Re: Things we remember...
Quadibloc
> They had that in California too? I'm from Minnesota where we probably
> had anti-oleo laws longer than anywhere else. Sometimes people would
> bootleg yellow oleo from Iowa. When did people start calling it margarine?
As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of
them.
John Savard
Robert Bannister
Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
"margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
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W. Australia
David DeLaney
>Quadibloc wrote:
>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of them.
>
>Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>"margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
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Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> Quadibloc wrote:
>>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of them.
>> Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>> "margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>>from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>
> ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>
> Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'" DeLaney
Promise?
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Bill Snyder
He said so, but where's the beef?
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I prefer something less filling that tastes great.
Anthony Nance
> Bill Snyder wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:09:31 -0500, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"
>> <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> David DeLaney wrote:
>>>> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>>> Quadibloc wrote:
>>>>>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>>>>>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>>>>>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>>>>>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>>>>>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of them.
>>>>> Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>>>>> "margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>>>> >from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>>>>
>>>> ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>>>>
>>>> Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'" DeLaney
>>> Promise?
>>
>> He said so, but where's the beef?
>>
>
> I prefer something less filling that tastes great.
"...He won't eat it, he hates everything...."
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
But he would like to teach the world to sing.
Bill Snyder
<sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>Anthony Nance wrote:
>> "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>>> Bill Snyder wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:09:31 -0500, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"
>>>> <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> David DeLaney wrote:
>>>>>> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Quadibloc wrote:
>>>>>>>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>>>>>>>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>>>>>>>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>>>>>>>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>>>>>>>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of them.
>>>>>>> Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>>>>>>> "margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>>>>>> >from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'" DeLaney
>>>>> Promise?
>>>> He said so, but where's the beef?
>>>>
>>> I prefer something less filling that tastes great.
>>
>> "...He won't eat it, he hates everything...."
>
> But he would like to teach the world to sing.
But if he's going to be up for a task like that, he'd better have
a breakfast of champions first.
David DeLaney
...Depends.
Dave 'Garfield one, two three two three!" DeLaney
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
Especially if he's after me lucky charms!
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>> David DeLaney wrote:
>>> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>> Quadibloc wrote:
>>>>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>>>>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>>>>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>>>>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>>>>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of them.
>>>> Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>>>> "margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>>> >from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>>>
>>> ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>>>
>>> Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'" DeLaney
>> Promise?
>
> ...Depends.
>
Always.
Anthony Nance
> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>>David DeLaney wrote:
>>> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>> Quadibloc wrote:
>>>>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>>>>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>>>>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>>>>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>>>>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of them.
>>>> Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>>>> "margarine". They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>>>>from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>>>
>>> ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>>>
>>> Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'" DeLaney
>>
>> Promise?
>
> ...Depends.
>
> Dave 'Garfield one, two three two three!" DeLaney
You know, I remember the "Garfield one, two three two three!"
jingle, but:
a) I don't know if it's because we got WUAB on cable, or because
I spent the better part of Aug1982-Aug1988 in the Cleveland area
(or both)
and
b) I can't remember what product/service the jingle applied to.
A little help?
Tony
Anthony Nance
Eh - I can't believe he'd eat the whole thing.
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David DeLaney
>David DeLaney <d...@gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote:
>> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>David DeLaney wrote:
>>>> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>>>They are "spreads", which of course doesn't stop the public
>>>>>from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>>>>
>>>>ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>>>>
>>>>Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'" DeLaney
>>>
>>> Promise?
>>
>> ...Depends.
>>
>> Dave 'Garfield one, two three two three!" DeLaney
>
>You know, I remember the "Garfield one, two three two three!"
>jingle, but:
mua ha haaaa ... my evil sonic plan is WORKING
>a) I don't know if it's because we got WUAB on cable, or because
> I spent the better part of Aug1982-Aug1988 in the Cleveland area
> (or both)
I'd think it was probably the former, as by the latter time period I'm nearly
sure that commercial was long since gone. I remember it from maybe 15-20 years
before then ... I -think-?
>b) I can't remember what product/service the jingle applied to.
> A little help?
Me either - but it might have been real estate. Or it might have been
aluminum siding. There were pictures of houses involved. Again, apply a giant
"I -think-" to this, because the commercial didn't do that good a job LINKING
the earworm part to the info about the company.
Dave
Anthony Nance
<click!> Yes...pictures of houses.
And now, via the wonder of the internet, I hereby bring you:
http://www.garfield12323.com/ including a quick video which
plays their 50+-yr-old earworm.
They are now called Cleveland Vinyl Siding, but I don't know
what other names they've gone by over the years (if any).
Tony
Anthony Nance
You're soaking in it.
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
SEGA!
Dorothy J Heydt
There was some company (I have totally forgotten what they sold)
that used to advertise on Bay Area radio stations, a guy with a
gravelly voice who would end by giving his phone number, e.g.,
"two-three-four - AAAAAAAAAAND a one-two-three-four."
David DeLaney
>> Me either - but it might have been real estate. Or it might have been
>> aluminum siding. There were pictures of houses involved. Again, apply a giant
>> "I -think-" to this, because the commercial didn't do that good a job LINKING
>> the earworm part to the info about the company.
>
><click!> Yes...pictures of houses.
>
>And now, via the wonder of the internet, I hereby bring you:
>http://www.garfield12323.com/ including a quick video which
>plays their 50+-yr-old earworm.
Truly, the depths of the Internet are a strange and wondrous place. Skynet is
going to HATE us.
>They are now called Cleveland Vinyl Siding, but I don't know
>what other names they've gone by over the years (if any).
Dave "possibly depends how many lawsuits were involved" DeLaney
Anthony Nance
> Anthony Nance <na...@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>>> Me either - but it might have been real estate. Or it might have been
>>> aluminum siding. There were pictures of houses involved. Again, apply a giant
>>> "I -think-" to this, because the commercial didn't do that good a job LINKING
>>> the earworm part to the info about the company.
>>
>><click!> Yes...pictures of houses.
>>
>>And now, via the wonder of the internet, I hereby bring you:
>>http://www.garfield12323.com/ including a quick video which
>>plays their 50+-yr-old earworm.
>
> Truly, the depths of the Internet are a strange and wondrous place. Skynet is
> going to HATE us.
Sure, but it was looking for reasons to hate us anyhow.
- Tony
Garrett Wollman
Anthony Nance <na...@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>You know, I remember the "Garfield one, two three two three!"
>jingle, but:
>b) I can't remember what product/service the jingle applied to.
> A little help?
How many cookies did Andrew eat? ANdrew 8-8000!
(That's actually a bit before my time, and long before I moved to
Boston.)
One, eight hundred, five two eight, one two three four, Best Western!
Eight oh oh, three two five, three five three five
(Cue Bill Marlowe: New England is GIANT country!)
One eight hundred fifty-four GIANT
We're there when you need us, call one eight hundred east-west!
-GAWollman
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Derek Lyons
>Anthony Nance <na...@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>>> Me either - but it might have been real estate. Or it might have been
>>> aluminum siding. There were pictures of houses involved. Again, apply a giant
>>> "I -think-" to this, because the commercial didn't do that good a job LINKING
>>> the earworm part to the info about the company.
>>
>><click!> Yes...pictures of houses.
>>
>>And now, via the wonder of the internet, I hereby bring you:
>>http://www.garfield12323.com/ including a quick video which
>>plays their 50+-yr-old earworm.
>
>Truly, the depths of the Internet are a strange and wondrous place. Skynet is
>going to HATE us.
The weirdest I ever encountered was this: My uncle sung and produced
an album of CB/country music in the late 70's - and managed to sell
probably three copies outside of those bought by family out of duty.
A year or so ago, I thought of that album for the first time in
decades, and decided to google it...
I found it online in a blog - where it has been posted just that
morning. (And discovered there was actually a modest demand on the
collectors market for it.)
D.
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t...@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) said:
> Mama Mia! Thats'a spicy meatball!
Are you sure it wasn't "That's some-a spicy meatball?" That's how
I recall it, but hey, organic memory and all that...
-- wds
Kurt Busiek
He first says "At's-a some speecy..." but the line appears to be
supposed to be "Mamma Mia, dat'sa spicy meatball!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lce1tZrybt8&feature=related
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: Are you sure it wasn't "That's some-a spicy meatball?" That's how I
: recall it, but hey, organic memory and all that...
My memory says "that's-a some spicy meat ball-a",
or possibly "spicy meat-a ball".
Hm. google... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48TewJlc6BA
sez my memory is wrong; I've conflated a couple of the partial lines.
Or maybe I'm remembering a Jim Carey parody from the 80s or so.
Or somesuch. Certainly, my memory sounds suspiciously like Jim Carey.
But maybe not. Google only finds Carey doing his impression of
Robert DeNiro's reading of the line.
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John
"David DeLaney" <d...@gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote in message
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> Robert Bannister <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>Quadibloc wrote:
>>> As a number of posts have no doubt already indicated, this is a
>>> regional difference in language; what it is called depends on which
>>> part of the country you live in. Margarine is what it always says on
>>> the wrapper or the pail, at least here, so that's what we call it,
>>> although we've heard the terms "oleo" and "oleomargarine" or heard of
>>> them.
>>
>>Nowadays, at least where I live, I don't think any of them use the word
>>from saying "margarine" or even "butter".
>
> ObSubjectHeader: "...Parkaaaaay ..."
>
> Dave "which leads into a whole subthread on 'forgotten commercials'"
> DeLaney
It does, and let me start. I remember a product that was launched in
Australia in the 80's called "Molly McButter". It appeared to come as a
powder, or flakes.
It didn't stay on the market for very long, but the ad's tune and ludicrous
name stuck in my head.
Brad Sims
>
><click!> Yes...pictures of houses.
>
> And now, via the wonder of the internet, I hereby bring you:
> http://www.garfield12323.com/ including a quick video which
> plays their 50+-yr-old earworm.
>
> They are now called Cleveland Vinyl Siding, but I don't know
> what other names they've gone by over the years (if any).
As a kid who grew up watching Bozo the Clown on WGN may I present
588-2300... /Em/pire!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRhGVo_dwkk
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Brad Sims <bms...@comcast.net> wrote:
> In Dread Ink, the Grave hand of Anthony Nance Did Inscribe:
> >
> ><click!> Yes...pictures of houses.
> >
> > And now, via the wonder of the internet, I hereby bring you:
> > http://www.garfield12323.com/ including a quick video which
> > plays their 50+-yr-old earworm.
> >
> > They are now called Cleveland Vinyl Siding, but I don't know
> > what other names they've gone by over the years (if any).
>
> As a kid who grew up watching Bozo the Clown on WGN may I present
> 588-2300... /Em/pire!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRhGVo_dwkk
I may need to kill you. Nothing personal, mind, but I had managed to get
that stupid thing out of my head at long last, and now it's back in. The
death of the messenger might not get rid of it, but it's worth a shot.
(Incidentally I actually called them to ask about carpet once a couple
of years ago. Bad idea. They sent a nice sleazy salesman by, complete
with utterly transparent high-pressure sales tactics. Their prices were
way too high, but he "called his manager" to see if he could get us the
decent carpet for the price of the cheap carpet. Surprise surprise, when
I said we'd think about it, he said that the discount was only good if
we agreed to it right then and there. I showed him the door and have not
invited them back.)
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