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I have to figure out what the allergy thing going around here is. I feel so fuzzy. FH - I'll beta your fic tomorrow night cause it took me a whole minute awhile ago to think if tomorrow was Tuesday or Wednesday.
Originally posted by Scary Kitty View Post*snickers*
Still though, there were certainly some good points made about InBev not understanding/respecting the company's history, and InBev's company line about wanting to spend their money on sponsorships that more directly focus on their target audience is BS. I mean, hello, the parade has basically become the pre-show to one of the biggest college football bowl games in the country. How much closer to their target audience do they think they can gett?
Originally posted by gateraid View PostMy standard response to anyone who says that is: I can fix that for you - do you have a hammer?
Yikes Poor cat
Just another sign of the times, I'm afraid. Could those sisters have any more last names
Originally posted by Pocus View PostSoon to be beer stinks. Hubby home brews his own stuff and it smells awful!
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Originally posted by JT-2 View PostI have to figure out what the allergy thing going around here is. I feel so fuzzy. FH - I'll beta your fic tomorrow night cause it took me a whole minute awhile ago to think if tomorrow was Tuesday or Wednesday.
Yeah, that was my basic thought about it. They have no grasp of American culture if they think the Rose Parade watchers aren't beer drinkers. Even if you think of the parade watchers as "the family audience"... uh... you think family people don't drink beer? They drink it more than anyone cause it's cheap! Helloooooooooooo!!Plus, they get the added bonus of being able to advertise to children directlyIt's a weak arguement that they're making. They'd have been better off to say flat out that it was costing them too much and in the current environment they couldn't justify the expense. Better to be an honest grinch than a dishonest one.
Wait a minute! She gets a "poor cat" and you want to smash mine with a hammer?
Yuck! Huge apologies to Joe and family, but I really dislike beer - the smell AND the taste (and it looks like pee, too).sigpic
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Originally posted by Falcon Horus View PostI'm sorry to say this, but the article amuses me greatly - especially the comments below. Those damn foreigners... *shakes fist*
World economy - gotta love it!
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Originally posted by Southern Red View PostThe point is that they have taken what is basically the most identifiable American product and changed the most identifiable thing about it that connects that product with the American people who buy it. Those horses have always been BUD, and I deliberately used the stock symbol for the company there. It would be like doing away with the Energizer bunny or the Geiko gekko. Most Americans don't even know the company is no longer owned by the family that started it, nor do they care. But, if they want us to buy their product, they need to understand how we think. And we want the damn horses in the stupid parade. They're apple pie and the flag and mom all rolled into one. *straightens clothing and wipes foam off lips* Pardon the rant. I hate marketing idiots.sigpic
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Originally posted by gateraid View PostA) Happy New Year to everyone
B) I have posted twice over the last few days, and GW has eaten them *shakes fist*
C) I may have gone overboard with the touching under the cut
D) If you can't see the last one coming, then you completely missed the eighties. Or was it the nineties? I'm not sure
Spoiler:
Daaaa da da da
Can't touch this
Da da da da
Can't touch this
Daaa da da da
You can't touch these
Daaaa da da da
Don't touch this
Daaa da da da
Can't touch this
Daaa da da da
She can't touch it
Daaa da da da
Can't touch this
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*grabs ass*
Please touch this
Daaa da da da
Can I touch them?
Daaa da da da
It's Hammer timeI tell you Teal'c, hockey is the coolest game on Earth!
Did you not say it is played on ice, O'Neill?
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Originally posted by Madness reigns View PostWH13 is surprisingly good - if you can get through the first season (imo). The Original Mistletoe kinda gives you the overwhelming compulsion to kiss who ever is under it if I remember correctly?? (sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong!)I tell you Teal'c, hockey is the coolest game on Earth!
Did you not say it is played on ice, O'Neill?
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My cap selection isn't the best here, but I went with what I had
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We've been together since way back when
Sometimes I never want to see you again
But I want you to know, after all these years
You're still the one I want whisperin' in my ear
You're still the one I want to talk to in bed
Still the one that turns my head
We're still having fun, and you're still the one
I looked at your face every day
But I never saw it 'til I went away
When winter came, I just wanted to go
Deep in the desert, I longed for the snow
You're still the one that makes me laugh
Still the one that's my better half
We're still having fun, and you're still the onesigpic
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Originally posted by gateraid View PostExcuse my ignorance but is BUD what Duff on The Simpsons is based upon? And getting rid of the horses would be the equivalent of getting rid of the Duff Man? you've probably just completed a massive *headdesk* after reading that
I'm not sure Duff was the Simpsons version of Bud. Probably. Why didn't I think of that comparison? But when we see that red and white label, we think of the horses first. I saw them once, BTW. They were in town for a parade and were housed at a stable that was on my way to work. I saw them frolicking in the pasture. Beautiful animals. And BIG.
Great use of song lyrics for your picspam.
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CRAP!!! IT'S EATING MY POSTS NOW TOO!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Originally posted by gateraid View PostMy cap selection isn't the best here, but I went with what I had
*snip*
So how's everything going after the latest "aftershock", or "earthquake", or whatever the geologists decided to call it?
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EDIT: I knew it was gonna eat my post, so I copied and saved it before I posted, then edited and reposted it. *headkeyboard*
Originally posted by gateraid View PostA) Happy New Year to everyone
B) I have posted twice over the last few days, and GW has eaten them *shakes fist*
C) I may have gone overboard with the touching under the cut
D) If you can't see the last one coming, then you completely missed the eighties. Or was it the nineties? I'm not sure
Spoiler:*snipped* Hee hee!
Originally posted by Southern Red View PostAaaaannnndddd, we continue the new year in the gutter. What better place to be?
Originally posted by JT-2 View PostI just watched the pilot episode of The Tudors. I prefer Stargate!Ren, like a thousand times over. Most of the people in that universe are at least good, moral people (considering there was no birth control in those days, they were certainly taking too many chances!). Yikes!! And on the show they're all "yeah, let's go to war! Yes!" Meanwhile it certainly won't be those jerks who'll be doing the dying, will it? Sorry, off on a tangent there.
Does anyone know if there will be any new stories out of Stargate!Ren anytime soon? (See, I brought it on topic!)Spoiler:Especially with all the tension between John/Elizabeth and Marcus/Kate, it's making me tense! Talk about a loooooong engagement.
OT kitty whump details
Spoiler:Ouch!! Poor kitty! My boy has a bad tooth. It got infected a few months ago and we got it treated with antibiotics. The vet suggested we do a tooth cleaning thing but he'd have to go under anesthesia and he's 14 so it's a concern (never mind the $$$!). We hoped maybe it wouldn't happen again but... He's also been sneezing like crazy. We don't know if that's connected to the tooth or is an allergy (there's something in the area now because we've all been sneezing like crazy lately too).
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Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Smutty Tuesday!
gateraid, that little song picspam made me melt into a puddle of happy goo. Oh, poor John! *wibbles and hugs John*
Originally posted by ShipperWriter View PostGutter: home of Sparky.
Originally posted by ShipperWriter View PostEEK!!! Can't wait for more Ren!Spoiler:Especially with all the tension between John/Elizabeth and Marcus/Kate, it's making me tense! Talk about a loooooong engagement.(This is legal notice that any attempt to censor or delete, for the purpose of oppressing fair and open discussion, any statement made by me will be considered a violation of my right to free speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and will be dealt with in accordance with federal law.)
Sparky is on screen. Therefore, it is canon. Elizabeth is still out there. And John WILL bring her home.
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Originally posted by Southern Red View PostPardon my assumption that everybody in the world knew that BUD is short for Budweiser, their leading brand of beer that looks like pee. I concur on the color comparison. The beer that tastes good looks more like coffee or a good Scotch. LOL
I'm not sure Duff was the Simpsons version of Bud. Probably. Why didn't I think of that comparison? But when we see that red and white label, we think of the horses first. I saw them once, BTW. They were in town for a parade and were housed at a stable that was on my way to work. I saw them frolicking in the pasture. Beautiful animals. And BIG.
Great use of song lyrics for your picspam.
I can't see them changing their mind. For one thing, this has had the desired effect and gotten everyone talking about BUD. There's no such thing as bad publicity, or so the expression goesunless they threaten to turn them into glue
Originally posted by ShipperWriter View PostCRAP!!! IT'S EATING MY POSTS NOW TOO!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Aww, I liked that! Nice job!
So how's everything going after the latest "aftershock", or "earthquake", or whatever the geologists decided to call it?
Originally posted by Scary Kitty View PostGood morning, Sparkies! Happy Smutty Tuesday!
gateraid, that little song picspam made me melt into a puddle of happy goo. Oh, poor John! *wibbles and hugs John*sigpic
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Originally posted by JT-2 View PostI have to figure out what the allergy thing going around here is. I feel so fuzzy. FH - I'll beta your fic tomorrow night cause it took me a whole minute awhile ago to think if tomorrow was Tuesday or Wednesday.
Originally posted by Southern Red View PostThe point is that they have taken what is basically the most identifiable American product and changed the most identifiable thing about it that connects that product with the American people who buy it. Those horses have always been BUD, and I deliberately used the stock symbol for the company there.
Originally posted by Southern Red View PostIt would be like doing away with the Energizer bunny or the Geiko gekko.
Originally posted by Southern Red View PostMost Americans don't even know the company is no longer owned by the family that started it, nor do they care. But, if they want us to buy their product, they need to understand how we think.
Originally posted by Southern Red View PostAnd we want the damn horses in the stupid parade. They're apple pie and the flag and mom all rolled into one. *straightens clothing and wipes foam off lips* Pardon the rant. I hate marketing idiots.
And I meant no disrespect by the way.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
Proper Stargate Rewatch -- season 10 of SG-1
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Originally posted by Falcon Horus View Post
Isn't Bud still governed by Americans?
I only know of this parade cause several of my friends had the opportunity to march in it a couple of years ago as troopers of Star Wars. And I had no idea it was that big... so a perfect way to show a product, even by its mascotte alone. However, I could understand the reasoning of not wanting to advertise subconsciously an alcoholic beverage where kids are involved. If that could be a reason...
And I meant no disrespect by the way.
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