Okay--I never watch television. Movies, yet. What is broadcast over the air & received on our television's little bunny ears--never. I have tried occasionally to catch something on PBS but it's hard to remember to actually turn the television on at the right time, much less figure out how the VCR works with the new digital channels. So, I don't see advertisements. Of course, it's great and I would be willing to bet money that one's stress level is actually lower without having to listen to a bunch of 30-second segments of people telling you what you should be wanting, but this is all beside the point. Without seeing advertisements and knowing what all the latest "things" are, life has become very interesting lately.
The other day I was driving down one of the main roads in Boise, and I passed a sign saying "Android backflips here." I was in the wrong lane or I would have stopped. I would have liked to have seen a real android doing backflips. That would be worth stopping for, don't you think?
Then the next day a friend told me she and her husband had "hotwired" a hotel for the weekend. In my world, this means my friends have found some sort of hotel involving motor homes, and have stolen one for the weekend. Alrighty.
I know they really mean other things that I just am not aware of, but my version is WAY more entertaining.
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I must live on the same desert island as you - most references to pop culture are lost on me. And who are those so-called "celebs" that are featured in the news?
I too live in the same blissful ignorance. There have been some very interesting conversations with others when they have tried to explain references which I have not understood.
It might sound strange, but I prefer the explanations about TV programmes to actually watching them myself. Far more entertaining, especially when it is my younger daughter doing the explanations.
My fav are the "bucket full of does" billboards. The world can be very amusing when one doesn't see commercials to reference these things to.
Why does one need a bucket full of female deer and what on earth does it have to do with a cell phone, i just don't know, but it sure is fun to think about.
Okay, I don't see TV either, and I'm baffled. And the Urban Dictionary appears not to have caught up with this term yet- their definition involves 'to attach a tracking device'...in general I don't find that hotels need to be tracked, as they're generally pretty good about staying in one place! (If your friend explained it to you, I'm curious!)
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