[Ads-l] broheem

[Jonathan Lighter]

OK, a current commercial shows that Geico makes you frighteningly big and
strong, unlike wimpy, other-guy insurance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFZQOfj7nw

The relevant gimmick, however, is that the weight-lifter dudes keep
addressing each other with bad puns on the word "bro," e.g. "brotato chip"
and "Teddy Brosevelt."

No prob, natch. But the very first "bro" item sounds like "broheem," which
mystifies me.

Tons o' Googlits, few answers. ("Ibahim" is a popular guess, but, really?)

UrbanD has it from 2004 ("broheim," 2006) and even "Broheemavich" from 2007.

WTH?

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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