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2006-11-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

An Even More Inconvenient Truth -- They Can't Even Give it Away

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Posted by badanov 2006-11-27 08:49|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Remember when ExxonMobil used to broadcast "Masterpiece Theatre" on PBS with those subliminal suggestions to leave your car idling in the driveway for the duration of the program?

Insidious.

Posted by JDB 2006-11-27 12:01|| 2006-11-27 12:01|| Front Page Top

#2 No, but I remember their late late late night TV ads suggesting that the oceans were actually made out of pure crude oil and polluted with huge saltwater slicks, seal shit, and seagull piss so what the hell was everybody getting upset about up in Valdez.
But this was awhile back...

Posted by tu3031 2006-11-27 12:19|| 2006-11-27 12:19|| Front Page Top

#3 And after all the hue and cry, it turned out that Captain Hazeltine had the perfect alibi:

"I was downstairs having a few drinks with the boys.

I distinctly recall saying; 'Tanqueray on the rocks!'"

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-27 22:45|| 2006-11-27 22:45|| Front Page Top

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