Snapshot of modern life - a challenge to Losties!

HSM, you are always welcome at my place, I will put a non-alcoholic beer in the fridge for you!

StitchExp626 wrote:HSM, you are always welcome at my place, I will put a non-alcoholic beer in the fridge for you!

By the time I raise the money to go to Australia I won't need non-alcoholic beer.

HI Kate

Pretty impressive graphics with the wagon. And way before Toy Story. Although the actual food for the dog did not look to appetising.

The legal age for drinking alcohol is 18 in Australia, but you have to show ID if you look under 25! Go figure.

Stitch: Why did that one ad offend the Brits?! I don't get it. Is it because they said "bloody?"

Stickman: I LOVE the animal and orange juice one... I don't really get it, but I think it was freakin hillarious and yeah... overly sexual.

How long is the average commercial in Britain? That was like... 1:45 or something. Here, in the US, the average comm is only 30 seconds.

[quote="That's Australia 4 u![/quote]

I'd love to go there one day. Looks like a fabulous country and we already know the people are nice.

Actually, I don't watch actual television, so I have nothing to contribute. Actually, one of the main reasons I DON'T watch television is because of advertising!

JWLost wrote:Stitch: Why did that one ad offend the Brits?! I don't get it. Is it because they said "bloody?"

Stickman: I LOVE the animal and orange juice one... I don't really get it, but I think it was freakin hillarious and yeah... overly sexual.

How long is the average commercial in Britain? That was like... 1:45 or something. Here, in the US, the average comm is only 30 seconds.

Thats an extened version, they cut it down for TV, they're only 30-45 seconds usually. But this is an orange drink... for kids. Kids! This is who the advert is trying reach, little kids with pictures of animals in bikini's. Thats just messed up!

Oh, yeah, I guess that is pretty messed up then. I wouldn't want my kid (being roughly your age I guess) getting all hot and bothered over computer animated animals with giant boobs....

Thank God I don't have kids.... at least none that could as old as you are... unless I got someone pregnant at the age of 12.

JWLost wrote:Stitch: Why did that one ad offend the Brits?! I don't get it. Is it because they said "bloody?"

Stickman: I LOVE the animal and orange juice one... I don't really get it, but I think it was freakin hillarious and yeah... overly sexual.

How long is the average commercial in Britain? That was like... 1:45 or something. Here, in the US, the average comm is only 30 seconds.

The British did not like the tagline "Where the bloody hell asre you?"

you can read about it here at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_where_the_bloody_hell_are_you%3F

Yeah, that's what I thought. What is the equivilent of "bloody" in American? Obviously it isn't that bad in Australia either. If bloody is such a bad word, what do you guys in the UK say when someone is covered in blood? We would say "he was all bloody" what would the Uk say?

How do I add the YouTube "TV Screen"? I'm trying to post a video but I don't know how.

tracker, To post a video, find the one you want, and look to the right side that shows the information ,and there will be an embed code.
You just copy that code and then paste it here on your post. When you preview it if, it has worked you will see the screen, with the video. I think that should do it.

Go to the youtube video you'd like to copy. To the right of the youtube video is a long, thin rectangular box with the "Embed" tag in it. Right click and copy the tag. You'll be bringing it over to this forum.

On this forum, under the Subject area where you would click for a Quick Reply are two gray boxes with red lettering.

One of them says "PostReply". Click that. The 19th box from the left (of all the icons going across the top of the Post A Reply subject area) will be what looks like a small piece of film. Sort of like a double hung window. If you pass your cursor over it it will read "Video". Left click on it to open it. Place your cursor in that box and right click and choose "paste". Once it's pasted into the subject area you can preview it and then send.

Well done Kate and CJ, could not have explained that better myself.

Thanks