Engineering amazing

[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> TV commercials just this week:
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> "Chex Mix is a bag of interesting!"
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> "Leave behind ordinary!" [Visit South Africa.]
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> JL
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> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DNexGfaUVA :
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>> "Tired sucks. Not end of a long day tired. But middle of the day,
>> places to go, things to do, deadlines to meet. But all I want to do is
>> close my eyes tired. 5-hour ENERGY fixes tired fast."
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>> Also on TV.
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>> JL
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>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>>> Re adj. > n.
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>>> Michael Moore explained today that the banks are filthy rich.
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>>> "But filthy rich isn't good enough."
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>>> All of these forms may be characterized as simple (though novel)
>>> "being"-deletion.
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>>> (Apologies if someone has already suggested that.)
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>>> JL
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>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Ben Zimmer
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>>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>>> > The commercial I mentioned is for Grant Thornton, management consultants.
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>>>> > As the words materialize on the screen, a voice tells you,
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>>>> > "Big doesn't win....
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>>>> > "Original wins.
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>>>> > "Fresh wins.
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>>>> > "Smart wins."
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>>>> And speaking of the opposition between "smart" and "big", there's a
>>>> commercial currently running for the Smart Car with a tagline
>>>> seemingly designed to appeal to Larry Horn: "Unbig. Uncar."
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>>>> http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-day-smart-car-134981
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>>>> --bgz
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