Sunday, July 17, 2005
Planarity and Excel Quizzes on TV commercials
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PLANARITYI'm currently trying to figure out Level 5. Tell me your level.
For the not-too-nerdy, download this excel quiz to know how much you know about TV commercials. To download, right click on link and choose Save Target As...
BREAKTIME TEST*My apologies. Just found out that Tripod does not allow File Downloading thus the excel file cannot be download. I'm looking for a site which can host all my excel quizzes...Speaking of TV Commercials, I remember the time when Cable TV was unheard of. The only channels available was 2, 4, 7, 9, & 13. During the summers, my brother would wake up at around 6AM and will immediately turn on the TV. Why do I know that it's 6AM? Because he would be watching "Name That Tune" on Channel 9 and I would see the time on the screen. We would usually fight about it as usual. I would scream at him to turn down the volume because I still want to sleep and I cannot sleep if it isn't totally quiet.
But then I will also get hooked with the show and start watching it also. This would go on for the whole summer which is 2 months of "Name That Tune" in the early mornings. Most of the time the shows will be replayed and my brother and I would already know the answer. Until today, I have no idea how the contestants can name a tune in one note only.
One of the things I cannot stand is TV commercials. I hate them. If I see it once, I don't want to see it again. But of course there are some exceptions...
Anyway, since I hate them so much but there's nothing I can do about it because the average commercial breaks is 5-6 minutes, which means 10-12 30-second commercials, my brother and I would play a guessing game - the Guess-the-commercial Game. I was never good in memorizing and memory retention so I usually lose in this game. This is one of the things where my brother can beat me. He can guess a commercial as soon as it pops into the TV screen.
Since we're already talking about TV commercials, I have to say that I do not hate ALL commercials. There are actually some commercials which bring tears to my eyes. Yes, pati commercials iniiyakan ko. One of my fave tearjerker commercial is the PLDT Christmas Commercial done in black and white. I think this was during 1996. The background music was "Malamig ang simoy ng hangin". And I swear to God that I would cry when this commercial is shown.
But now my favorite TV commercial is the Globe commercials. The one with the blue ribbons connecting each person.
To Globe: Your commercials make me cry. But you are also making me cry by not giving me a discounted price for your handsets. Naiiyak ako because I have been a loyal subscriber for more than 6 years. 6 years! I already have two lines under Globe and you can't even give me a handset on a discounted price. My Nokia 6610 is falling apart! I need a new cellphone!
Paging Thea! Thea, konti nalang, I'm going to switch to Smart. I love Globe and I love my cellphone number. I cannot let go of that number. I am attached to it. But if worse comes to worst, I really need to switch. As much as I hate to, I need to let go of my Globe number. Please Thea! Help me with this! Use your connections!
Maan @ 10:25 PM
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