From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

>  They'll just have to adapt to starvation profits. Remember when
> petrol companies used to make a motza and dominated TV commercials
> using their extra profits? Now they have to settle for a comfortable
> 10% on capital, like Myers and everyone else.

  My brother in law does that every time he comes over.  When it doesn't work, 
I say, "can't do that, it's live".   He gumbles, presses pause,
and buggers off 
to do something else while the PVR backlogs some program time.

> For instance...what's the brand of the
> tampons in the commerical where the guy is throwing them to the kittan?
> I register the joke (which is quite funny), but the brand... who
> cares? They're not advertising the joke, but that the only part that
> sticks (with apologies to tampons and where they are usually stuck).

  I care.  I'm looking for a new toy for our kitten.  What if the brand makes a 
difference to what the kitten prefers?  I don't want to have to go through all 
the noname brands to get to theirs...

> Who gives a shit?

  Those who are going to buy that brand of toilet paper.  (chuckle)

>  We're already watching their fucking movie, what more do they
> want?

  To watch their ads.  That's what they're there for.  You didn't think that 
they set up all that transmission equipment for anything other than a business 
and to make money did you?  What else could it be for- entertainment?
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