"This is our country, this is our truck."

Does ANYONE at ESPN edit his shit? Jesus H. Christ, there's so much gristle and fat there, no wonder the final product weighs in at 7,000 words.

 

OMG, I howled the first time I saw that one.

 

Now the only question is, does the commercial get pulled because of a rash of practical jokers putting coins through the pneumatic tube the the drive-through just to see if this happens? Hey, sweeps month is coming up, so look for it on your late local news.

 

In my never-ending quest to prove that I'm older than spirited, I would like to point out that, in my first job in the biz, we used those tubes to get copy to the composing room.

 

This is our country, this is our truck. This is for fighting, this is for ... errrr... luck.

(Full Metal Jacket — Wal-Mart version)

 

Geico commercials with the caveman still rule.

As for the Southwest Airlines ad for "Must Be Football Season" the guy throwing a pineapple to the cashier who announces "I'm Open" is solid.

 

Oh, and JCM's ad is already there with Seger's Like a Rock Chevy ad. Call it Ad Nauseum.

 

Don't ya think the whole "noob" thing is a little....well....stupid? It's as if my 300 posts aren't up to the standard number around here so I'm automatically some new guy who doesn't know shit. Why point it out? Does it really matter that me or BillySmith49959699 don't have 5k posts?

I know it's some running joke around here. Just kinda lame.

 

You must be a real blast at parties.

Chill the fuck out. It's a message board. Relax.

 

Double J will remember this perhaps better than I but there was a department store in Owen Sound, Ontario that had those tubes running through the store for sending hand-written bills from the office to the cashier. I think it shut down maybe 15 years ago.

And you're a babe compared to Spinited and me, FB.

 

You're right, it is a running joke. Emphasis on joke.

Unfortunately for you, few other people, if anyone, really care if you think it's lame or stupid. This is the way we are. You can either join in the fun, you can stay on the periphery or you can stay away altogether -- your choice.

We point out duplicate threads to everyone, not just people we assume to be new to the board. If it gets pointed out to you, you say "whoops!" or make a self-deprecating joke, and we move on from there. It doesn't get held against you unless you make an annoying habit of it, in which case your handle becomes synonymous with the practice -- hence the term "d_b."

It's bad form to just blow it off with a "who cares" and it won't make you any friends around here. Even if you're not interested in making friends, it does sound as if you'd like to be respected. My advice in that regard is to not act like you have a big stick in your ass or a chip on your shoulder.

Have a good night.

 

Back to the point...

As a Mellencamp fan I greatly anticipated the "Our Country" campaign. But like most on the board, I think it's over-played. And frankly, it's not up to his standard. He must be spending too much time painting on Lake Monroe.

Nevertheless... HE DESERVES TO BE IN THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME.

Look at the list of song and see how many you can sing the lyrics too...

JACK AND DIANE
ROCK in the USA
LITTLE PINK HOUSES
HURTS SO GOOD
WILD NIGHT
JUST ANOTHER DAY
I NEED A LOVER
CHERRY BOMB
SMALL TOWN
CRUMBLIN' DOWN
PAPER IN FIRE
CHECK IT OUT
LONELY OL' NIGHT
AUTHORITY SONG
and...
His recent awareness songs "WALK TALL" and "PEACEFUL WORLD."

He's not a rock star. He's a famous talented musical who injects realism into a medium of fantasy.

I wish more celebrities would have a solid and stable social conscience.