At some point, someone at Progressive has to realize that their talking box commercials are dumb as hell, right?
Random Thoughts the 13th: Jason Takes RTT
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I did see that story -- pretty cool bike! Although I'm not sure who was more excited -- Mabel or her mom
I could probably retire if Progressive gave me the money they spend on one months worth of commercials.
For those that didn't see the story
https://www.kcci.com/article/daughter-of-des-moines-dj-takes-emotional-first-ride/26549090
I'm not sure if I hate those or the "Flo's bored ***** of a sister" commercials...
Cycling is my passion..............GAG!
I think the insurance companies are now in competition to see who can produce the dumbest ads. I have Geico in the lead (narrowly).
Thanks to both of you for posting this. I enjoy listening to Moose in the car when I get the chance and love hearing stories about your granddaughters, SCyclone, (really cool to learn that bit of information by the way) especially positive updates about Mabel. You seem to have an awesome family from my experience as a listener.
Every time I see that one, for some reason I think of the movie "Paranormal Activity".
Geico's Tiny House and Hump Day are still solid in my book. They have a few others that are ok. Their caveman and gecko ones are pretty dumb (maybe a decent one or two in the bunch)
I've chuckled at one or two of the Flo commercials initially, but most of them are really, really awful.
That State Farm one with the robot is just really weird.
I'll give a pass to the Farmers ads since I like JK Simmons
Busy couple of weeks for us. MrsWx is quite busy with school, family life and as of today started her job helping an ER doc at the local hospital (even got a three alarm fire with life threatening injuries an hour into her first shift this morning!). I spent four days over the last two weeks in Crucial Conversations and Influencer training so watch out I am out to manipulate everyone 
Busy couple of weeks for us. MrsWx is quite busy with school, family life and as of today started her job helping an ER doc at the local hospital (even got a three alarm fire with life threatening injuries an hour into her first shift this morning!). I spent four days over the last two weeks in Crucial Conversations and Influencer training so watch out I am out to manipulate everyone
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verb
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handle or control (a tool, mechanism, etc.), typically in a skillful manner.
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What's really dumb is that the majority of these don't give you any reason whatsoever to buy their product. Other than claims of being cheaper, which isn't always a benefit.
Mayhem gets my vote, EVERY time. JK Simmons runs second.
I want to like for MrsWx, and laugh for the mental image of you trying to manipulate me.Busy couple of weeks for us. MrsWx is quite busy with school, family life and as of today started her job helping an ER doc at the local hospital (even got a three alarm fire with life threatening injuries an hour into her first shift this morning!). I spent four days over the last two weeks in Crucial Conversations and Influencer training so watch out I am out to manipulate everyone
Busy couple of weeks for us. MrsWx is quite busy with school, family life and as of today started her job helping an ER doc at the local hospital (even got a three alarm fire with life threatening injuries an hour into her first shift this morning!). I spent four days over the last two weeks in Crucial Conversations and Influencer training so watch out I am out to manipulate everyone
Ah, but you forget............
Busy couple of weeks for us. MrsWx is quite busy with school, family life and as of today started her job helping an ER doc at the local hospital (even got a three alarm fire with life threatening injuries an hour into her first shift this morning!). I spent four days over the last two weeks in Crucial Conversations and Influencer training so watch out I am out to manipulate everyone
You know who's good at using themselves to influence people, right?
You thought it was gonna be a Jennifer Love Hewitt gif, didn't you?
The deer are becoming less crepuscular...there is a lone young doe outside right now, about 20 ft from the house, digging the snow away from the edges of a patch they already cleared, exposing more clover for her to eat. We've seen them several times in the past few days down by the creek in the middle of the day. The deer trails are pretty distinct - the snow down at the bottom is up to their chests in places.
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