I've ever seen. It involves Dolph Lundgren fighting a unicorn. There's a whole series of them. Scandinavia is weird...
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     CommentAuthorLBA
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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   you know you would if you had access to the equipment...
   
   
   
   unfortunately I think the pilots are in trouble for unauthorized use...
   
   but it was cool
9. • CommentAuthorClarkthehomonculus
   • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010 edited

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10. •  
      CommentAuthorCOMTE
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010

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    Oh, LBA:
    
    My dad used to be the chair of the Lake Tahoe Public Utilities Board a few years back - even for ex-military he would have so NOT approved of this.
    
    Regardless of how freaking awesome it may have been...
11. • CommentAuthorOddcult
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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    @LBA - that kind of stunt isn't that outrageous. I've seen Royal Navy Sea Kings landing in quite deep surf before, they're built to float for a while if they crash at sea anyway, and made to fly in really, really shitty weather so touch and goes probably aren't a problem.
    
    Here - have a look at one from the inside:
    
12. • CommentAuthorlooneynerd
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

     (8840.12)
    @Oddcult
    
    Sea Kings were developed for use by the US Navy originally. These were Sikorsky S 60's, the helicopters the US navy and coastguard use as rescue helicopters, so it's not like going in a bit of water on a calm lake is going to hurt them. They're built for operations in everything up to hurricane conditions. Not that it matters much; this is getting the Navy huge publicity. The pilots will be quietly un-grounded in a month or two once everybody's forgotten about this.
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      CommentAuthorYoav
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010 edited

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    Rebrand the BNP?
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      CommentAuthorrickiep00h
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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    @celan - I absolutely lost it at "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
    
    Classic.
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      CommentAuthorVal A Lindsay II
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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    A woman's cat goes missing, so she asks for help making a 'Missing' poster. "Yeah, that's not what I was looking for..."
    
    
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      CommentAuthorInternaut
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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      CommentAuthorcelan
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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18. • CommentAuthorRenThing
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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    FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
19. • CommentAuthorOddcult
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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    Incredibly lulzy attempt by scientology to pre-empt tonight's new John Sweeney Panorama Special on Scientology.
20. • CommentAuthorcoffeemug
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010

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    @Val: that is superb. Even if it smells a bit hoaxy.