The title is true.
Thing 1: Honest marketing. Made of win.
Thing 2:
What can this mean? Click it to find out. Wonderful.
Two things that made me happy today
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August 28th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for passing on Thing 2. THAT was made of win.
August 28th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
On the WWH (watch the video first), how can I send a check for the full amount if they don’t give the S&H cost?
I think I’ll stop by the local hardware store and see how much a wheelbarrow wheel and some PVC pipe would cost.
J/P=?
August 28th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Thing 2 made me happy. I will have to go home and listen to Thing 1 cause I would probably laugh too hard for work.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I found that second item offensive since I am against hay marriage.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Almost honest. No exercise in the world will give you six-pack abs if you don’t have the genes to give you a six-pack. But way better than your average infomercial. I’m tempted to buy it just because they entertained me.
//Not really tempted. But they did entertain me.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Thing #2 was nice. Creative.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I knew what they were, but when I opened the link, for the first fraction of a second I saw:
“Halle Berry marrage proposal”
August 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Thing 2 makes me proud to be a Vermonter
August 28th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Fine. I still don’t even get an “awaiting moderation” message.
Instead of just writing on wrapped bales, Markus Schmidt spelled out the question, and in German no less. I tried to link to the story, but you’ll have to take his name and google it your own darn selves.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
come someone tell me why embedded youtube vids don’t show up. i am using Mozilla Firefox up to date with all the plug ins. i click on the first link in this article and it links to an article with a youtube clip. it doesnt show up. youtube works just fine when i am on that site
August 28th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Holy Cow! Those are the largest marshmallows I’ve ever seen!
Now, we just need giant Graham Crackers, vast amounts of chocolate, probably a crane to lift it and a REALLY big fire.
August 28th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
That is awesome! Made me smile, too.
August 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
re: no. 2:
Awwww… happy now
August 28th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I own a wheel with handles. Have had it for years. The only six-pack is in the fridge. No BS.
August 28th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Ah I miss living in Burlington.
@Heidi
You’ve got that right! 802 represent!
August 28th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
4. Ben Says:
I found that second item offensive since I am against hay marriage.
Classic! LOL. Winner of the thread already methinks.
August 29th, 2009 at 12:30 am
They’ve banned round hay bales here. The cows weren’t getting a square meal.
August 29th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Congratulations to the couple but those remind me of molars.
August 29th, 2009 at 2:23 am
#1: My dad has that exact piece of exercise equipment. I have no idea where he got it from, but I’m fairly certain it was NOT from a TV ad. (Wouldn’t be surprised if it was at the Navy Exchange.)
#2: Awwww!
August 29th, 2009 at 10:50 am
#1 reminds me of Family Guy for some resaon.
August 29th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Was that a proposal to the Olympic swimmer, or a different Natalie Coughlin?
August 29th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
That made me CRY.
*sniff*
August 29th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
#2 was literally TOO cute.
yeah, a romantic i’m not.
hoo-rah for bitter cynicism
August 29th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
The wheel will not give you great abs unless you also burn enough calories to dramatically reduce the fat on your abdomen and/or have the right genetics for 6 pack abs.
Since it was labeled honest advertising, I expected him to mention that somewhere in the commercial. Since he did not, I do not consider it honest advertising. If it is just a parody, and it is often impossible to tell without further examination (Creationists are just one example of this), then it is funny.
August 29th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Cute!
August 30th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
#1 was great. I want one.
#2… meh. Am I the only honest one who is willing to say that I don’t really care? I mean, I’m sure they’re happy, and that’s great, but really… two people who I have have never met getting engaged doesn’t actually make *me* happy.
August 31st, 2009 at 6:33 am
Wow. I live in Underhill and I didn’t see the marriage haybales. How inattentive am I? It looks like it’s closer to Cambridge and I’m a bit farther North…
Wished I’d seen it, it would have made me laugh.
(I always like the wrapped haybales. They look like gigantic marshmallows)