If an ad you saw had a polar bear prominently going into an ice cave with "hibernate" on the label, what would you immediate thought be?
Naptime! And then, Jealous.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 03, 2009 10:06:38 am PST #22712 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
javachik - Dec 03, 2009 10:07:02 am PST #22713 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I had the "they don't hibernate, do they?" reaction, but I don't know that over-educated Buffistas are the best test-market group on that front.
Yeah, I know. But it's the only place I can ask and get such quick responses.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2009 10:08:37 am PST #22714 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do also think of the Windows Hibernate thing.
Vortex - Dec 03, 2009 10:09:27 am PST #22715 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If an ad you saw had a polar bear prominently going into an ice cave with "hibernate" on the label, what would you immediate thought be?
MOTHERFUCKER!
juliana - Dec 03, 2009 10:12:35 am PST #22716 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I had the "they don't hibernate, do they?" reaction
As did I. TBH, I'd be kind of annoyed if I saw that ad, with a possible addition of shaky-fist at the propagation of erroneous information.
Strix - Dec 03, 2009 10:13:14 am PST #22717 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Polars bears don't hibernate, I'd think.
Then I'd think "There is no "bear" in "hibernate." Then I'd think, "What the fuck country did the Romans call Hibernia?Was it Scotland? Or Ireland? And what's the connection between why that country was called Hibernia and the word "hibernate?"
I am possibly not helpful.
javachik - Dec 03, 2009 10:14:54 am PST #22718 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Ha! You guys have been great, thanks. So the new proposed ad for our pain patch (which sends the pain into "hibernation") has a giant polar bear entering an ice den, the top of which segues into the dermal layers. Anyway, the first thing I thought was "polar bears don't hibernate" and let our marketing dept know. I'm just not sure if it's something that is going to catch the attention of anyone but Buffistas. I told my boss she owes me $5 if this campaign ends up being changed because of this issue.
As did I. TBH, I'd be kind of annoyed if I saw that ad, with a possible addition of shaky-fist at the propagation of erroneous information.
And this is my worry.
flea - Dec 03, 2009 10:15:12 am PST #22719 of 30001
information libertarian
And I'd look it up in the OED and reply that hibernate is from a latin verb meaning "to winter" and has an adjectival form "wintry," and if you grew up in Rome Ireland would seen damned wintry to you, too.
-t - Dec 03, 2009 10:15:51 am PST #22720 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"What the fuck country did the Romans call Hibernia?Was it Scotland? Or Ireland? And what's the connection between why that country was called Hibernia and the word "hibernate?"
Ha! I went there, too (with a sidetrack to Hibernia Nat'l Bank in NO), but it wasn't quite my first thought...
meara - Dec 03, 2009 10:16:17 am PST #22721 of 30001
Ok, wait, if the polar bear is my pain and it's hibernating, yeah my reaction is"does that mean it's coming back, MEAN and LEAN and HUNGRY?". Also, because of b.org I would giggle at the polar bear reference. And if it was a cartoon think of coke.