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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:12 PM
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Why do infomercials have annoying Australian guys?
Is it the same guy? Why can't the guy from the Magic Bullet commercial pronounce Nachos?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:14 PM
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1. "A frosty MOOG for everyone!"
Is he Aussie or Brit? Annoying in any nationality, anyhow.
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:14 PM
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2. I don't know
but I want to kick him in the balls.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:15 PM
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3. I'll sit on him for you
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:16 PM
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4. I'm going to guess "because there's no other kind of Australian guy" n/t
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:19 PM
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5. Because the people that watch the infocommercials are stupid??
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:25 PM
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8. Did you just call me stupid?
I watch them when I'm bored because they're so stupid, they're funny. It's not like I'd ever buy anything.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 03:07 PM
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13. OK..... let me clarify... watch the infocommercials and buy the stuff???
Of course the producers of those shows rely on the old saying... "A sucker born every minute"
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 03:15 PM
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14. Well, it's so obvious the products are going to be crappy
Otherwise, why wouldn't they just sell them through a reputable seller?
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 04:00 PM
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15. Make it more difficult for consumers to get their money back?
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 04:21 PM
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16. Exactly
If it was a good product, you shouldn't have to worry about people demanding their money back
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:19 PM
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6. The Murdochization of the planet.
.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:20 PM
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7. Annoying accents grab our attention
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:28 PM
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9. I'm British, but I will happily admit that the most annoying foreign info-
mercial dude EVER was the British guy that shilled those ridiculous iron-cord holders, which made everyone's ironing SOOOOO much easier /dripping sarcasm

Of course, the most annoying infomericalfucker in the history of the universe is, and will always be, Billy Mays.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 02:30 PM
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10. Oxy Clean.....cleans clothes AND makes you an obnoxious lout!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 03:01 PM
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11. It can clean the shit that falls behind your washer, but can't reach..
UNTIL YOU GET SUPERGRABBER!!!

/Must yell to imitate Billy Mays
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 03:03 PM
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12. AND IT REALLY REALLY WORKS!!!!!!!!!!
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happynewyear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 04:27 PM
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17. I don't find this batch of Australian men annoying ;-)


Thunder Down Under ... playing now in Las Vegas! ;)

:kick:
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