I saw the ad the other week (rare that I'm watching tv at all, so it was sheer luck). Thats the first ad in a long time that's made me stop in my tracks and just watch in awe... very cool, I loved the walking windscreen wipers... :) Thanks for the links!
intense. I watched it twice in a row without stops. Bet this gets talked about oftern. I also found it interesting that the article didn't mention Rube Goldberg once. Anti Americanism, or just sheer didn't knowism?
Maybe they just never heard of the guy, or it isn't as much in common usage as in the US.
As much as I think there's a dangerous level of anti-Americanism in Europe, I can't figure
any way to see this in that light....
Strangely enough, there are places in the world where American catchphrases are not well-known. *snort* FWIW, I have no clue who Rube Goldberg is, either. I gather that he's an American, and has/had some association with excessively baroque and complicated mechanisms, but I know no more than that about him, and that much I figured out from context.
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joedecker's journal
impressed
Thanks for the links!