So I have a mileage plan with United Airlines since I travel quite a bit. They have partner companies, and if you buy stuff through those partners you get miles for the airline which eventually add up to a free trip.
Today I got an email from United shilling the program with their restaurant partners. The subject line?
"Double up when you create your Dining profile".
What better way to make people want to go to your restaurant?
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August 22nd, 2006 at 11:13 pm
I don’t get it…
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:55 pm
To those who don’t get it…
“Double Up” – To bend suddenly, as in pain or laughter.
eg. abdominal pain. over a toilet.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:02 am
I didn’t get it either. Thanks, Peter.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:14 am
Actually, I thought it had to do with weight. But I like Peter’s take.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:51 am
Thanks.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:25 am
I had to read it twice, but yeah… that is pretty crummy. A quick check of my own spam folder says nothing amusing. Drat.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:25 am
Peter, you just gave a defenition of the phrase “To double over”, not “To double up”.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:50 am
Seen at a multipurpose facility next to a highway:
Eat Food. Get Gas.
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:03 am
Oy vey! I was thinking about that since I read this yesterday. I actually got online real quick just to comment that I still don’t get it. Well now I do. But I still don’t think it’s very funny. Not compared to all the other hilarious subject and head lines I’ve seen over the years.
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:26 am
The really funny ones I can’t post.
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:29 am
There’s one of those places near where I live too. Along a very busy highway, there’s a combo diner/gas station, called “Sherrill’s”. The sign very proudly states “EAT HERE AND GET GAS.”
http://www.rebelz.net/gallery/d/1677-1/getgas.jpg
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:32 am
Great! A new word is born,,,”spoomer”, as in spam humor,,,
Gary 7
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:22 am
The really funny ones I can’t post.
I call BS on that! You inadvertantly did post one fo those “really funny ones.” You remember: the shuttle that was brought down by a busted nut. And I commented on how I wished journalists and editors would google each and every headline they want to put out, just in case.
August 24th, 2006 at 12:15 am
a local construction equipment company in my town has a sign with two panels which, when read left to right, says “Snow Plows Dump Bodies”. And for some reason, no one else in town finds the sign odd or humorous at all.
August 24th, 2006 at 7:12 am
The best sign I ever saw with my own eyes (as distinct from finding it on a website) was in the window of a restaurant in my home town Birmingham (England)
It said – and I can quote it exactly:
“Special Offer – Two adults eating here can have two children to eat FREE!”
September 5th, 2006 at 6:34 am
A sign in proud red and white lettering I’ve seen with my own eyes offered Pet food pizza!
‘Twas two separate shops (one for pet food, another for pizza) of course but the effect and the mental image …!
