20 Of The Most Preposterous Commercial Mascots
Are these really the right type of people that should be telling you to buy their products? I think not.
20. 7UP – Cool Spot
Why he/she sucks: Draw a red dot, stick some sunglasses and limbs on it, and then give the thing it’s on video game. What do you get? A mascot that endorses a non-caffeinated soft drink of course! This is perhaps one of the laziest mascots I have seen drawn today.
Let me tell you another thing. In the Cool Spot video game, to kill enemies Spot would shoot 7 UP soda bubbles out of his hands. Killing things with the very same beverage that you endorse is not a good way of promoting it.
19. Cocoa Puffs – Sonny the Cuckoo Bird
Why he/she sucks: Yeah Sonny, we got it, you’re “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.” As a transitive verb, cuckoo means “To repeat incessantly, as a cuckoo does its call.” Now you get a cuckoo bird to keep saying the same damn expression over and over for years on TV, you’re going to remember it.
Repetition is good at helping people remember your brand, but if General Mills decided to keep this cuckoo bird on TV saying the same thing over and over again today, I think less people would buy their cereal out of spite. You had a good run, Sonny but I hope you never come back you S.O.B.
18. Trojan Condoms – Trojan Man
Why he/she sucks: The reason why Trojan Man became so popular was because he was the biggest cock-block on TV. The guy will just show up with his trusty horse anytime a couple was about to make love. While doing the nasty, it seems like a real buzz kill when someone yells “Trojan Man” and a horse neighs. Trojan Man = buzz kill / cock block.
17. Lucky Charms – Lucky The Leprechaun
Why he/she sucks: Lucky the Leprechaun was a greedy bastard. He was always very paranoid about people stealing his cereal. Everyone was always after his Lucky Charms and he never wanted to share.
Lucky would run around saying that his cereal was “magically delicious” too. Whenever I eat Lucky Charms, the marshmallows turn soggy and the milk color changes. Sure the cereal is delicious, but nothing seems magical about that. Lucky sucks for being so paranoid about a subpar cereal.
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10 Memorable Thanksgiving Snapshots Of U.S. Presidents
“I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.”
-Abraham Lincoln
On every Thanksgiving, the U.S. President pardons a turkey that is to be selected as the National Thanksgiving Turkey. This tradition roots back to the days of Honest Abe Lincoln.
The tradition supposedly started when Abe Lincoln’s son became friends with a turkey that was supposed to be dinner. Lincoln’s son convinced him to spare it.
Below are 10 famous pictures of Presidents celebrating Thanksgiving and/or pardoning a turkey.
George W. Bush (President: January 20, 2001-January 20, 2009)
Bill Clinton (President: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)
George H.W. Bush (President: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)
Ronald Reagan (President: January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)
Gerald Ford (President: August 9, 1974 – August 20, 1977)
The 14 Most Diabolical Devil's Night Pranks
Devil’s Night was originated in Detroit, MI and dates back to the 1930s. Devil’s Night is on October 30th night and involves youths committing all sorts of vandalism. This includes egging houses, ding dong ditching, soaping windows, and TPing trees. Here are the 20 most evil devil’s night pranks that are committed today.
14. Egging someone/their house/or car.
This is when you buy a carton of eggs and chuck them at your enemy’s house. This is one of the most popular Devil’s Night pranks, but it can end up costing the house owner quite a bit of money to fix the damages if the eggs end up on the roof. Some notable figures that have been egged recently include Steve Ballmer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and David Blaine.
13. Putting ketchup on tampons and placing them on car antennas.
I actually read this one on Yahoo! Answers for typical Devil’s Night pranks. This is just disgusting and evil.
12. Toilet papering trees.
This is one of the most sinister pranks. This can either be done by a friend or by an enemy. But you’ll never know unless you catch the person red-handed.
[image credit: Sister72]
11. Flaming bags of dog crap
This is when someone rings the doorbell and leaves a bag of dog poop in the bag. The owner may step on the bag to put out the fire, but finds his or her shoe covered in crap in the process. This is one of the most evil pranks I’ve heard of.
10. Putting soap messages on windows.
You can use soap to write on people’s windows. Some people write obscenities. Some people write friendly things. And some people even write things like “wash me” on a car.
9. Moving construction barrels.
This is highly illegal, but some senior pranksters at my high school did this one. They took construction barrels and placed them in one of the main roads in front of the high school, thus causing cars to be led into the high school instead of having the ability to keep going straight. This caused a huge traffic jam in the high school.
8. Wet Jolly Ranchers on a car or lawn.
I’ve heard stories where people will lick hard Jolly Rancher candies and put a bunch of them in someone’s lawn. The worst is when someone leaves wet Jolly Ranchers on someone’s car. This peels the paint off when it is being taken off. This is a highly evil prank.
