[Ads-l] jackhole

[Jonathan Lighter]

Here's what I posted back in 2010:

>A Geico TV commercial features R. Lee Ermey (the drill instructor from
_Full Metal Jacket_) in the role of a psychotherapist.  He erupts into a
rage and says to his sniffling patient, "Maybe we should chug on over to
Mamby-Pamby [sic] Land where *maybe* we can find a little self-confidence
for you!!  Ya jackwagon!!!!!!!...Tissue?"

>I first saw the commercial a month or so ago, but UrbanDictionary.com has "
jackwagon" from 2005.

>Nearly 20,000 RGs on "jackwagon."  The commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APwfZYO1di4&feature=related  (A quarter
million views on YouTube.)

JL


On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > "jack-wagon"
>
> New to me.
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