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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 177.1 | More Junk... | PNEUMA::WILSON | | Mon Dec 15 1986 16:35 | 21 |
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Here's another:
On some tubes of toothpaste I've seen something like the following.
Any comments or questions about ---? Call 1-800-.....
Classic Coke. (Use of the word "classic")
David Lee Roth
Squeeze margarine
The sentence "This is the Good Stuff" all over a plastic carton
containing a Wendy's burger.
Any of those ads for junk products where you have to call a toll-free
number and "Order Now! Supplies are Limited!"
Velvet paintings of Elvis, Unicorns, and DaVinci's "The Last Supper"
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| 177.2 | Still more... | PNEUMA::WILSON | | Mon Dec 15 1986 16:39 | 6 |
| Furniture polish that contains more lemon juice than most lemonade.
Pre-washed jeans.
Refried beans (weren't they fried right the first time? And if you fry
them again, doesn't that make them re-refried beans?)
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| 177.3 | Dial 1-800 for corn | BARTOK::COCHRANE | Send lawyers, guns and money. | Mon Dec 15 1986 16:40 | 7 |
| Cooking directions on a can of corn.
The fact that some people *need* cooking directions on
a can of corn (or any other self-explanatory tin of pre-
prepared food).
Mary-Michael
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| 177.4 | Off the top... | JAWS::COTE | Go ahead, take your cheapest shot... | Mon Dec 15 1986 16:52 | 12 |
| "Home Shopping Club" TV stations. (UHF 66 in Boston)
TV reduced to *just* commercials.
Steak 'ums.
Alternative toothpaste dispenser. (Pumps, flip-tops, ect.)
Discount beef purchase plans where you're told "cutting loss may
be as much as 28%, or more". That seems to cover everything...
Edd
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| 177.5 | Well, ok, just for a bit... | QUARK::LIONEL | Reality is frequently inaccurate | Mon Dec 15 1986 17:14 | 10 |
| I suppose this topic really belongs in SOAPBOX, but I can't resist...
Kids' dolls that vomit
Peanut butter and jelly flavored pop-tarts
Bluejeans that you buy with holes and tears already in them
Fake car telephone antennas (it used to be fake CB antennas)
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| 177.6 | my 2 cents | USMRW4::AFLOOD | BIG AL | Mon Dec 15 1986 17:37 | 8 |
| XMAS in the stores in October
the deterioration of the "work ethnic" in favor of the free ride
pay cable channels that show 3 year old re-run movies as features
new wave/punk clothes, hair coloring, face makeup
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| 177.7 | Gag me with a bone | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Mon Dec 15 1986 18:50 | 7 |
| "Tab" with calcium.
Antacids touted as "a good source of calcium"
ANYTHING "with calcium" (the fad nurtient of the 80's).
John M.
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| 177.8 | | SPIDER::MILLER | You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch | Mon Dec 15 1986 22:09 | 6 |
| Gum that changes color when you chew it.
'Professional' wrestling.
And of course those idiotic yellow signs people put in their car
windows.
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| 177.9 | self-explanatory | RICKS::KRAVITZ | Terrapin | Mon Dec 15 1986 23:32 | 1 |
| The bomb.
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| 177.10 | A fat juicy worm with a hook in it | BOBBY::REDDEN | Profit Prophet | Tue Dec 16 1986 06:52 | 5 |
| AFter reading .1-.9, I wonder what's wrong with them. I though most
of that stuff was done in the 'theatre of the absurd' spirit. Isn't
the point of such products to be sufficiently absurd/offensive that
they penetrate into your consciousness? Would you even notive such
products if they weren't examples of "junk culture"?
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| 177.11 | Relax, man... | PNEUMA::WILSON | | Tue Dec 16 1986 08:12 | 11 |
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RE: Note .10
Let's not get deep about this, mate.
There's a philosophy file where you can use words like "penetrate"
in the same sentence as "conciousness."
Meanwhile, onward with the cakes and ale!
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| 177.12 | | VAXWRK::NORDLINGER | To reach the unreachable STAR | Tue Dec 16 1986 08:31 | 11 |
| Instant Decaf
Ads, for Diamonds as Christmas presents, that let
you wait until April to pay,
Mountain Climbers with Walkmans,
Soldiers taking the 5th.
John
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| 177.13 | | FLOWER::JASNIEWSKI | | Tue Dec 16 1986 08:49 | 5 |
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The "Bear" fad and children's cartoons called "Kissy foot"
Joe Jas
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| 177.14 | In the silver box... | EVE::CINQ_MARS | | Tue Dec 16 1986 09:45 | 5 |
| Here's one more:
Tartar control toothpaste (didn't we ALWAYS have tartar?)
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| 177.15 | | PNEUMA::WILSON | | Tue Dec 16 1986 11:31 | 11 |
| When people ask, "Can I ask you a question?"
The "gold" versions of popular credit cards
Anything that "makes its own gravy or sauce"
Velcro straps on shoes
Teenagers who leave their sneakers untied to look "cool"
Muzak versions of many songs, like "Light My Fire"
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| 177.16 | just what does semi boneless ham mean? | CEODEV::FAULKNER | my sharona | Tue Dec 16 1986 11:41 | 3 |
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the "freedom" available at your local 7 - 11.
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| 177.17 | | JETSAM::HANAUER | Mike...Bicycle~to~Ice~Cream | Tue Dec 16 1986 11:49 | 5 |
| Any sign that starts out: "For Your Convenience..."
Restaurants that deny having a bathroom (a la Dunkin Donuts).
Food that costs more because they didn't add salt, sugar, etc.
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| 177.18 | y | SEAMOS::CURCIO | Sauna_Rat, In the Heat of the Night | Tue Dec 16 1986 12:24 | 3 |
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Cars that have T-Tops or Sunroofs or even a convertable AND
Air-Conditioning
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| 177.19 | Not the VELVET ELVIS !!! | TOPDOC::STANTON | I got a gal in Kalamazoo | Tue Dec 16 1986 12:40 | 12 |
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re. 1...We need the Velvet Elvis paintings!!! 8->
Nightline with Ted Koppel
Blue Nun commercials on TV (Yuppies running amok with wine!)
Cliff Notes
The New York Post & other Murdoch papers
Speeding motorists with "Baby on Board" decals
Menudo
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| 177.20 | | YAZOO::B_REINKE | Down with bench Biology | Tue Dec 16 1986 16:20 | 4 |
| grabage pail kids cards - especially the cartoons on the back of
them
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| 177.22 | No more, please | QUARK::LIONEL | Reality is frequently inaccurate | Tue Dec 16 1986 16:35 | 5 |
| I'm afraid this is getting out of hand, especially for this
conference. As I expected, a lot of the replies are just things
the writer dislikes. If you wish to continue this topic, please
take it to the 2B::SOAPBOX conference.
Steve
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