Gunner Asch wrote:
On 13 Sep 2005 09:09:29 -0700, wrote:


Hi all,

This isn't on topic, but I felt the need to vent and I figured this NG
might understand.

Last night I saw a commercial for a tire store or manufacturer that
featured a woman parking a Jeep on a steep hill, pulling the parking
brake and getting out. The Jeep then slid down the hill with the front
wheels locked supposedly illustrating the point that the woman's car
needed tires. This bugged me because the parking brake doesn't work on
the front wheels...

Recently there was commercial that had a guy on a chopper sitting at a
light revving his engine. The sound of a largely unmuffled Harley
motor permeates the air. The chopper however, has an old Honda SOHC
750 motor.

My favorite was a guy in a fragrance commercial standing at the back of
a bathtub Porsche with the rear cowl up and... wait for it... steam
coming out. I suppose I shoould be impressed that he had the cowl on
the right end of the car open.

There are many more I've noticed over the years. One would think that
ad agencies would employ technically aware to prevent stupid stuff like
this. I guess the reality is that most folks don't notice.

Rant off,

Peter


No less than I love watching war flicks or films involving firearms
and picking out all the gaffes they make.

I loved some of the early Last of the Mohicans tv shows, where they
were shooting Trapdoor Springfields...made in 1873. And of course..the
infamous 37 shot 1911. And silencers on Colt/Smith and Wesson
revolvers...rec.guns occasionally has blistering reviews of various
movie flaws....

I still love the American aircraft painted with a Japanese meatball in
so many of the war flicks

History Channel is notorious for using clips
of vehicles from the wrong era... locomotives
and heavy equipment are my favorites.