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    My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!

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    Image of infmom infmom
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    Speaking as a Mom, I'd reply to that email with one finger.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    Ask Mom what she wants, to which Mom will reply, "Oh I dont need anything", (but give her something anyway). The BEST thing you can give Mom: write Mom a letter, telling her how much you care about her, what a good Mom she is, share some special memory, etc. Trust me, that stuff is pure motherhood GOLD.


    And dont even think about Bullshitting Mom. She knows better.

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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    Having written quite a number of press releases in my career (I've never, ever submitted to Giz - no plans to either), I should say that whoever wrote this should re-take some grammar and brevity writing classes. I can see somebody is comma and capitalization happy.


    I understand that TV makers are in a bind these days, but this kind of pitching is really a stretch.

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    Image of Nemesisesq Got Banned Nemesisesq Got Banned
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    Why the fuck would my mom want an LCD, she's holding out for that OLED, why does Westinghouse think my mom's retarded?
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    Image of everfade everfade
    02/17/09

    @Nemesisesq: Because she is! HAYO! ZING!
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    Image of Dominic Leong Dominic Leong
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    As a PR Person™ myself, I would like to apologise on behalf of this Michael Ingalls. The copy is not only cringeworthy but also has bad punctuation!


    In case you're wondering what I'm talking about, it's in the third line. "...deserve the best LCD HDTVs, in the market today..." That comma is superfluous.


    Just to play devil's advocate though, sometimes the angle of a press release is dictated by the client... We just write what they want to say. So maybe, just maybe, this whole "Give Mom what she wants" thing is really the fault of Westinghouse's marketing department.

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    02/17/09

    @Dominic Leong: Yeah, but you can say what the client wants you to without sprinkling commas and unnecessary/grammatically-incorrect capitalization everywhere.


    Accuracy

    Brevity

    Clarity

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    Image of toejam07 toejam07
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    Could be worse: when I was very young (and thus still cute enough to pull it off), my dad had my brother and I give my mom a vacuum for Mother's Day. I shit you not.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/17/09

    @toejam07: So did she like it?
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    Image of toejam07 toejam07
    02/17/09

    @DTVTransitioned_GitEmSteveDave: Of course; what mother doesn't love being told to get back to work?
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    02/17/09

    @toejam07: I'd love to get a new vacuum. That's why I was so excited to get my Roomba.
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    Image of everfade everfade
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    Tv for mothers day? Ha! My mom would've only wanted a bottle of tequila and prescription for Xanax.
    My childhood didn't even scar me for life.
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    Image of popularbelief popularbelief
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    I wish my mom would ask me for an Xbox360. So I can destroy her @ Street Fighter just like she used to destroy the meatloaf!.
    p.s.
    I really love the iTunes gift cards you got me for Xmas ,Mom
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    Image of the_Sleepwalker the_Sleepwalker
    02/17/09

    @popularbelief: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA. Oh...oh. I needed that.
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    Image of AKAuser AKAuser
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    "Sales People" is an oxymoron.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    02/17/09

    @AKAuser: Owch. :(


    Cut us, do we not bleed?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    My Grandmother worked for Westinghouse making lightbulbs. That being said, sadly my mom's TV is A LOT bigger than mine, so I'd prolly go broke trying to top it.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/17/09

    @DTV-Compliant_GitEmSteveDave: Yeah, my parents are retired and have a lot larger TV than I do. It's kind of shameful sometimes.


    Then again, I don't even HAVE an HD set yet. I just haven't managed to convince myself that it is truly worth the cash outlay when they're clearly evolving in quality so quickly these days.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    02/17/09

    In reply to My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!
    My mom bought a 50" Toshiba for herself that blew away anything we could have thought to get her.


    She was awesome that way.

    If she wanted something she read up on it and got the best one that she liked.


    We all learned that from her, but personally I still have to play with the cheap stuff too just for fun!

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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/25/08

    In reply to My Favorite PR Christmas Card of the Year
    Wishing everyone an exciting enough life to have your phone tapped in the first place.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    12/25/08

    In reply to My Favorite PR Christmas Card of the Year
    a blonde jewish witch with a catholic cat...


    animation has gotten out of control

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    Image of Drew Clinkenbeard Drew Clinkenbeard
    12/25/08

    @discounteggroll: Out of curiosity what makes the cat Catholic? (I suspect prior knowledge) oh and happy holidays all.
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    Image of Alessandro DeCredico Alessandro DeCredico
    12/25/08

    @Drew Clinkenbeard: It's the Santa hat. It's at least christian, could be catholic. I usually go by the rule of thumb, but in this case I'll go by the rule of JFK and say catholic.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    12/25/08

    @discounteggroll: It's not catholic, it's Salem from Sabrina. Thought the girl looks nothing like Mellissa Joan Hart.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    12/25/08

    @Drew Clinkenbeard:


    sorry about the zombie post...I meant to type christian (hence the christ in christmas) but failed miserably.


    all religion is a blur to me in any event. I know I'm going to hell, but at least I can do so without any contracts or early termination fees to a specific belief.


    PS- now that SteveDave mentioned MJH, did anyone else beside me have a crush on her back in the days of "Clarissa Explains It All"?

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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    12/25/08

    @Alessandro DeCredico: The santa hat, Xmas tree with lights on it, and pretty much everything about yuletide originates from ancient Scandinavian culture and has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity.


    The priests never managed to stop the Scandinavians from celebrating their (very popular) heathen festivals, so they figured that "if you cant beat em join em", and simply incorporated it wholesale into "official Christianity."

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    12/25/08

    @discounteggroll: Yes, very much so. My ex did have a resemblance to her, which was awesome at the time.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    12/25/08

    @TheLostVikings: What about Sleipnir?
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