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Silly Little Fairy?
Advertising Age ^ | Apr. 17, 2006 | Bob Garfield

Posted on 05/01/2006 5:47:54 PM PDT by cicero's_son

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To: cicero's_son

The commercial features a fairy, read that sprite, pixie, brownie, what have you.

The Gay lobby is grasping at straws, and merely trying to intimidate Corporate America.

Would these crybabies be whining if the guy had said, "ridiculous little sprite"?


41 posted on 05/01/2006 7:10:01 PM PDT by Darnright (When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping, May 1, 2006 Buycott!)
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To: razorback-bert
I own a cute SUV!

Sometimes I worry about you, bert.

They think these are cute too. Why not just go whole hog?

Just remember to put a cut flower or two in the dashboard-mounted vase.

42 posted on 05/01/2006 7:18:05 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: cicero's_son

Queer ass folk.


43 posted on 05/01/2006 7:18:12 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (How are you going to celebrate "Fire An Illegal Alien Day" on May 1?)
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To: elkfersupper

Yea, I know now I should have bought the Lexus RX330.


44 posted on 05/01/2006 7:20:50 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Kooks For Kinky)
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To: razorback-bert
I should have bought the Lexus RX330.

I know. I own 3 Toyotas and an F-350.

Guess which is always in the shop?

45 posted on 05/01/2006 7:29:39 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

The cute one?


46 posted on 05/01/2006 7:32:04 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Kooks For Kinky)
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To: cicero's_son

I just saw the ad again tonight. The quote was still in there, as was the very queer sounding "AWWWW". I giggle every time I see that commercial.


47 posted on 05/01/2006 7:33:39 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: cicero's_son

I've adamantly sworn never to buy another Plymouth.

Guess things can change.

This ad warms my heart.

IT's a breath of air in a stifled, artificial, PC world.


48 posted on 05/01/2006 7:38:22 PM PDT by TFMcGuire (Either you are an American, or you are a liberal)
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To: Darnright
The Gay lobby is grasping at straws, and merely trying to intimidate Corporate America.

I heard on the radio that one of the things the gays were upset about was the leashes were turned pink which this article doesn't point out.

49 posted on 05/01/2006 7:40:32 PM PDT by bulldozer
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To: cicero's_son
But what no advertiser has any business doing is calling people fairies, because it is cheap, because it is gratuitous, because it is hateful.

Well, you're REALLY gonna find this "hateful:"


50 posted on 05/01/2006 7:41:04 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't call them "undocumented workers." Use the correct term: CRIMINAL INVADERS!)
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To: cicero's_son
From the article:
For the record, Daimler Chrysler and BBDO protest that this spot is obviously not homophobic because the guy with the lap dogs is a preppy type-as opposed to some flamboyant queen. Of course, the same people swear they were totally unaware of the "fairy" double-entendre.

Preppie? Yeah, maybe a flamboyant gay preppie.

I like this commercial and think it is both creative and funny.

51 posted on 05/01/2006 7:44:17 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: razorback-bert
The cute one?

Nope, the big manly one with the brushbuster and the gooseneck hitch.

The cute one starts every day.

52 posted on 05/01/2006 7:47:58 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: new cruelty

ZOT

53 posted on 05/01/2006 7:49:14 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty

just one more

54 posted on 05/01/2006 7:52:58 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: bulldozer

>I heard on the radio that one of the things the gays were upset about was the leashes were turned pink which this article doesn't point out.<

But the fairy (sprite, elf, pixie, whatever) was turning everything into pastels. The train ended up multicolored. These guys are just itching to whine about something, anything, to get the spotlight on them and their agenda.


55 posted on 05/01/2006 8:07:41 PM PDT by Darnright (When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping, May 1, 2006 Buycott!)
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To: cicero's_son
I don't see them complaining about the Nabisco snack fairy or whatever that guy in the tutu is called.
56 posted on 05/01/2006 8:29:20 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: cicero's_son

It was on during the evening news broadcast just 15 minutes ago and it still had the same line at the end. I guess they think us Okies can deal with it.


57 posted on 05/01/2006 8:35:27 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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To: Criminal Number 18F
Hey! I have a yappy little ankle-biting dog!

So I'll wave my magic wand and in a year she'll turn into a beautiful, 70 pound black lab/blue heeler! :-)

58 posted on 05/01/2006 9:59:26 PM PDT by Marie (Support the Troops. Slap a hippy.)
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To: cicero's_son

"That's it-out you two pixies go--out the door or through the window"


59 posted on 05/02/2006 2:47:18 AM PDT by Carl LaFong ("You kids get off my lawn")
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To: Question_Assumptions
I don't see them complaining about the Nabisco snack fairy or whatever that guy in the tutu is called.

That guy makes my Gaydar go red alert!
60 posted on 05/02/2006 2:50:59 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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