February 16th
Hey everyone. Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday, I was out sick. Do not worry, I am back today, and feeling much better. Happy Friday!!
7pm: We have been confused for a few weeks hearing Tom Leykis do ads for ProFlowers. He has been saying that he reads whatever is in front of him. It is so weird to hear the guy who hates the idea of giving flowers to be voicing the spots.
The guys think that Tom should have turned down the ad, because it makes him lose credit. Tom says that he did not get paid for doing this, that it was one he had to do. It's his message to say not to spend money on Valentine's Day.
Tim in Palo Alto thinks that Tom jumped the shark when he agreed to do this. He compares this to Henry Rollins doing a monster truck show on Discovery. After that, Rollins was completely ruined for him.
Todd in SF points out the way that Tom always reacts to any caller that is able to argue with him well. He says that Leykis always reverts to the fact that he is successful and wealthy. Brad jumps on this, with the fact that Leykis always goes to a woman's dimensions to shoot her points down.
Jason in SF compares Tom Leykis to Ice-T. Ice-T was known as the "Cop Killa" and now plays a cop on Law and Order: SVU. It is a weird message that he is sending.
Leykis fans and haters alike call to bag on Tom. At first, they all agree that he is a whore for money and that he comes off hypocritical in these ads. Then, we get a slew of calls defending Tom.
During all of this, Brad's wife calls in to say that their apartment is under a deluge of ants. They are leaving to go out of town, and she says she does not care. The landlord has told them the exterminator would be in tomorrow, but Brad says this is unacceptable. I wonder if the ants are giant.
8pm: By the way, I am officially 48 hours into quitting smoking. This was inadvertant, but as I was sick and could not smoke for a day and a half, I decided to stick with it. I apologize if I am a little impatient on the phone.
So, Chris remembers me saying that lingerie should only be bought by women on Monday. I look at him like he is insane, because I have absolutely no recollection of this. Furthermore, I do not really agree with that, so that can't be right. We get two calls backing Chris up, but both have no credibility whatsoever.
We are also talking about "Ghostrider." I would never see this, as I hate Nic Cage and think it looks terrible. We were looking up reviews, and they were overall really terrible. Some people call to defend him, but overall, everyone hates Nic Cage. Correctly. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie is referred to as a "flaming vagina."
A lot of people feel the way I do, thinking that Cage gets good scripts, but is a bad actor. That's how I feel about "Adaptation," "Leaving Las Vegas," and "Raising Arizona."
Jason Kidd has been in the news quite a bit recently about his divorce. It is a pretty nasty battle, these two are having. Joumana Kidd has been saying that he is abusive, a gambler, a cheater, and everything else in between. She even says that he hit her with a cookie. That's a little confusing. Although if it is a Chips Ahoy! than that could be dangerous.
Of course, this mention of Chips Ahoy! leads us to a whole tangent about how they are the worst cookies ever. They are just so damn hard.
9pm: Jim in Dublin has a possible explanation of how the cookie thing went down. He thinks that maybe he grabbed her and smashed it in her face. I think that actually makes sense.
Rodney in Fremont thinks that if it was a Chips Ahoy! then maybe he skipped it across the counter to hit her in the forehead. I would believe that Chips Ahoy! could skip like a rock on water.
Bill in Mountain View thinks that he used an Oreo. He took the cookie, untwisted it, and took it to her eye. That's just not right. I'm not sure about what direction this is going.
Chris points out that he would rather talk about what's wrong with Chips Ahoy! than Jason Kidd. I agree. He thinks that maybe they made all the cookies in 1968.
Travis in Mountain View brings up the oatmeal raisin cookie in the Jason Kidd discussion. He thinks it was one of those giant cookies from Mrs. Fields. Jason Kidd went and got one of those for his wife. She complained, because who wants oatmeal raisin. He was so enraged by her lack of gratitude, and smashed the enormous cookie in her face.
We get into a debate about fig newtons. I point out that fig newtons are not cookies, but "fruit and cake." Doesn't anyone remember those commercials? I bet a million dollars and cannot find audio. If you have it, please send it to me. I don't want to have to turn to the mob for the dough.
The guys ask for vending machine stockers to call in. Vladimir in San Jose is in this profession. Chris uses our vending machine as an example. There are currently two post-it notes on the machine complaining that it stole money. He wants to know if anything happens with these notes. I am assuming not.
After Vladimir hangs up in the middle of asking him, RJ in San Jose calls in as the owner of machines. He says he has specific people hired to take care of the post-it note complaints. I am shocked by this. I have never seen that be successful. He does, however, admit that sometimes his employees will just throw them away.
10pm: Dave in Concord calls to bitch about vending machines. He hates that it is always a lottery that it will get caught or be the wrong thing. Dave was supposed to back me up about the Fig Newton commercials, and completely fell through. Thanks a lot Dave, thanks a lot.
Kevin in Campbell calls about something that sounds like a fantasy, vending machines filled with beer. I wish we had one of those here. That just sounds so redneck and fantastic all at the same time.
Dave calls back as Tad from San Jose, but then messes up the slogan. NOOOOO! Dammit, I have to prove my rightness. Oh well.
Vladimir calls back. I did not hear much of what he said, but he had a thick Eastern European accent. So, we of course, had to ask him to say "moose and squirrel." Yay. That made my whole day.
Tennessee's manual for execution is apparently filled with errors. They have taken parts of the manual for the electric chair, and put it in the section for lethal injection. Hmm, those are pretty different methods of execution. One of the most glaring mistakes include the inclusion of a fire extinguisher at the scene. The manual is so messed up, that four executions have been suspended.
So, TurboTax has a new spokesman. The choice is a little confusing. It is, and we are not kidding, Vanilla Ice??!!! The reason is that they are having a contest with wannabe rappers. Ice does an example rap for the entrants, and it is absolutely terrible. You should definitely play around with this site if you are bored at work.
After talking about mariachi bands and pudding, yes I meant to say that, we play the other entries into TurboTax. These are all pretty bad, but are still for the most part better than Mr. Van Winkle. Well, for the most part.
Well that was a weird show. Ok, have a great weekend. We'll see you Tuesday.
7pm: We have been confused for a few weeks hearing Tom Leykis do ads for ProFlowers. He has been saying that he reads whatever is in front of him. It is so weird to hear the guy who hates the idea of giving flowers to be voicing the spots.
The guys think that Tom should have turned down the ad, because it makes him lose credit. Tom says that he did not get paid for doing this, that it was one he had to do. It's his message to say not to spend money on Valentine's Day.
Tim in Palo Alto thinks that Tom jumped the shark when he agreed to do this. He compares this to Henry Rollins doing a monster truck show on Discovery. After that, Rollins was completely ruined for him.
Todd in SF points out the way that Tom always reacts to any caller that is able to argue with him well. He says that Leykis always reverts to the fact that he is successful and wealthy. Brad jumps on this, with the fact that Leykis always goes to a woman's dimensions to shoot her points down.
Jason in SF compares Tom Leykis to Ice-T. Ice-T was known as the "Cop Killa" and now plays a cop on Law and Order: SVU. It is a weird message that he is sending.
Leykis fans and haters alike call to bag on Tom. At first, they all agree that he is a whore for money and that he comes off hypocritical in these ads. Then, we get a slew of calls defending Tom.
During all of this, Brad's wife calls in to say that their apartment is under a deluge of ants. They are leaving to go out of town, and she says she does not care. The landlord has told them the exterminator would be in tomorrow, but Brad says this is unacceptable. I wonder if the ants are giant.
8pm: By the way, I am officially 48 hours into quitting smoking. This was inadvertant, but as I was sick and could not smoke for a day and a half, I decided to stick with it. I apologize if I am a little impatient on the phone.
So, Chris remembers me saying that lingerie should only be bought by women on Monday. I look at him like he is insane, because I have absolutely no recollection of this. Furthermore, I do not really agree with that, so that can't be right. We get two calls backing Chris up, but both have no credibility whatsoever.
We are also talking about "Ghostrider." I would never see this, as I hate Nic Cage and think it looks terrible. We were looking up reviews, and they were overall really terrible. Some people call to defend him, but overall, everyone hates Nic Cage. Correctly. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie is referred to as a "flaming vagina."
A lot of people feel the way I do, thinking that Cage gets good scripts, but is a bad actor. That's how I feel about "Adaptation," "Leaving Las Vegas," and "Raising Arizona."
Jason Kidd has been in the news quite a bit recently about his divorce. It is a pretty nasty battle, these two are having. Joumana Kidd has been saying that he is abusive, a gambler, a cheater, and everything else in between. She even says that he hit her with a cookie. That's a little confusing. Although if it is a Chips Ahoy! than that could be dangerous.
Of course, this mention of Chips Ahoy! leads us to a whole tangent about how they are the worst cookies ever. They are just so damn hard.
9pm: Jim in Dublin has a possible explanation of how the cookie thing went down. He thinks that maybe he grabbed her and smashed it in her face. I think that actually makes sense.
Rodney in Fremont thinks that if it was a Chips Ahoy! then maybe he skipped it across the counter to hit her in the forehead. I would believe that Chips Ahoy! could skip like a rock on water.
Bill in Mountain View thinks that he used an Oreo. He took the cookie, untwisted it, and took it to her eye. That's just not right. I'm not sure about what direction this is going.
Chris points out that he would rather talk about what's wrong with Chips Ahoy! than Jason Kidd. I agree. He thinks that maybe they made all the cookies in 1968.
Travis in Mountain View brings up the oatmeal raisin cookie in the Jason Kidd discussion. He thinks it was one of those giant cookies from Mrs. Fields. Jason Kidd went and got one of those for his wife. She complained, because who wants oatmeal raisin. He was so enraged by her lack of gratitude, and smashed the enormous cookie in her face.
We get into a debate about fig newtons. I point out that fig newtons are not cookies, but "fruit and cake." Doesn't anyone remember those commercials? I bet a million dollars and cannot find audio. If you have it, please send it to me. I don't want to have to turn to the mob for the dough.
The guys ask for vending machine stockers to call in. Vladimir in San Jose is in this profession. Chris uses our vending machine as an example. There are currently two post-it notes on the machine complaining that it stole money. He wants to know if anything happens with these notes. I am assuming not.
After Vladimir hangs up in the middle of asking him, RJ in San Jose calls in as the owner of machines. He says he has specific people hired to take care of the post-it note complaints. I am shocked by this. I have never seen that be successful. He does, however, admit that sometimes his employees will just throw them away.
10pm: Dave in Concord calls to bitch about vending machines. He hates that it is always a lottery that it will get caught or be the wrong thing. Dave was supposed to back me up about the Fig Newton commercials, and completely fell through. Thanks a lot Dave, thanks a lot.
Kevin in Campbell calls about something that sounds like a fantasy, vending machines filled with beer. I wish we had one of those here. That just sounds so redneck and fantastic all at the same time.
Dave calls back as Tad from San Jose, but then messes up the slogan. NOOOOO! Dammit, I have to prove my rightness. Oh well.
Vladimir calls back. I did not hear much of what he said, but he had a thick Eastern European accent. So, we of course, had to ask him to say "moose and squirrel." Yay. That made my whole day.
Tennessee's manual for execution is apparently filled with errors. They have taken parts of the manual for the electric chair, and put it in the section for lethal injection. Hmm, those are pretty different methods of execution. One of the most glaring mistakes include the inclusion of a fire extinguisher at the scene. The manual is so messed up, that four executions have been suspended.
So, TurboTax has a new spokesman. The choice is a little confusing. It is, and we are not kidding, Vanilla Ice??!!! The reason is that they are having a contest with wannabe rappers. Ice does an example rap for the entrants, and it is absolutely terrible. You should definitely play around with this site if you are bored at work.
After talking about mariachi bands and pudding, yes I meant to say that, we play the other entries into TurboTax. These are all pretty bad, but are still for the most part better than Mr. Van Winkle. Well, for the most part.
Well that was a weird show. Ok, have a great weekend. We'll see you Tuesday.
posted by The Gray Area at 7:00 PM
1 Comments:
"A cookie is just a cookie, but a Newton is Fruit and Cake"
I remember those commercials...
I only wish I had audio for ya Erica :)
Alissa
Tulare, CA
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