Jolly Green Giant + Stumbo = ?

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Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 17, 2009
Category: PSA’s | Technology | Advertising | Cartoons

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made me think of the twilight zone movie. stephen king had a short story adapted as one of the stories in the film. when his stuff goes to film he usually plays a bit role in it. in that one he was this hillbilly that finds a meteor and touches it. next he starts itching and growing green moss like fuzz on him. he gets into the bath and finds out that makes it spread so he's covered in the stuff. he ends up blowing his head off with a shotgun. so the green fuzz sparked that long and pointless tale. a scary look into how my mind works! 🐛

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/18/09 at 12:02 AM

I just liked how the giant had a happy trail...

Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 07/18/09 at 05:47 AM

and that'd be a little look into how js's mind works. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/18/09 at 08:59 AM

If this is from a "green energy" company, it's kind of funny that the giant is helping out in a PIT MINE, which is one of the most destructive forms of mining, second only to bona fide mountaintop removal.

Posted by venomlash on 07/18/09 at 11:09 AM

so it's just a regular greed-based company trying to appear green minded to keep environmentalists off their back and out of their profits. a cute tv spot is much cheaper than retrofitting equipment or other such measures. (still laughing at the happy trail though)

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/18/09 at 01:02 PM

actually yes it is pretty good.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/18/09 at 11:19 PM

Patty, are you still talking about the happy trail, there? ^_^

Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 07/19/09 at 04:26 AM

well... that too! :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/19/09 at 09:16 AM

Dumbfounded, it would be best to not mine lignite at all, if it were economically possible. As it's basically fine aged peat, it burns incredibly dirty. Ickh.

Posted by venomlash on 07/20/09 at 12:56 AM

ah, and therein lies the difference between a cute commercial and a horror flick! 😉

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/20/09 at 10:01 AM

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