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15 years ago

This bra commercial that pops up (no pun intended) on the left side is driving me crazy. Am I the only one who see's it? I feel like a deer that's been hit with high beams.

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todancewithwolves
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15 years ago
Actually it's on the right side of the screen. I was blinded.
proudgm_03
15 years ago
I've seen it on the top and right. Actually I went to the site because I'm in bad need of some new over the shoulder boulder holders.

The one that really bothers me is the one where they have the very sick dog with the heading "It takes two hours to poison a dog." I haven't read any further because I find that very disturbing and I wish they would remove it.
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schoolhouse_gw
15 years ago
"boulder holders" LMAO!
todancewithwolves
Original Author
15 years ago
Oh dear ... I haven't seen the dog commercial. That would surely upset me.
little_dani
15 years ago
I have seen it, and like proudgm, I got that far and couldn't read any further.

There is something strange about the bra commercial, like it is photoshopped or something. The bra fits funny, like a lot of that ladies person would be falling out of the bottom of the bra.... Difficult to explain.

I don't think I would be comfortable wearing a leopard bra anyway.

Janie
thinman
15 years ago
over the shoulder boulder holders.

Ha ha. Looks like Proudgm saw the movie Beaches? Or is the expression generally widespread?

I did just see the ad on my new computer before I installed Firefox and its ad-blocker. Now nuthin'.

ThinMan
gldno1
15 years ago
Like ThinMan, I use Firefox and am spared most ads! Viva La Firefox!
midnightsmum (Z4, ON)
15 years ago
We called them that as kids, errr....40 some years ago!! lol. At a Christian summer camp, no less!!

We must get very different ads on this side of the 49th. I had a hugely annoying Olay body wash commercial that came in from the top....then the skinny chick who does not know that to put your really tight jeans on, you have to lie on the bed. Geez!! All this with Firefox.

Nancy.
thinman
15 years ago
Nancy, have you added the Ad-Blocker extension to your Firefox? If not, you can click on Tools, Add-ons, Get Add-ons, then type Ad-Blocker in the search blank. You can then click on Add to Firefox, and that should be the end of your ads.

And the skinny chick with tight jeans ad ... um, where might I find that?

ThinMan
DYH
15 years ago
I am on Safari (MacBook) and don't see ads like I did on Windows/IE.

Cameron
PattiOH
15 years ago
Oh ThinMan, you are a dickens.

Blocker is working nicely here. I can't see any of these ads.

(in my neighborhood they were sometimes referred to as "holzumfrumflopin")
proudgm_03
15 years ago
That's what we called them when we were kids. But I like holzumfrumflopin too. We used to sing "Do your ears hang low" but substituted "boobs" for ears. Silly things you did as a kid!
zigzag
15 years ago
Knocking on wood and counting my blessings ...... I see no ads on GW and now that I think about it, very few anywhere else either.

Year or so ago, I had a computer problem and toted my 'brain' to a local shop. They fixed the problem (spyware stuff) and set up the machine w/all sorts of free connections to places that block the unwanted. Some update automatically, some I have to initiate monthly.

Until this thread, I'd not realized how ad and annoyance free I've been. I'm on Windows/IE too.
Deb Chickenmom
15 years ago
I keep getting an ad for "Poise"--diapers for baby boomers!! What the future may hold!!
solana
15 years ago
Never see 'em. If you're using Windows, do you know the hosts thing? It's been discussed before. I use FireFox or Opera with AdBlock.

I do keep a copy of IE around to see how it won't look good on a web page, offline only.
memo3
15 years ago
Proudgm_03, I had to cringe at the thought of tyin' 'em in knots or tyin' 'em in bows. Yikes!

Edna, after all this time that particular add has appeared in the right side column of my screen. I have Firefox too. I can not open a screen on this forum anymore without getting the line notice at the top telling me that Firefox has prevented this site from opening a pop up window. I'd have been long gone from here with out the Firefox blocker feature!! Today I am 'discovering permanent birth control like no other'. I discovered that long ago when I had my hyster. Now THAT was permanent AND like no other!

MeMo

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