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What I see in the commercials is appeal to... how should I say this... people who aren't the brightest crayons in the box. I mean, a few years ago there were the Levis Jeans commercials. I remember one where some guy and a girl push a car into a river, then the guy jumps into the water to get a French phase book he left in the car, because, it just so happens that he's in France. Then the name of the jeans comes on and its over. I feel that the dumbest commercials of all are the perfume commercials. Two people on the beach or in bed, or a half naked woman wrapped in a silk sheet while some crap plays in the background. Who cares about the whole show that is put on for us? No one watches it anyway. It all smells the same to me. You could call it Essence of Rose or Musk of a Fat Sweaty Albanian Woman and pour it into a bottle and sell it for $50 a pop. That is just how crazy our society has become.

Lately I have noticed that that the comercials on the television have been getting stupider. Were I live (St. Louis, Missouri, USA), we have William Shatner doing law firm commercials, commercials about driving your new Jeep underwater (even when in small print on the bottom of the television say fictionalization), and the DUMBEST commercial I've ever seen, a commercial were someone eats a Sketchers tennis shoe and then grows them on their feet. Seriously, have we been getting dumber and dumber to the level of these commercials? I just feel that there has to be more people than only my friends who find that these commercials are dumbing us down. This thread was made with the purpose in mind to discuss any studid commericals that anyone has seen and/or anyone's feelings about them.

Dr. Pepper all the way for me. The only soda I will drink is Dr. Pepper regular. Diet Dr. Pepper tastes like regular but watered down. Then Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper tastes flat and Diet Cherry Vanilla tastes like watered down flat Dr. Pepper. But those are my opinions. My tastes change over time. When I was little, I used to drink Diet Coke all the time, then Pepsi, then Cherry Coke, then Cherry Pepsi, then Cherry Cola (off brands), and now Dr. Pepper. Who knows? Maybe I will eventually start drinking Mountian Dew (I can't stand the stuff as of now).

I had and played and beat Shaq Fu. Beaten only twice though. For some reason the difficulty would change suddenly on some of the battles. Maybe to give the game a sort of realism? I don't know... The game was fun, a little. I would not rate it as the worst game ever.

Date: 7/31/2005 12:27:56 PM Author: st louis dude I'm from St.Louis,Mo which means there are few intersates and highways near me.The first major interstate is I-270 which runs all the way around the metro west.After corssing the Missippi river I-270 turns into I-255 which heads into southern Illinois.I-270 north heads across the river into northern Illinois.Another interstate is iI-170 which runs from Highway 40.past I-70 and then stops at I-270.I-44 a southwestern St.Louis highway, runs from downtown where it meets up with I-55 and if taken south it goes all the way to Oklahoma city.I-55 the next big intersate also runs far south and up to Chicago.It starts in south east Missouri and then runs through south St.Louis and into downtown across the Poplar St. bridge where it meets up with rtes I-70 and I-64(aka highway 40).From there I-55 runs up through Collinsville to eventually Chicago.Next, we have I-70 which starts all the way at Kansas city,then it runs past St.Charles county on the Missouri river.It goes past lambert airport and then through the unlikeable north St.Louis.After that it runs past downtown and into Illinois.One smaller highway which is known as state highway 370 starts at St.Peters out by St.charles and stops at Bridgeton near the airport.Highway 40 starts out at Wentzville for the metro area and runs through the city of Chesterfield.Then it passes the everpopular Forest park and then downtown where it runs across the Poplar and into Illinois.Just to assure you ,those are the basic St.Louis interstates for anyone who didn't know. quote> Hey st louis dude, I live in Jefferson County. Have you ever seen Highway 21? The new one has very little traffic and the old one is still a major throughfare. Also, my father has to take 270 to work every day and sees at least one accident every two weeks. BTW to everyone, the Interstate system was created during the Cold War so if the Soviets nuked us we could evacuate the cities as quickly as possible. One more thing. Why does Hawaii have an interstate?

I also have to live with I-55 and I-270 in St. Louis. God, construction never ends here. One day a bridge is coming down the next new lanes are going in. The a few days ago a part of a bridge collapsed that was being worked on. Was that fun. At least no one was hurt. The Six Flags out here is a death trap also, literaly. They can't make up their minds about what to do about the conjestion and the accidents. The other day a dump truck rear ended a minivan killing the family in it. Missouri is rated as having the worst roads in the country and first in fatal accidents. But we have barely any money to fix them. I am surprised that MoDoT keeps the roads clear in the winter. They also want to build a new bridge across the Mississippi in St. Louis. It was to be a Cable-Strayed Bridge but they didn't have any money. So it is to be a bridge like the Popular Street bridge. Basically a road deck on green support beams on concrete support pillars. AKA: Generic Missouri Bridge. They want to start building in 2007 and be done by 2010. Not going to happen. Something will go wrong and millions will be wasted and the bridge will be finished past target date. I am sure of it.

I live about 25-30 miles south of St. Louis, MO right off of Old MO Route 21. The road is nicknamed Blood Alley because of the nearly 30-odd deaths on it. They decided to build a New MO Route 21 which started in the 1960's and ran out of money 20 miles from its intended finish. So in 2002 they started to build it again. It took them 1 1/2 years to build an overpass across a ravine then ran out of money again, 15 miles from its finishing point. In a few years they will begin to build again, but I believe I will be out of school by then. Traffic on Old 21 is as bad as ever and I have never seen heavy traffic on New 21.