Green Grass Posted March 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted March 20, 2018 The federal government is running endless ads on the radio about visiting the forest. Is this really what the government should do? Telling me to go visit the forest? AND...they are also running ads letting us know that we shouldn't play chicken with moving trains. Really...jeebus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #2 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, Goat Geddah said: The federal government is running endless ads on the radio about visiting the forest. Is this really what the government should do? Telling me to go visit the forest? AND...they are also running ads letting us know that we shouldn't play chicken with moving trains. Really...jeebus. Just wait till they try to tell you what' good for you eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 20, 2018 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2018 Don't take pain killers. They're bad for idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #4 Posted March 20, 2018 The ads are targeted. If you go into the forest, they have someone waiting with a silenced .22 to put a single bullet into your head just behind your left ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #5 Posted March 20, 2018 P&R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, jsharr said: The ads are targeted. If you go into the forest, they have someone waiting with a silenced .22 to put a single bullet into your head just behind your left ear. Good to know. I was going to go to the forest over lunch...after I played on the railroad tracks, of course. You saved me, jsharr. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #7 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, pedalphile said: P&R. Of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #8 Posted March 20, 2018 9 minutes ago, Goat Geddah said: The federal government is running endless ads on the radio about visiting the forest. Is this really what the government should do? Telling me to go visit the forest? AND...they are also running ads letting us know that we shouldn't play chicken with moving trains. Really...jeebus. Without a picture/link/ad, I am inclined to not believe you. Likely just voices in your head. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted March 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Without a picture/link/ad, I am inclined to not believe you. Likely just voices in your head. Tom https://www.discovertheforest.org/about/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 20, 2018 Share #10 Posted March 20, 2018 ...before I opened the thread, I guessed "Everything". Is partial credit for wrong answers a possibility if I show my work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Page Turner said: ...before I opened the thread, I guessed "Everything". Is partial credit for wrong answers a possibility if I show my work ? Also, people who think they are the special exception to everything really get on my nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 20, 2018 Share #12 Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Goat Geddah said: Also, people who think they are the special exception to everything really get on my nerves. ...so I got it right ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #13 Posted March 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, Goat Geddah said: https://www.discovertheforest.org/about/ I think it is usually in the best interest of a government to alert citizens to the services available to them and to also look out for the general welfare of society. Same goes in the private sector. I know in my line of work, a group will often create something that can be used, shared, and/or leveraged across many other groups or services. If we don't "advertise" them, folks don't know that we have already developed something which may also help them. I think communication is a good thing - especially from gov't. That egg frying campaign, though, did seem to get mocked more than most PSAs. ----------------------------------- The Ad Council is a private, national non-profit organization that marshals talent from the advertising and communications industries, the facilities of the media, and the resources of the business and non-profit communities to produce, distribute and promote public service campaigns on behalf of non-profit organizations and government agencies in issue areas such as improving the quality of life for children, preventative health, education, community well-being, environmental preservation, and strengthening families. They have produced many of the most well known PSAs including Smokey Bear, Rosie the Riveter, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk”, and “A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” ------------------------------------ Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #14 Posted March 20, 2018 I want to hear more of the egg frying campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 20, 2018 Share #15 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, pedalphile said: I want to hear more of the egg frying campaign. UTG - This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. What's wrong with you? You on drugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #16 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, Kzoo said: UTG - This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. What's wrong with you? You on drugs? You seem to forget the social networking aspect of a forum, I like to hear these details from my friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #17 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, pedalphile said: I want to hear more of the egg frying campaign. You don't remember the "this is drugs, this is your brain on drugs" egg frying ads? Don't you have American ads over there???? Apparently, it was an ad for the "Partnership for a Drug-Free America" which may or may not have worked with the Ad Council. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #18 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, pedalphile said: You seem to forget the social networking aspect of a forum, I like to hear these details from my friends. Well, I beat them to it, but they can clarify it some more. Thom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadiejorge Posted March 20, 2018 Share #19 Posted March 20, 2018 59 minutes ago, Goat Geddah said: The federal government is running endless ads on the radio about visiting the forest. Is this really what the government should do? Telling me to go visit the forest? AND...they are also running ads letting us know that we shouldn't play chicken with moving trains. Really...jeebus. Just go to the forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #20 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, roadiejorge said: Just go to the forest grump. FIFY 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #21 Posted March 20, 2018 Thom, you did it. Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 20, 2018 Share #22 Posted March 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #23 Posted March 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: You don't remember the "this is drugs, this is your brain on drugs" egg frying ads? Don't you have American ads over there???? Apparently, it was an ad for the "Partnership for a Drug-Free America" which may or may not have worked with the Ad Council. Tom Brilliant in itself, but I was really expecting some useful egg frying tips. No, we don’t get American ads, except on those compilation shows of funny and weird foreign ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2018 Share #24 Posted March 20, 2018 What’s wrong with the forest? Pays my bills? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #25 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, pedalphile said: Brilliant in itself, but I was really expecting some useful egg frying tips. No, we don’t get American ads, except on those compilation shows of funny and weird foreign ads. Our adds are not funny or foreign, they are American. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #26 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Longjohn said: Our adds are not funny or foreign, they are American. Indubitably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 20, 2018 Share #27 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Longjohn said: Our adds are not funny or foreign, they are American. <filter is on> Some people just don't understand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 20, 2018 Share #28 Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Our adds are not funny or foreign, they are American. You’re right, even the funny ones aren’t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 20, 2018 Share #29 Posted March 20, 2018 We don't get the don't play chicken with train ads around these parts. Must be something about people where you live. Or maybe they hat us and WAN us playing on the tracks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 20, 2018 Share #30 Posted March 20, 2018 41 minutes ago, pedalphile said: Brilliant in itself, but I was really expecting some useful egg frying tips. No, we don’t get American ads, except on those compilation shows of funny and weird foreign ads. ... tip: poaching produces a more useful and better finished product. Quote No, we don’t get American ads, except on those compilation shows of funny and weird foreign ads. ...this makes me very jealous of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #31 Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Page Turner said: ... tip: poaching produces a more useful and better finished product. and they are free, unless you get caught. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #32 Posted March 20, 2018 1 hour ago, pedalphile said: You seem to forget the social networking aspect of a forum, I like to hear these details from my friends. Wait. You have friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 20, 2018 Share #33 Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, maddmaxx said: Wait. You have friends? Thank you. I guess that's why I sent him to Google instead of answering his moranic question...... oops there goes that filter again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #34 Posted March 20, 2018 1 hour ago, pedalphile said: You’re right, even the funny ones aren’t I'm going to make for you a package of American campaign ads to punish you for that. They are hilarious with a touch of Monty Pythonesque unreality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted March 20, 2018 Share #35 Posted March 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Kzoo said: Good book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted March 21, 2018 Share #36 Posted March 21, 2018 Remember when the US Post Office sponsored Lance Armstrong? Why? They have a monopoly on delivering letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share #37 Posted March 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Remember when the US Post Office sponsored Lance Armstrong? Why? They have a monopoly on delivering letters. I heard somewhere they want their money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 21, 2018 Share #38 Posted March 21, 2018 ...it's not about the bike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted March 21, 2018 Share #39 Posted March 21, 2018 Issue: This is a bug description. It's what is currently 'bugging' me. Repro steps: 1. Read this fucking step 2. Repeat step 1 (infinity-1) times 3. Observe the results Actual Results: You are off the rails Expected Results: Sane folks who don't follow directions realize that if they only execute step 2 (infinity -2) times and avoid redundancy -- they stay on the rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 21, 2018 Share #40 Posted March 21, 2018 Didn't this thread end at the word "everything". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 21, 2018 Share #41 Posted March 21, 2018 13 hours ago, maddmaxx said: I'm going to make for you a package of American campaign ads to punish you for that. They are hilarious with a touch of Monty Pythonesque unreality. Keep it. You're not my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 21, 2018 Share #42 Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, pedalphile said: Keep it. You're not my friend. Unfriended and I'm not even on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted March 21, 2018 Share #43 Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: Unfriended and I'm not even on Facebook. Unfriended my arse: I was never on there, I'm not one of these jonnie come lately facebook leavers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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