Why Can't all Advertising Be This Good?


RALPHIE

GT Owner
Mar 1, 2007
7,278
This is a Great Commercial!

[video=youtube;vksdBSVAM6g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksdBSVAM6g[/video]

Great Ad on getting old - out of Taiwan
 

STORMCAT

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May 25, 2006
7,551
Ft. Lauderdale
nice,, tear jerker..
 

roketman

GT Owner
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Oct 24, 2005
8,006
ma.
That could be a bunch of us GT owners real soon at Rally 20!
 

TO AWSUM

Ford GT Owner
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Jul 4, 2007
1,506
Niceville FL
You feeling old Ralphie?
 

CJ428

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May 21, 2008
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NJ
nice
 

DanielJ

GT Owner
Dec 21, 2010
298
Washington State
^ +1
 

Awsum GT

GT Owner '18
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Sep 17, 2005
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Carmel & Cntrl Ca
That could be a bunch of us GT owners real soon at Rally 20!

Does this mean Rally 20 will be in Palm Springs?

We could be driving one of these...

http://www.discovermymobility.com/s...Cmu8uhJoDYYpVtCUoo6-aAL8lstEfjF8hgaAjwX8P8HAQ
 

Empty Pockets

ex-GT Owner
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Oct 18, 2006
1,361
Washington State
Great Ad on getting old - out of Taiwan

'Great ad...'very clearly makes its point...but, I'm betting it might "hit a bit too close to home" for many members of the target demographic...:willy
 

TO AWSUM

Ford GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 4, 2007
1,506
Niceville FL
'Great ad...'very clearly makes its point...but, I'm betting it might "hit a bit too close to home" for many members of the target demographic...:willy

Yup, I'm there with Ralphie. Getting old is a pain in the asx. You get up in the morning with aches you've never had before, walk more than normal and you start limping, you watch your friends slowly die, family die, see friends ill and have difficulty moving anymore, etc. It's lonely getting old as you slowly lose friends and family. As the adage states, you need to be brave to get old.
 

Empty Pockets

ex-GT Owner
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Oct 18, 2006
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Washington State
Yup, I'm there with Ralphie. Getting old is a pain in the asx. You get up in the morning with aches you've never had before, walk more than normal and you start limping, you watch your friends slowly die, family die, see friends ill and have difficulty moving anymore, etc. It's lonely getting old as you slowly lose friends and family. As the adage states, you need to be brave to get old.

'Twas a bad enough reading through Ralphie's post w/o having you chime in with additional 'considerations', yeeeew Bottomless Black Hole of Misery!!!

Nutz to this! I'm going to have 'me' lunch and then head out on 'me' daily (if it doesn't rain) 3-mile-long 'semi-speed walk' around the park...which I will probably follow up with a 2-hour-long NAP... :facepalm: ('Joking about the nap.)

Curse you, Ralphie! 'See what you've started?! :skep :tongue
 

RALPHIE

GT Owner
Mar 1, 2007
7,278
...Curse you, Ralphie! 'See what you've started?! :skep :tongue

Should I erase the contents of Post #1 and put this in its place?

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or maybe this one -

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KennethClay

GT Owner
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Oct 15, 2012
861
New York
I love that commercial--it gets me every time. I'm also a motorcycle guy, so this one appealed to me, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M8c46pZH1c

Whether it's a car or a motorcycle, I'll bet all of us have had one that means so much more to us than the economic value.
 

Empty Pockets

ex-GT Owner
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Oct 18, 2006
1,361
Washington State

Should I erase the contents of Post #1 and put this in its place?

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or maybe this one -

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Neither, sir. You should instead learn to recognize 'levity' when you read it:



lev·i·ty

/ˈlevədē/

noun

noun: levity; plural noun: levities

humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.
"as an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop"

synonyms: lightheartedness, high spirits, vivacity, liveliness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, humor, gaiety, fun, jocularity, hilarity, frivolity, amusement, mirth, laughter, merriment, glee, comedy, wit, wittiness, jollity, joviality
"without some occasional levity, the working environment is no better than a sweatshop"

antonym: seriousness

:wink
 

PeteK

GT Owner
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Apr 18, 2014
2,291
Kalama, Free part of WA State
Great ad. I ride motorcycles too, and if at the 100th Sturgis motorcycle rally I have a heart attack on a twisty road in the Black Hills and plunge off a cliff, that's beats having one in a wheelchair.
 

junior

GT Owner
Mar 9, 2007
1,151
So Cal
Riding with one picture tied on the back and one on the front of the motorcycles,..., priceless !
 

RALPHIE

GT Owner
Mar 1, 2007
7,278

Should I erase the contents of Post #1 and put this in its place?

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or maybe this one -

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...You should instead learn to recognize 'levity' ....

:thumbsup

And, perhaps you should recognize something that is "tongue-in--cheek" -

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:wink :lol