From today's paper: "The Energy Department says U.S. households spent an average of $2,912.00 on gasoline, or almost 4 percent of their pretax income, the highest percentage in 30 years." ON WHAT PLANET?!? Using the Energy Department's 4%, that $2912 translates to a pretax income of $72,800. There are no absolute income numbers published that I could find for 2012. The most current I located was for 2006, which listed approximately 68 million households had less than $58,000 for pretax income. I'm going to let some other financial whiz extrapolate for current year percentages. In essence, many households are below $72,000 annual income, thereby increasing the gasoline outlay above 4%. Proof again that numbers can be made to say whatever the accountants wish them to say.
Car commercials 1: Subaru shows a mom who's very proud of her safety conscious son. While son is driving with a friend, son is not lured into doing stupid stuff. Preparing to turn into the driveway, the camera shows a dry, sunny street. The camera in the yard shows everything as being wet. Son exits the car and the scene is once again sunny. (I don't do drugs).
Car commercials 2: The northeast Ohio Ford commercial shows many vehicles with a distorted Ohio license plate, but, wearing my Polish CSI cap, I determined the plate to read, 6NX 9704. Question? Why distort the number and why is the same plate on different vehicles, while other cars and truck have no plate at all?
TeePee commercial: When are we going to see the blue bears actually USING the toilet paper?!?
GACK-OH: What the #!+*! is up with the lizard and now a pig selling insurance?!?
My favorite TV ad disclaimer at the screen's bottom on a Progressive Insurance ad..."Prices vary based on how you buy." REELEE?
Separated at birth: Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith and comic Steve Martin
Who exchanged the very 1st email? Who was YOUR first?
Off to the next mystery: seeking the forest where man and wife sit in dual bath tubs... |
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