I know this is picky but . . .
Did you ever something that just bugs you? Something that every time you see it, you know the person who came with the idea is a complete idiot on some level?
Well, there's this tv commercial . . .
It's for Gateway computers and this cow is talking to a guy. Content is not important. What kills me is this: The cow "talks" with a MAN's voice. Why is this a problem? Because cows are female! They give MILK which is a result of giving birth which (unless this has changed recently) is something only FEMALES do! Arrggghhhhh! What braindead Madison Avenue tech geek came up with this gem? Clearly someone who has never been around an animal bigger than a guinea pig!
Or that cereal commercial where there's 3 slacker types in a farmhouse and the door slams. One guy says to the token chick "Where's he going?" She says he's going out to get milk and there is a shot of the guy heading toward a cow out in a field. The first guy says something like, "Well, he's in for a big surprise. That's a boy cow." I mean "BOY COW" !?!?!? Isn't that a BULL? Would the guy even get that close to the animal?
Even Nickelodeon did it. They used to have a little thing they showed between shows, like a commercial but not actually a commercial, like the old Schoolhouse Rock stuft. It was about a girl Mary Sue and her friend Drew who was a cow. And Drew also spoke in a very bass voice. I e-mailed them about it and they never got back to me, but they pulled the spot within a week. I mean, we went from seeing it 2 or 3 times a day to not seeing it at all! So I don't know if I had anything to do with that, but . . .
Now that I've ranted, one of you farm people is going to tell me that in fact there are male cows, but unless that happens, as far as I know, the males are bulls and they DON'T give milk!
Thank you for letting me rant about this, I know it's minor, it just really gets to me!
Did you ever something that just bugs you? Something that every time you see it, you know the person who came with the idea is a complete idiot on some level?
Well, there's this tv commercial . . .
It's for Gateway computers and this cow is talking to a guy. Content is not important. What kills me is this: The cow "talks" with a MAN's voice. Why is this a problem? Because cows are female! They give MILK which is a result of giving birth which (unless this has changed recently) is something only FEMALES do! Arrggghhhhh! What braindead Madison Avenue tech geek came up with this gem? Clearly someone who has never been around an animal bigger than a guinea pig!
Or that cereal commercial where there's 3 slacker types in a farmhouse and the door slams. One guy says to the token chick "Where's he going?" She says he's going out to get milk and there is a shot of the guy heading toward a cow out in a field. The first guy says something like, "Well, he's in for a big surprise. That's a boy cow." I mean "BOY COW" !?!?!? Isn't that a BULL? Would the guy even get that close to the animal?
Even Nickelodeon did it. They used to have a little thing they showed between shows, like a commercial but not actually a commercial, like the old Schoolhouse Rock stuft. It was about a girl Mary Sue and her friend Drew who was a cow. And Drew also spoke in a very bass voice. I e-mailed them about it and they never got back to me, but they pulled the spot within a week. I mean, we went from seeing it 2 or 3 times a day to not seeing it at all! So I don't know if I had anything to do with that, but . . .
Now that I've ranted, one of you farm people is going to tell me that in fact there are male cows, but unless that happens, as far as I know, the males are bulls and they DON'T give milk!
Thank you for letting me rant about this, I know it's minor, it just really gets to me!