I was going to post this in the All Sports forum but its whimsy made me put it here. Curiously some of the enlisted players are from smaller markets. Maybe Angus Reid can pursue something with these guys while he's sidelined.
http://adage.com/article/news/butt-wipe ... er/244177/
Butt Wipes Sign Rare Endorsers: NFL Centers
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Butt Wipes Sign Rare Endorsers: NFL Centers
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Oh, my goodness. What's next? Tony Siragusa advertising Depends for Men--"to protect their manhood"? Oh wait...that's already happened, hasn't it.
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lol... I too was thinking of that one when I saw this.South Pender wrote:Oh, my goodness. What's next? Tony Siragusa advertising Depends for Men--"to protect their manhood"? Oh wait...that's already happened, hasn't it.
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I can't find it on youtube, but does anyone remember the Imodium commercial from a few years back where one player is discussing how Imodium has relieved his diarrhea and he turns out to be the centre (the other guy being the QB, who is also sort of relieved).
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Ha, yeah I remember that one now that you mention it; that was quite a while ago now, like 90s or so.Coast Mountain Lion wrote:I can't find it on youtube, but does anyone remember the Imodium commercial from a few years back where one player is discussing how Imodium has relieved his diarrhea and he turns out to be the centre (the other guy being the QB, who is also sort of relieved).
I just spent a couple minutes looking for it on some other video sites. Couldn't find it but in an interesting coincidence I found a BC Lions tv ad from around 2004, from the "Cheering Works" series. It's in this link but it's the third in a series of four so-called "banned" ads all combined into one video so you need to let it play awhile to get to the Lions ad. It's the vending machine one, though — not the airplane one like you might be thinking. Warning: the other three ads are all at least somewhat NSFW but kind of funny if your sense of humour tips that way:
http://www.break.com/video/ugc/hilariou ... als-552739
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That's hilariousCoast Mountain Lion wrote:I can't find it on youtube, but does anyone remember the Imodium commercial from a few years back where one player is discussing how Imodium has relieved his diarrhea and he turns out to be the centre (the other guy being the QB, who is also sort of relieved).
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Yeah I recalled the cheering works commercial by the Lions. The vacation blow up pictures is pretty funny, that would be a priceless facial expression upon the development of the film.sj-roc wrote:Ha, yeah I remember that one now that you mention it; that was quite a while ago now, like 90s or so.Coast Mountain Lion wrote:I can't find it on youtube, but does anyone remember the Imodium commercial from a few years back where one player is discussing how Imodium has relieved his diarrhea and he turns out to be the centre (the other guy being the QB, who is also sort of relieved).
I just spent a couple minutes looking for it on some other video sites. Couldn't find it but in an interesting coincidence I found a BC Lions tv ad from around 2004, from the "Cheering Works" series. It's in this link but it's the third in a series of four so-called "banned" ads all combined into one video so you need to let it play awhile to get to the Lions ad. It's the vending machine one, though — not the airplane one like you might be thinking. Warning: the other three ads are all at least somewhat NSFW but kind of funny if your sense of humour tips that way:
http://www.break.com/video/ugc/hilariou ... als-552739
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The "cheering works" commercial is awesome, makes me wish I was at a game right now!