Here in the Netherlands we've recently hit a new low. Not only is the news sponsored, but on one of our channels the clock (that is counting towards the whole hour on which the news is presented) is actually sponsored!
They actually had the nerve to say: "The clock is brought to you by ..." (in Dutch ofcource). When I heard that, I was so stunned that I cannot remember the news broadcast that came after that.
Where does this end?
Well, actually I can tell you where by giving you another low they've reached here:
A beer company that sponsors commercials for other companies. Although they didn't say "This milk commercial is brought to you by Bavaria Beer." They did however show the beer in the milk commercial and used the catchphrase of the beer companies own commercials.
Somebody got an asperine?
[somebody else:] "Do you want one sponsored by Bavaria Beer? Or ..."
*runs away screaming*
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"I think I speak for everyone here when I say, 'Huh?'."
- Buffy
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I am not good with English but excuses me. I hate you whom think bad of the gods of the thunder known under the name of ""Metallica"". Good tape of ""Metallica"" is ""Load"", that you like it or not. A much better tape of Metallica ""Load"" than overrated the tape known under the name of ""Iron Maiden"" ""Powerslave"". You all are penis for the bad one of thought about ""Lars"". ""Lars"" can take a cucumber in bottom of his throat without reflex of muzzle. Lars can too take cucumber in bottom with no stretching of bottom hole sphincter muscle. Thanks for reading.
--
an anonymous fan
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Read chapter one of "Dirk Tungsten in...The Disappearing Planet"! Because I'm saving all my love for you.
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"I think I speak for everyone here when I say, 'Huh?'."
- Buffy
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"Do you know how much YOU'RE worth??.....2.5 million Woolongs. THAT'S your bounty. I SAID you were small fry..." --Spike Spiegel
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"One more day before the storm
At the barricades of freedom!
When our ranks begin to form
Will you take your place with me?"
--Enjolras, "One Day More," Les Miserables
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Stealing from one author is called plagarism.
Stealing from many is called research.
In this country, we have laws stipulating how many much advertising you can have in an hour. So we have less advertisment breaks in TV shows than in the US.
Half hour shows, such as the Simpsons, only have one break near the middle, rather than two. Hour long shows, such as Star Trek, have 3 breaks, usually at 5-8, 22-25, 40-43, and 49-52. So the last bit's really short.
Cartoon Network in particular's great. It has one ad break in 30 minutes (which ruins certain jokes on Space Ghost), but they don't actually advertise other products in the break. They quickly mention another show, and then it's straight back.
And Cartoon Network's ads are great anyway.
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"I can't believe we're actually gonna meet Guru Lou. Everyone says he's the wisest man in the universe. He's sensitive, creative, has a great sense of humour, and he's a really smooth dancer. *giggles*"
"You're confused Polly. We're not meeting Paul Newman."
- Polly & Speedy; Samurai Pizza Cats
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"Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
It's just over �100 a year, and it pays for BBC1, BBC2, BBC Worldwide, BBC News 24, BBC Choice, UK Play, UK Gold (I think), the 5 BBC radio stations, and, er, it gives you a nice warm feeling.
You get Red Dwarf and Monty Python out of it, so don't complain.
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"I can't believe we're actually gonna meet Guru Lou. Everyone says he's the wisest man in the universe. He's sensitive, creative, has a great sense of humour, and he's a really smooth dancer. *giggles*"
"You're confused Polly. We're not meeting Paul Newman."
- Polly & Speedy; Samurai Pizza Cats
Gotta love PBS...
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"To disarm the people [is] the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
- George Mason, American Statesman and Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Los Angeles has the Staples Center, and San Francisco's much-maligned Candlestick Park became 3com Park at Candlestick Point.
(PS, total number of fans we started calling it "#com Park," about five. All of them 3com employees.)
In my county is a town called Concord with the Concord Pavilion--- only, it isn't the Concord Pavilion anymore. It's being brought to you by a newspaper, so now it's the Chronical Pavilion at Concord.
This is unsatisfactory.
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"Do you know how much YOU'RE worth??.....2.5 million Woolongs. THAT'S your bounty. I SAID you were small fry..." --Spike Spiegel
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"Truth about Santa Claus debunks Santa God. God evolves from Santa."
-Gene Ray, http://www.timecube.com
[This message has been edited by The_Tom (edited July 19, 2000).]
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Oh, fiddle faddle, everyone knows that our mutants have flippers. Oops, I've said too much.....
~C. Montgomery Burns
And be sure to visit The Field Marshal project http://fieldmarshal.virtualave.net/
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"More beer, more beer, more beer, more beer! ARSE!"
- Ode to God.
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Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!!
Gandalf
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"I can't believe we're actually gonna meet Guru Lou. Everyone says he's the wisest man in the universe. He's sensitive, creative, has a great sense of humour, and he's a really smooth dancer. *giggles*"
"You're confused Polly. We're not meeting Paul Newman."
- Polly & Speedy; Samurai Pizza Cats
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Cute, cuddly, widdle teddy bears usually will eat you alive unless you can prove you're a god.
Ex-Admin at the TrekBBS.com