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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:34 PM
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Why is Overstock.com using a porn star as their spokesmodel?
Edited on Wed Feb-02-05 05:34 PM by WilliamPitt
That woman appears to be in the terminal stages of some carnal urgency. I've never seen anyone get so hot and bothered over books being sold online.

"Sometimes...it's about the gold..."

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:36 PM
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1. Because...
Edited on Wed Feb-02-05 05:36 PM by Texasgal
It's all about the "O".... if ya know what I mean! :P

Edit: spelling
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:40 PM
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11. O!!! O!!! O!!!
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:45 PM
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17. Careful, you'll turn this into a sex thread.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:36 PM
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2. When I hear the "it's about the O" I lose it
because it reminds me of the guy in Office Space talking about his sexual prowess...the "O" face
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jswordy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:37 PM
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6. Don't let that bother you. Remember...
...the guy who talks about it all the time, AIN'T GOT IT!

I'm a guy, and you can take that TO THE BANK!

Heheheheh.
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:43 PM
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15. Like this?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:46 PM
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18. that's the ticket!
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:36 PM
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3. I thought it was "sometimes..... it's about the
'O'".

Seriously.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:37 PM
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5. She does both, so to speak.
:evilgrin:
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:37 PM
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4. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... I want to punch the tube
when she's on.

Sometimes, it's all about the talentless, barely attractive model in the low rent commercial, too!
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:38 PM
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7. "I want to punch the tube when she's on"
Nice choice of words. :7
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:39 PM
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10. 'Cept I'm a lady-person.
But yeah, I caught my unfortunate entendre later.
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:40 PM
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12. LOL
I thought it was rather clever, even if you didn't mean it.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:47 PM
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19. that's a little harsh
she's got tons of skank appeal.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:38 PM
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8. It's not nearly as bad as the Best Buy commercial I saw last night
It was a plasma screen TV commercial.. A sexy female voice repeats.. "Do you want me? Do you want me?" and then at the end she says.. "Do you want me? Then come and get me"

I'm so glad I'm immune to TV advertising.
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jswordy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:38 PM
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9. The worst thing to me about it is...
Overstock.com often won't have the book you want!

Then it is all about the "O well!"
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:40 PM
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13. This is very discouragong.
I have always expected Overstock.com to have more dignity
and things like that. I have looked up to them as the place
to go to get things but also, to feel dignity as I did. Now
I wonder now if something is sacred.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:42 PM
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14. It's all about the "Big O" (orgasm)
It's all about sexual innuendo.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:44 PM
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16. Have you never read The Story of O?
It's all about the O.
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:56 PM
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20. It's all about the ewwww
how awful and obvious that commerical is...
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:59 PM
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21. The commercial made no sense to me either
Whats her point taking her glasses off and her hair down at the end?
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 06:15 PM
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23. Made you look!
It's moichendising. Feel the power of the Schwartz.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 06:10 PM
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22. Why not? Reading is a very erotic experience...
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lastknowngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 06:18 PM
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24. You get it! So many people miss it. The whole add is a direct
take off of a very popular porn book from the 70's I believe "The Story Of O" The O on the necklace is a direct take off.
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 06:24 PM
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25. What I don't understand
is why everything is in white? The model's clothes are white, the furniture is white and the wall are painted white. White, white, white. Are they trying to suggest everything is pure???? I don't get it.:shrug:
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