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August 06, 2012

WTF
— LauraW

WTF?

Thanks to Spongeworthy, who says this played during the Olympics. Really not sure how the content of this ad promotes Ragu sauce. I can see the angle of pasta as a comfort food, but...couldn't they find a more wholesome scenario for a kid...I mean...

...no, just NO. Jesus.

No, really, what the f***???

Posted by: LauraW at 03:09 PM | Comments (642)
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1 Should be Alfredo.

Posted by: Dang at August 06, 2012 03:10 PM (Ky1+e)

2 On sausage.

Posted by: Dang at August 06, 2012 03:11 PM (Ky1+e)

3 advertising has decided that in the consumption of their selling of an empty suit in '08 they can just have a flashlight and shadowpuppets and sell whatever.....

TV lost me in the '90s and the ever growing idiocy of the ads made it a pleasure not a burden to walk away

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 03:11 PM (LRFds)

4 Maybe dad was spreading his ragu sauce all over mom?

Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 03:12 PM (doBIb)

5 Michelle O does not approve of pasta....for the little people.

(That kid looks like a young Chris Christie.)

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:12 PM (UOM48)

6 I approve of this message.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 06, 2012 03:13 PM (O6q63)

7 This came on during the Olympics when I was watching with my high school and jr hi age kids. We all wanted to be in a different room. Yeesh!

Posted by: Dick "I' a Dick" Durbin at August 06, 2012 03:14 PM (9ng2u)

8 The only thing that will get little Billy back to normal after seeing daddy *sspound mommy is a big heaping helping of ragu. Damn right. It works.

Posted by: The guy that falls for almost anything at August 06, 2012 03:14 PM (gzdJs)

9 Newest Ragu sauce flavor: Dirty Sanchez

Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 03:14 PM (doBIb)

10 I've noticed a lot of ads are in really, really bad taste....this one particularly so. They're being written by 20/30 somethings who find this kinda crap really funny. There seem to be no limits with a lot of that age group....not all, but a lot.

Posted by: Tami at August 06, 2012 03:15 PM (X6akg)

11 But Chick-fil-A!!!! Eleventy!!!

Posted by: osoloco at August 06, 2012 03:15 PM (ATWS5)

12 New safeword: Ragu!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2012 03:15 PM (BAS5M)

13 In 6 months this will be reposted under the title "Is This Something?"

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 03:16 PM (TMB3S)

14 Turn her over, Dad - I want puppies.

Posted by: Fat Kid in the Commercial at August 06, 2012 03:16 PM (I27d2)

15 Sooooooo..... Ragu is the "go to" sauce when you're thinking about your parents having sex?

Narrowcasting teh demographics.

Posted by: DRH at August 06, 2012 03:16 PM (xFoDt)

Ragu!

That's how Dingy Harry gets them into the van.

Posted by: Daniel Simpson Day at August 06, 2012 03:17 PM (Ii8Zn)

17 I'm dating myself here, but wtf. Remember the Good Ol' Days when evil liquor and cigs were advertised?

Now we have ads for every female function known to mankind, male penis problems, etc., etc.

Ugh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:17 PM (UOM48)

18 I don't even find humor funny anymore. This does not rise to that level. Crudity is funny when you are nine years old. Not so much when you are in your fifties. Pull my finger loses its charm.

Posted by: huerfano at August 06, 2012 03:17 PM (bAGA/)

19 Just wait until Prego puts out their answer ad. Hint: Two Daddies

Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 06, 2012 03:17 PM (uvUMw)

20 Seeing mom in a ball gag can upset a kid.

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 03:19 PM (QKKT0)

21 They don't show the mom's face because she still has a ball gag in her mouth. It's implied.

Posted by: The Advertising Executive at August 06, 2012 03:19 PM (Ky1+e)

22 "It's In There!" takes on a whole new meaning.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2012 03:19 PM (BAS5M)

23 13 In 6 months this will be reposted under the title "Is This Something?" Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 07:16 PM (TMB3S) ********* Ya...but nothing gets re-posted as much as an apology from--El Douchy.

Posted by: tasker at August 06, 2012 03:19 PM (r2PLg)

24 >>Crudity is funny when you are nine years old. Not so much when you are in your fifties. Pull my finger loses its charm. Man, are you in the wrong place.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 03:19 PM (TMB3S)

25 So the point of the commercial is to punish your kids with Ragu if they don't knock before entering your bedroom? Good to know.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2012 03:20 PM (mV8sg)

26 Every time the kid has spaghetti, he's going to think about his parents doing it.

Aah. That so sweet.

Posted by: Hepcat at August 06, 2012 03:20 PM (frbyY)

27 Seeing mom in a ball gag can upset a kid.

Seeing your 2nd "dad" in one is even worse...

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 06, 2012 03:20 PM (Fg8nc)

28 The tragic unspoken truth of childhood. The things your mother did before tucking you in and kissing you goodnight. Think of that, 'Rons, and despair.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:20 PM (HWUv9)

29 Man, are you in the wrong place. Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 07:19 PM

I skim.

Posted by: huerfano at August 06, 2012 03:20 PM (bAGA/)

30 Seeing mom in a ball gag can upset a kid.

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 07:19 PM (QKKT0)

21 They don't show the mom's face because she still has a ball gag in her mouth. It's implied.
Posted by: The Advertising Executive

That's kinda disturbing how we were thinking the same thing.

Posted by: Dang at August 06, 2012 03:20 PM (Ky1+e)

Yeah, Bounty?

Put me through to the guys in advertising...

I've got an idea for a commercial campaign.

Posted by: Rosie Grier at August 06, 2012 03:21 PM (I27d2)

@13

Lol. It's a sad day when the faithful realize that the guy running the site doesn't even read the frickin content of the site.... not even worth the bother eh Ace?

Post....plus.....double post....

PROFIT!

Posted by: The guy that falls for almost anything at August 06, 2012 03:21 PM (gzdJs)

33 Mom and dad should have asked him to join in. That's what truly loving parents would have done. There is absolutely no truth to the rumor I'm an honorary member of NAMBLA.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 06, 2012 03:21 PM (/YJYi)

34 I don't know which is worse, seeing your mother fucking or having to listen to that stupid song accompanying the ad.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 06, 2012 03:21 PM (ZtwUX)

35 I hope these people don't make hand lotion.

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 03:22 PM (QKKT0)

36 So, we go from a crudely comical sex moment to nostalgic country music and images of home-made cooking and then normal, nothing happened shots of the family having dinner? eh. Does this only make sense to people who liked the Transformers movies?

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 03:22 PM (OIuTH)

Mostaccioli...

Holy Cannoli!

Posted by: Zombie Chris Farley at August 06, 2012 03:22 PM (I27d2)

38 How do we know he walked in on his mother and father? His mom could have been doing it with a neighbor. Or his dad could have been doing it with a dude. Or the pet Labrador retriever.

Posted by: Hepcat at August 06, 2012 03:22 PM (frbyY)

39 I hope Mom washed her hands before making din-din. This should have been an ad for Purell.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 03:23 PM (OIuTH)

40 He looks like a fat little kid doesn't he? Have a salad and go for a run

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2012 03:23 PM (05RcU)

41 Barky sucks!

Posted by: Killerdog at August 06, 2012 03:23 PM (3FjkF)

42 So, we go from a crudely comical sex moment to nostalgic country music and images of home-made cooking and then normal, nothing happened shots of the family having dinner?

Pass me about six of those napkins, Billy.

Posted by: Mom at August 06, 2012 03:24 PM (QKKT0)

43 40 He looks like a fat little kid doesn't he? Have a salad and go for a run

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2012 07:23 PM (05RcU)

Of course he's fat - he's eating ragu for every meal. His parents have a really really strong sex drive, and he just can't be bothered to knock.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 06, 2012 03:24 PM (ZtwUX)

44 Yeah, the song adds a whole other flavor of vomit to the whole tableau.

Posted by: lauraw at August 06, 2012 03:24 PM (DbybK)

45 39 I hope Mom washed her hands before making din-din. This should have been an ad for Purell. Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 07:23 PM (OIuTH) ********** And yet you wonder how that beach volleyball chick got pink eye....

Posted by: tasker at August 06, 2012 03:24 PM (r2PLg)

46 There are creampies for dessert.

Posted by: Mom at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (QKKT0)

47 Decorum is dead.

You used to have really creative people making ads, and you had to, because there were limits. Now, since there are very few limits, you can get away with anything and the least common denominator takes over. People with relatively little talent and creativity can succeed quite well in that environment.

Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (MMC8r)

48 Cum to mommy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (05RcU)

49 But how do we even know the kid saw anything? Maybe as he was opening the door he had a moment of clarity and it suddenly occured to him that Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of miserable failure.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (HWUv9)

50 Ragu makes a great anal lubricant

Posted by: Shit Ragu Says at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (OIuTH)

51 Winning The Future!!! One boy at a time.

Posted by: harry reid, suspected pederast at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (vDl/w)

52 I saw Mom & Dad doing anal and it gave me a hankering for shitty spaghetti sauce?

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (AzwZn)

53 I guess dad was serving ra-goo.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 06, 2012 03:25 PM (p3VqQ)

54 Barack Obama is cluttering stutterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (uvUMw)

55 Hold on .......are you people implying MY parents had sex ?

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (lo/S5)

56 If you spend the whole match pulling your bikini outta your who -ha... You're gonna get pink eye! (Brought to you by Purell.)

Posted by: tasker at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (r2PLg)

57 There's a Dennis Miller "al dente" joke in there somewhere....

Posted by: jakeman at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (96M6e)

58 No kidding, Jane D'oh. Bring back the Marlboro man.

Posted by: no good deed at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (mjR67)

59 Speaking of creepy ads, did anyone catch that disturbing bondage themed tequila ad this weekend? Ick.

Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (5H6zj)

60 Ok morons and 'ettes.... How many of you were walked in on by your kids while having a "session"? I'll go first. * raises hand *

Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 03:26 PM (doBIb)

61 they couldn't lock the door?

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:27 PM (Ho2rs)

62 It may be a mistake to assume there were only two people in that bed...or that there was even a bed.

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 06, 2012 03:27 PM (Fg8nc)

63 49 Robert,

depending on his upbringing it'd be more pure mal Reynolds' BSOD like at Serenity Valley.....

"oh wow that's where my ballbat went......HOLY GOD 5 TRILLION DOLLARS IN 4 YEARS!!!???!!"

//foward

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 03:27 PM (LRFds)

Lasagna? Again!?

Posted by: The Dad at August 06, 2012 03:27 PM (I27d2)

65 Kid just found out why they call me "The Big Ragoo".

Posted by: Carmine Ragusa at August 06, 2012 03:27 PM (mV8sg)

66 That's a spicy meatball!

Posted by: Slublog at August 06, 2012 03:27 PM (SjVZP)

67 Hold on .......are you people implying MY parents had sex ? Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 06, 2012 07:26 PM (lo/S5) Yes but only once with their eyes closed, the lights off and through a hole between the sheets.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:28 PM (HWUv9)

68 I personally like how the first images that pop into the kids mind is a popping jar followed by an oozing liquid flow. It must have taken a whole team of ad superstars to come up with that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 03:28 PM (TMB3S)

69 Ragu goes great with fish.

Posted by: Mom at August 06, 2012 03:28 PM (QKKT0)

70 How many of you were walked in on by your kids while having a "session"? Does it count if it was her kid ?

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 06, 2012 03:28 PM (lo/S5)

71 Ma, I thought we were having fish tonight?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2012 03:28 PM (05RcU)

72 60 EC,

good parents have the skill, creativity, and control to hear the kid approaching and react and cover accordingly....

also using Nyquil at bedtime prevents those wandering eyes....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 03:28 PM (LRFds)

73 We're assuming 'way too much here. Maybe he's a sensitive boy and the bedspread clashed with the curtains.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (IoNBC)

74 How about the porno Drano double penetration, uh, I mean, double impact ad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldt4G-uepk

Posted by: butch at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (nK2Sx)

75 He's shocked because Mom was downstairs cooking the whole time.

Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (FcR7P)

76 There really is no reason to even make commercials advertising pasta sauce as pasta is a staple and everyone has a sauce they prefer people who like barilla are not going to suddenly start buying ragu.

So it would seem that the company that makes ragu had some extra money and decided to make an edgy commercial. Probably isn't going to move the needle, but what the hey!

Posted by: General Woundwort at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (DWgdc)

77 Is there something stronger than WTF for this?

Posted by: Doc at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (3HsdR)

78 DROWN YOUR PAIN, BILLY.

EAT YOUR PAIN AWAY.

SWALLOW DOWN THAT TRAUMA LIKE YOU SWALLOW THIS PASTA.

CHEW HARDER, HARDER, UNTIL YOU CAN'T HEAR YOUR OWN VOICE CRYING ANYMORE.

Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (MMC8r)

79 Speaking of ads during the Olympics, it's kind of interesting to see ads for Chick-Fil-A and for that new sitcom The New Normal. It's like a proxy war during the Olympics.

I wonder how many people like me see that sitcom ad and think, I'm kind of gay'd out. Nothing against the gays I know personally (including a family member I love to death), but I'm tired of every tv show having a gay character or gay couple and making sure we see them kiss. Given all the CFA controversy it made me pay more attention to the ad and mental note, skip that show.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 03:29 PM (F3s39)

80 Ragu: It's that time of the month.

Posted by: Mark in Marketing at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (HtUdo)

81 You know the art critics/psychologists could have a field day with the symbolism.

Mom and Dad in bed. What does the red Ragu sauce represent? And all these stiff pieces of pasta being violently jammed into all that redness. Yeah. Just what any kid wants to have for dinner.

I think I need to find a Nueralizer now, along with mental floss and five gallons of brain bleach.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (HlJeY)

82 Yeah well the wife and I made that mistake (forgetting to lock the door) only once.

Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (doBIb)

83 New from Ragu - Rag-Goo Sanitary Napkins!

Posted by: Shit Ragu Says at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (OIuTH)

84 Barack H Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure. No Ragu for him.

Posted by: BarryS at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (fhFlk)

85 74 How about the porno Drano double penetration, uh, I mean, double impact ad? ---- Yeah, that one's creepy too.

Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (5H6zj)

86 So, we go from a crudely comical sex moment to nostalgic country music and images of home-made cooking and then normal, nothing happened shots of the family having dinner?

Yeah, I don't get it either. It's like they farmed production out to two separate teams and sent them different scripts.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (01XU4)

87

it's in there

Thread winner, right there. For a certain vintage of moron, at least.

Posted by: imp at August 06, 2012 03:30 PM (UaxA0)

88 the words 'mother' and 'f*cking' are only acceptable when samuel l. jackson says them. and only when snakes are on a plane.

Posted by: whiskey tango at August 06, 2012 03:31 PM (JvP2I)

89 May not understand the true meaning of the Ragu commercial, but who gives a fuck?

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 03:31 PM (ZOf1l)

90 Mom and Dad in bed. What does the red Ragu sauce represent? And all these stiff pieces of pasta being violently jammed into all that redness. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 07:30 PM (HlJeY) They weren't being jammed, they were being broken and boiled into flaccid pieces. This is violent feminism at its worst. Jung would recommend leaving these people untreated...

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 03:32 PM (OIuTH)

91 New from Ragu: MILF flavored sauce

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2012 03:32 PM (05RcU)

92 Why is Mommy wearing my bike helmet? Ragu !!!!!

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 03:32 PM (AzwZn)

93 Tonight, I'm having Italian sausage, and you're having Ragu.

Posted by: Things My Mother Never Said at August 06, 2012 03:32 PM (mjR67)

To Italians it's 'Gravy', not 'Sauce'.

That makes it worse for some reason.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 03:32 PM (I27d2)

95 88 the words 'mother' and 'f*cking' are only acceptable when samuel l. jackson says them. and only when snakes are on a plane. Posted by: whiskey tango at August 06, 2012 07:31 PM (JvP2I) Or when determining the language capabilities of detainees.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (OIuTH)

96 55 Hold on .......are you people implying MY parents had sex ?

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 06, 2012 07:26 PM (lo/S5)

Yes, the dirty kinky kind.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (GULKT)

97 All I have is a crush-proof box, and four out of five dead people smoked your brand.

Posted by: Don Draper at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (8g9qq)

Some executives at Unilever approved that ad. Not just the ad agency's fault. Wow!

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (cQmXn)

1. Walk in on parents having sex.

2. .....

3. RAGU!

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (+7Usq)

100

>>Thread winner, right there. For a certain vintage of moron, at least.

No doubt.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (I27d2)

101 Or maybe that kid walked in on his parents about to commit a double suicide, guns aimed at each other's hearts, tears falling from their eyes after saying their painful goodbyes to each other. The boy barges in and becomes violently upset at seeing this. Mom and dad suddenly realize their incredible selfishness and upon realizing there is still yet so much to live for gather around a tasty meal of spaghetti topped with thick and hearty Ragu brand pasta sauce.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:33 PM (HWUv9)

102 It makes me want to take the poor lad onto my lap and give him a big reassuring hug.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 06, 2012 03:34 PM (QKKT0)

103 Life is hard............like Daddy's cock. Ragu !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 03:34 PM (AzwZn)

104 Hey dad can't ya holster that thing till I get feed

Posted by: Things I never said to Dad at August 06, 2012 03:34 PM (05RcU)

105

My go-to is WTFFF?!?!

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 03:35 PM (cQmXn)

106 It's in the same vain as the old spice non-commercial commercial. Where you have what appears to be some bizare setup and visual that seems to have no connection to an actual product but is a meant to create buzz for a product without actually pitching the product.

Posted by: General Woundwort at August 06, 2012 03:35 PM (DWgdc)

107

Creepy.

But I guess it could've been even creepier....if they'd showed his mom's feet in the air, or something similar.

Eesh.

Who writes this shit.

Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 03:35 PM (mtRB0)

108 Some fuckwit twenty-something advertising "creative" thought this was Brilliant.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:35 PM (UOM48)

109 Why wasn't there any sounds coming out of the bedroom? You'd figure the dad would grunting and the mom would screaming his name, and yet there's complete silence. We're they having Amish sex or something?

Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 03:35 PM (doBIb)

110 Who writes this shit. Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 07:35 PM (mtRB0) No doubt liberals

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2012 03:35 PM (05RcU)

111 Y'all are sick. Maybe he just got a lungfull of his sibling's diaper toxic waste.

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 03:36 PM (OQpzc)

112 95-well played...

Posted by: whiskey tango at August 06, 2012 03:36 PM (JvP2I)

113 Maybe it was really Mom and Toby the beagle...and peanut butter? Dad looks pretty clueless at the dinner table.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:36 PM (UOM48)

114 Nothin' says lovin' like Ragu

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2012 03:36 PM (BAS5M)

115 No squeaking bedsprings on the soundtrack? What, you guys never heard of a foley artist?

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 03:36 PM (QKKT0)

116 Why wasn't there any sounds coming out of the bedroom? You'd figure the dad would grunting and the mom would screaming his name, and yet there's complete silence. We're they having Amish sex or something? Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 07:35 PM (doBIb) That's why it was either a BJ or attempted murder/suicide.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:37 PM (HWUv9)

117 Underground Vulgarian I could only watch that video once... its too outre

Think the country and western music was intended to foll people. As opposed to the theme from American Pie or Behind the Green Door.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 03:37 PM (HlJeY)

118 Prostitutes charge extra for "The Ragu Experience."

Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 06, 2012 03:37 PM (FEzSe)

119 Well, hopefully the kid loses weight that is common in puberty or that is the only pussy he will ever see.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 03:37 PM (ZOf1l)

120 pasta does not make things better....bacon or chocolate make everything better

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:37 PM (Ho2rs)

121 I told you not to look, Kensington.

Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2012 03:38 PM (5H6zj)

122 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at August 06, 2012 03:38 PM (6o4Fb)

123 Y'all are lucky - we licensed the Burger King King, but cut the shots. Wait 'til ya get a load of the directors cut!

Posted by: Shit Ragu Says at August 06, 2012 03:38 PM (OIuTH)

124 Makes me yearn for the days when the husband in the commercial cruelly ridiculed his wife's coffee.

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 03:38 PM (cQmXn)

125 PG, chocolate covered bacon?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 03:38 PM (HlJeY)

126 120 Sam Adams,

Adams swings and it is a flyball deep to centerfield anddddd.....

this one belongs to the Reds

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 03:38 PM (LRFds)

127 anna exactly

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (Ho2rs)

128 Chris Christie: The Early Years

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (UOM48)

129 It would be libs.

Hmm, when is little Timmy home?
About 3 minutes?
I know! Let's go upstairs and boink.

His Mom isn't home for another 45 minutes!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (Qxdfp)

130 120 Well, hopefully the kid loses weight that is common in puberty or that is the only pussy he will ever see.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 07:37 PM (ZOf1l)

Well he won't lose weight if he enters puberty with a spaghetti paraphilia.

Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (FEzSe)

131 Well, it does have GOO right in the title.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (jucos)

132 O/T, but funny as heck: https://twitter.com/jose_galvan/status/228881354283163648

Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (5H6zj)

133 *Happy B-Day, phoenixgirl!*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:39 PM (UOM48)

134

Why wasn't there any sounds coming out of the bedroom? You'd figure the dad would grunting and the mom would screaming his name, and yet there's complete silence. We're they having Amish sex or something?
Posted by: EC at August 06, 2012 07:35 PM (doBIb)

"Mommy is that why dad refers to you as a dead fish?"

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 03:40 PM (GULKT)

135 After this commercial, all the mystery that surrounds Stand By Me has been explained. Ugh.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 03:40 PM (HlJeY)

136

Tonight we've replaced Jimmy's daddy with deep dark Folger's Crystals...

let's see if mom notices.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 03:40 PM (I27d2)

137 David Lynch went on to incorporate Ragu sauce in the "little chicken scene" in Eraserhead 12 years later.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 06, 2012 03:40 PM (Qxdfp)

138 "Or maybe that kid walked in on his parents..."

That's the beauty of this ad, it leaves it up to the imagination of each viewer, thus making them think the worst things possible (see: this thread). Big screw up, bet Unilever (makes Ragu) is going to hear plenty about this one.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 03:41 PM (F3s39)

139 Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 07:38 PM (LRFds)

We hope, we hope. This is the beginning of a big series with the Brewers and I am hoping that my, your, our Cincinnati Reds can continue their best record in the Majors.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 03:41 PM (ZOf1l)

140

Crichton!

Fetch that boy back in here and put on some Ragu!

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 06, 2012 03:41 PM (I27d2)

141 My wife said she wanted to make mad, passionate love in the back seat. And she wanted me to Ragu!

Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at August 06, 2012 03:41 PM (IoNBC)

142 118 Underground Vulgarian I could only watch that video once... its too outre Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 07:37 PM (HlJeY) I had to watch it one more time to see if I was missing something. Nope - it's a disjointed "fuck you" to the consumer.

Posted by: Shit Ragu Says at August 06, 2012 03:41 PM (OIuTH)

143 thanks jane d'oh!

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:42 PM (Ho2rs)

144 I guess I'm lucky I was past puberty before witnessing mom deboning a hobo.

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 03:42 PM (OQpzc)

145 I'm not a prude but to say the culture has been coarsened is an understatement.I blame the Clinton/Lewinsky coverage for making filth acceptable on TV.

Posted by: steevy at August 06, 2012 03:42 PM (6o4Fb)

146 And it doesn't help that there is a mug that only a mother could love.

Posted by: Prez'nit AlDente at August 06, 2012 07:40 PM (vbh31)

Uh-oh don't give him any guns or cheetos.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 03:42 PM (ZOf1l)

147 Ragu creative team: Let's work on this ad, but first....let's get high!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:43 PM (UOM48)

148 144 SRS,

yup along with the ads that run,

"here we have a mentally retarded dad being hectored as almost too dumb to breathe by a barely Milfish housewife on not grasping an arcane datapoint on a totally nuanced aspect of a common household item"

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 03:43 PM (LRFds)

149 If I was selling a food product, I wouldn't use chubby people. Who wants to imply you'll get fat if you eat the product?

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 03:44 PM (F3s39)

150 Noted GHW Bush hater Dave Mustaine of MegaDeth turn teh racist:

"I'm disgusted with this guy" (talking about Obama)

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 06, 2012 03:44 PM (61yvg)

151 Happy Bday PhoenixGirl,

May you live as long as you want and never want so long as you live.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 03:44 PM (LRFds)

152 151 If I was selling a food product, I wouldn't use chubby people. Who wants to imply you'll get fat if you eat the product? Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 07:44 PM (F3s39) ******* There's a Rosie O'Donnell joke in there somewhere.

Posted by: tasker at August 06, 2012 03:45 PM (r2PLg)

153 Crichton!
Fetch that boy back in here and put on some Ragu!
Ring! Ring! Ring!

Posted by: crichton ringing his bell and pointing at harry reid at August 06, 2012 03:45 PM (vDl/w)

154 "I'm disgusted with this guy" (talking about Obama) He's not racist. He's homophobic.

Posted by: Adam Smith at August 06, 2012 03:45 PM (IoNBC)

155 If I was selling a food product, I wouldn't use chubby people. Who wants to imply you'll get fat if you eat the product?

Well, if the kid becomes rich, no woman would give a shit.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 03:46 PM (ZOf1l)

156 152 He endorsed Santorum during the primaries.

Posted by: steevy at August 06, 2012 03:46 PM (6o4Fb)

157 Happy birthday, PhoenixGirl!

Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2012 03:46 PM (5H6zj)

158 So, any guesses what meat made up the meatballs?

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 03:46 PM (OQpzc)

159 Yeah, most ads today show the parents (usually the dad) as ignorant mouth-breathers, and their little darlings as highly evolved, superiors who have to put up with their idiot parents' wacky highjinks and stupidity.

And we wonder why we have Occutards and Obamabots.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:46 PM (UOM48)

160 Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 06, 2012 07:44 PM (61yvg) Mustaine did come out in support of Santorum during the primary.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:46 PM (HWUv9)

161 Noted GHW Bush hater Dave Mustaine of MegaDeth turn teh racist:

"I'm disgusted with this guy" (talking about Obama)

He hates dogs too.

Posted by: Metallica at August 06, 2012 03:47 PM (ZOf1l)

162 Actually the kid walked in on Harry Reid drilling daddy in the dirt chute. It's true. Cause someone told me.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 03:47 PM (TMB3S)

163

Children are blessed with short term memory loss. Only years later, while kneeling down behind the Mustang to attach an "My Other Car Is A Mars Rover Named Curiosity!" bumper sticker, does the memory come flooding back. That's why there are SO many crooked bumper stickers out there!

Posted by: and irresolute at August 06, 2012 03:47 PM (Q492A)

164 thanks sven, ynot! erikw (from an earlier thread)

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:47 PM (Ho2rs)

165

"Parents in bed...but it's just 8 o'clock.

That's why they taught you...you always should knock!"

In case you missed it...

The above lines are in the song playing, when the kid opens the door.

.....For those who have commented that...."It could've been something else".

I don't think that was the intent.

"Parents in bed" is pretty specific.

Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 03:47 PM (mtRB0)

166 Yeah, that's what we said, "Show 'im stuffing charcoal up his ass! It can't lose, baby!"

Posted by: The Kingsford Ad Team at August 06, 2012 03:48 PM (IoNBC)

167 Those "What happens in Vegas..." commercials made me angry.

Posted by: steevy at August 06, 2012 03:48 PM (6o4Fb)

168 I like this shit.

I put it on the little kids who's mom are not at home and don't know who to boil water.

He looked white. Does that mean Black kids can't boil water?

Fucking racist.

Posted by: Harry Reid, pederast at August 06, 2012 03:49 PM (3ZjAP)

169 Ah, well. It's funny to me, but I don't think it's a particularly smart way to sell pasta sauce. The moron in me laughed. The businessman in me would have told the agency "Strike one. What else ya got?"

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 06, 2012 03:49 PM (pUqSw)

170 yep wheatie

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:49 PM (Ho2rs)

171

Hey phoenixgirl....Happy B-Day!

Hope it's a good one.

Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 03:49 PM (mtRB0)

172 Big screw up, bet Unilever (makes Ragu) is going to hear plenty about this one.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 07:41 PM (F3s39)

Unilever? No wonder the ad is screwed up. This is the company that runs the Dove "Campaign for Real Beauty" in North America, but has creepy skin whitener ads in Asia.

Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 06, 2012 03:49 PM (FEzSe)

173 The parents should use Vaseline for sex. Put it on the doorknob to keep the kids out.

Posted by: AE at August 06, 2012 03:50 PM (8+5tJ)

174 thanks wheatie

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:50 PM (Ho2rs)

175 The ad could have been worse. Instead of Ragu, it could have been an ad for that product (whatever the hell the name of it is) that features that Bob idiot stripping down for the TSA to admire his boner. Dad comes walking out of the bedroom with an insane grin and scares his son to death.

Gah.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 06, 2012 03:50 PM (UOM48)

176 Chubby looks traumatized. Maybe "Mom's" name is Bruce.

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 03:50 PM (AzwZn)

177

Liquid Plumr Double Impact led the way.

Now you see why I spend much of my days standing under levitating masses.

Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2012 03:51 PM (PPgNb)

178 Maybe the kid witnessed them sacrifice his newborn baby sister to Satan? Her fragile body gutted. Tiny, bloody heart raised in praise to their dark master. Hurredly, they rush the boy aside and commence hypnosis/brainwashing and tell him, repeatedly, "You never had a sister. It was all a dream. It was all just a very, very long dream. Mommy was never pregnant. She just had a thyroid problem." Cue them all sitting around the dinner table to a delicious meal of spaghetti topped with thick and hearty Ragu brand pasta sauce.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 03:52 PM (HWUv9)

179 It rivals the Drano DP ad, but no contest, Drano is the winner and still champion of the WTF ads.

Posted by: dogfish at August 06, 2012 03:52 PM (N2yhW)

180 Happy B-day, phoenixgirl!!! Get yourself some new boots!

Posted by: Tami at August 06, 2012 03:52 PM (X6akg)

181 that's how eatting disorders start. Trauma= food

Posted by: Say What? at August 06, 2012 03:52 PM (b7L99)

182 The moron in me laughed. The businessman in me would have told the agency "Strike one. What else ya got?" Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 06, 2012 07:49 PM (pUqSw) I don't think anyone is arguing that the situation depicted is one of life's awkwardly funny moments. I chuckled, too. It's the context in the rest of the commercial that is disturbing.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 03:53 PM (OIuTH)

183 Dad comes walking out of the bedroom with an insane grin and scares his son to death.

Gah.

Bob the Idiot is permanently retired. http://tinyurl.com/966c3rz

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 03:53 PM (QKKT0)

184

I still think the Skittles-Walrus-Beastiality commercial is the worst.

This one is creepy....but that one is creepy and gross!

Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 03:54 PM (mtRB0)

185 Drano, Liquid Plumber. Whichever. They ruined a whole category of products.

Posted by: dogfish at August 06, 2012 03:54 PM (N2yhW)

186

Remember how weird it was to share a meal after you found out your parents were vampire who'd just ate the babysitter? Talk about awkward.

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 03:54 PM (OQpzc)

187 pfffft....i get nothing from these type of ads anymore. so kid walks in unannounced and sees...ahhh whatever. this mighta been funny in say...1998.

not so much these days...really, give it up ad-people. as a poster said up above- "pull my finger" loses its appeal after a while ya know?

boy i cant wait til the "clerks"-generation grows up a little....wait...

Posted by: george lucas's neck-pouch at August 06, 2012 03:54 PM (G3cj8)

188

Now you see why I spend much of my days standing under levitating masses.

' let's all go drink and kill and fart

yeah sure it's fun, but is it art?'

Posted by: GWAR lyrics for any occasion at August 06, 2012 03:54 PM (I27d2)

189 A&W's Mr Dumass commercial still stands the test of time.

Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2012 03:55 PM (PPgNb)

190 181 It rivals the Drano DP ad, but no contest, Drano is the winner and still champion of the WTF ads.

Posted by: dogfish at August 06, 2012 07:52 PM (N2yhW)

AHEM.

Posted by: Little Baby's Ice Cream ad at August 06, 2012 03:55 PM (0d0K7)

191 Cue them all sitting around the dinner table to a delicious meal of spaghetti topped with thick and hearty Ragu brand pasta sauce.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 07:52 PM (HWUv9)

Storyboards in the works ... but we need Rottweilers, big ones, licking their chops while staring up at the pasta the boy is eating.

Posted by: and irresolute at August 06, 2012 03:55 PM (Q492A)

192 Let me guess... they sell the Ragu next to the K-Y at the Wal*Mart?

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 06, 2012 03:55 PM (QTHTd)

193 It could be worse. The first idea they rejected was the boy wakes up to see his step-dad standing over the bed with his pants down and a beer bottle in his other hand. But he was able to forget because of spaghetti.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 06, 2012 03:56 PM (FEzSe)

194 thanks tami!

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 03:56 PM (Ho2rs)

195 It would be more appropriate for Prego.

Posted by: Patrick at August 06, 2012 03:56 PM (i4inS)

196 I had blocked that one from memory. Thanks a lot.

Posted by: dogfish at August 06, 2012 03:57 PM (N2yhW)

197 And you dunces thought I was just squeezing toilet paper.

Posted by: Mr. Whipple at August 06, 2012 03:58 PM (IoNBC)

198 I know this commercial is supposed to simulate kid walking in on his mom and dad going at it. But since they didn't show you what really happened, all I am to assume is that Harry Reid was buggering a young boy in that clip.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 03:58 PM (ZOf1l)

199 Brondo! It's got what kids crave! It's got electrolytes! That will wipe his little mind for sure!

Posted by: and irresolute at August 06, 2012 03:58 PM (Q492A)

200

Wholly Fuchk!!!

I'll never buy Ragu again. WTF!!?

Posted by: Jack at August 06, 2012 03:58 PM (wUFaM)

201 Did you see the Dad's smile/smirk at the end of the commercial, that was the creepiest thing about it.

Posted by: Penfold at August 06, 2012 03:59 PM (VTmvo)

202 I didn't build myself. Someone else made me happen.

Posted by: That Fat Kid having on Obummer moment at August 06, 2012 03:59 PM (HWUv9)

203 what, the f*ck?

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 04:00 PM (Ho2rs)

204 The kid's brother loved it.

Posted by: Harry Reid, pederast at August 06, 2012 04:00 PM (3ZjAP)

205 happy birthday, phoenix!

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 06, 2012 04:00 PM (QTHTd)

206

I saw the German television version on a business trip. His folks had the full schiesser going on. I thought the product was sheets until the tagline at the end. Translated, it was "Ragu, this sh!t is the sh!t." No sh!t!

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 06, 2012 04:00 PM (b922c)

207 Did you see the Dad's smile/smirk at the end of the commercial, that was the creepiest thing about it. Posted by: Penfold at August 06, 2012 07:59 PM (VTmvo) This shit's so much better than a sammich.

Posted by: Smirking creepy dad what just got some action at August 06, 2012 04:00 PM (HWUv9)

208 thanks boulder

Posted by: phoenix the birthday girl, team dagny at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (Ho2rs)

209 A couple of us commented on this last night. I had to rewind it because I wasn't sure I saw what I saw.

Posted by: USS Diversity at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (2d71t)

210 "I know this commercial is supposed to simulate kid walking in on his mom and dad going at it."

...and then being 'traumatized'.

....which doesnt happen in real life. this is what actually happens...

"ewwww thats gross.....hey, did you see the new star wars trailers?"

Posted by: george lucas's neck-pouch at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (G3cj8)

211 "Parents in bed...but it's just 8 o'clock.
That's why they taught you...you always should knock!"

...and they're fucking instead of feeding little Pudgie his supper. He's left to heat up some jarred sauce at 8p.m., long after dinner should have been eaten and homework done.

That's disturbing. And probably resonates with the target demographic, which clearly is not me.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (hO8IJ)

212

You've got it all wrong.

Fatty is just upset because obviously if Mom is busy servicing Dad in the bedroom, then she's not in the kitchen making carb-loaded treats for Fatty.

Posted by: Martin at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (iEea3)

213 Billy Bob: ..... Cletus: ..... Billy Bob: ..... Cletus: You mean you can get your dick in a Ragu jar?

Posted by: Old Jokes Never Die at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (IoNBC)

214

Fuck that kid.

A lock wouldn't have helped, anyway. Because every time I'm bozack-deep, I hear the doorknob rattle.

***RAAAAATTTTLLLEEE!!!***

"We're getting dressed!"

*** RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE! ***

"I said we're getting DRESSED!"

*** RATTLE KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! ***

"Stop knocking on the DOOR!"

*** KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK *** "mommy i have to tell you something!"

At this point my wife will hop out of the swing and take the gimp mask off and open the door, using it to hide herself.

"WHAT. IS. IT?"

"umm. I... do, umm... do WHALES, umm... do whales bite?"

Why does everyone hate daddy's penis? Why?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 06, 2012 04:01 PM (7QNaf)

215 We need to lose the nudity taboo. Then we could just sell stuff with naked hotties. I think that is healthier in the end.

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 04:02 PM (OQpzc)

216 (Would "Little Pudgie" be a good name for a band? Or a better name for a web comic?)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 06, 2012 04:03 PM (hO8IJ)

217 He should have YouTubed them! Kid would have been a star. Little fat sucker needs to get a cell phone or a camera!

Posted by: and irresolute at August 06, 2012 04:03 PM (Q492A)

218

I made the mistake of looking at the "ask Ragu" ads on the you tube page.

ALL the ads are sick, some are just sicker.

I will try to avoid the unilever products. Not so much a boycott as rational consumer discretion.

Posted by: rd at August 06, 2012 04:03 PM (9sUlj)

219

You can have all the Ragu you want, kid, but first your Mom must.....

Posted by: Mel Gibson at August 06, 2012 04:04 PM (sJTmU)

220
RagÃº advertising and sales broadened the appeal of Italian-American food in the United States, with slogans like "That's Italian!" and "RagÃº brings the Italian out in you!"

Now replaced by: "Have Some Spaghetti, You Whore!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 06, 2012 04:04 PM (kdS6q)

221 I got it. His parents have the computer monitor facing the door. He walked in on them watching the complete 2 Girls, 1 Cup.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 04:05 PM (HWUv9)

222 >> It's the context in the rest of the commercial that is disturbing. You say disturbing. I say dumb. I'm talking dollars and advertising.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 06, 2012 04:05 PM (pUqSw)

223

EOJ

Too

Much

Information

Posted by: rd at August 06, 2012 04:05 PM (9sUlj)

224 What the hell? Why is Trace Adkins singing the song for a Ragu commercial? Spaghetti Western? The kid was cute though.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone scoundrel at August 06, 2012 04:06 PM (aP0wC)

225

...and they're fucking instead of feeding little Pudgie his supper. He's left to heat up some jarred sauce at 8p.m., long after dinner should have been eaten and homework done.

It wasn't the kid's hands doing the work, making dinner.

Not sure who's hands it was....but it wasn't a kid's hands.

Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 04:06 PM (mtRB0)

226

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 06, 2012 08:01 PM (7QNaf)

Just electrify the doorknob. That shit will stop.

Posted by: USS Diversity at August 06, 2012 04:06 PM (2d71t)

227

OK, I love the spit on his face commercial! "to recap, you put spit on his face" hahahahaha.

The other one, yeah, kinda creepy weird.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 06, 2012 04:07 PM (RZ8pf)

228 I'm talking dollars and advertising. Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 06, 2012 08:05 PM (pUqSw) Ok, so why is it dumb in terms of dollars and advertising - that is not my wheelhouse.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 06, 2012 04:07 PM (OIuTH)

229 The tragic unspoken truth of childhood. The things your mother did before tucking you in and kissing you goodnight.

Think of that, 'Rons, and despair.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 07:20 PM (HWUv9)

----------->>>

Yeah. Had my 78 year-old dad recently tell me that one of the things that attracted him to my mom back when they were dating was that "her legs went all the way up." Uhg...I really didn't need to hear that!!!

Posted by: Retired Buckey Cop in solidarity with dagny at August 06, 2012 04:08 PM (xFgmp)

230 His parents have the computer monitor facing the door. He walked in on them watching the complete 2 Girls, 1 Cup.

I'd change my name and move far away if my mom was fapping to that.

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 04:08 PM (HtUdo)

231 Unilever took over Ben and Jerrys. What does that tell you about the company...

http://www.unileverusa.com/brands/foodbrands

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 06, 2012 04:09 PM (Fg8nc)

232 @ Heather Radish, that would definitely not be a cool band name.

Posted by: ErikW at August 06, 2012 04:09 PM (cyxMt)

233

Would "Little Pudgie" be a good name for a band? Or a better name for a web comic?)
<<<<

Actually, it sounds like a Mexican gangbanger's nickname.

"Ã“rale, Little Pudgie!"

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 06, 2012 04:09 PM (7QNaf)

234 Me too...I was like "did I just see that?"

Posted by: Eric Lindholm at August 06, 2012 04:09 PM (WNQJZ)

235

So those Euro-freaks at Unilever are trying to undermine the moral fiber of America?

You're going to have to get up pretty early in the morning, you billionaire Euro-freaks, and your lap dog hipster depraved advertising cronies, to screw up this country any more than we have already screwed it up.

I mean, what the Hell? We elected that frickin' Indonesian puppy muncher as President. And we did it all ourselves.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.....Free Miss Marple! at August 06, 2012 04:09 PM (sJTmU)

236 Who greenlights this stuff? There are so many bizarre and annoying ads out there, why can't execs just call for ads that tell what their product does and why people should want it? Why can't car ads show a car for what it does instead of showing them slide uncontrollably around on a salt flat? Why can't beer ads be about how tasty they are rather than how you'll get laid?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:11 PM (r4wIV)

237 Kid sees his dad hanging from the ceiling fan through hooks in his nipples while mom dressed in leather bondage gear and crotchless panties defeathers a live chicken...with her teeth.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 04:11 PM (HWUv9)

238 >> Ok, so why is it dumb in terms of dollars and advertising - that is not my wheelhouse. Because it's an ineffective ad.. it doesn't make people want to run out and buy Ragu for their family. Like others have pointed out, it's just "juvenile edgy." The purpose of advertising $ is to generate lift in sales, not freak people out.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 06, 2012 04:11 PM (pUqSw)

239 NYC ad agency. They thought is was cute. Sort of like news week.

Totally out of touch, and dumb as fuck.

Keep fucking that chicken.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at August 06, 2012 04:11 PM (3ZjAP)

240 Bigger than WTF? Try "sweet baby Jesus popsicle stick jammed up me sideways" No, seriously, try it

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone scoundrel at August 06, 2012 04:11 PM (aP0wC)

241 I hate that it's Unilever, because overall their (food related) policies are not bad, and helpful to people with allergies. As far as Ragu itself, it sucks. It's like overcooked canned fast-food sauces in a jar. I don't even know how to describe it. Every time I want to dismiss the extreme Socon position that there's a vast conspiracy to degrade culture so we can all be ruled by tweaking our uncontrolled passions - there's an ad like this. PS the shit we do here is funny partly *because* it's not an everyday TV thing. We recognize that a society like the ONT doesn't actually *work*, it has to be part of a larger society.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 04:12 PM (bxiXv)

242 This sort of thing really isn't new. http://goo.gl/mmSRf

Posted by: Scobface at August 06, 2012 04:12 PM (IoNBC)

243
@233

Check out the http://www.unilever.com/brands-in-action/index.aspx page.

Rockin' the hijab.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 06, 2012 04:12 PM (kdS6q)

244 Unilever a British-Dutch company. They just view morality and family values differently. The empty pews in their churches attest to that.

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 04:13 PM (AzwZn)

245 Jesus, once again O'Reilly proves his fucking ignorance.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 04:13 PM (ZOf1l)

246

....I mean, what the Hell? We elected that frickin' Indonesian puppy muncher as President. And we did it all ourselves.

We?

I didn't vote for the sonovabitch.

And a lot of dead people helped to elect him too.

Posted by: wheatie at August 06, 2012 04:13 PM (mtRB0)

247 Sweet baby Jesus in the arms of his Mother driving a dump truck loaded with low-grade nuclear waste up I-5 to a Katy Perry concert.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 04:13 PM (bxiXv)

248

Robert, you have some strange visions.

Do you like gladiator movies?

Posted by: Harry Mason Reid, (D , Pederasty) at August 06, 2012 04:14 PM (sJTmU)

249 243 Mero,

quite, the libs won't like their brave new world if ne day the denizens of the ONT are setting the baseline of their opposition instead of the Senor Grahamnesty types....

"Brave New World" can go both ways....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:14 PM (LRFds)

250 Rockin' the hijab. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 06, 2012 08:12 PM (kdS6q) Oh, fuckberries.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 04:14 PM (bxiXv)

251 This commercial is just more of the fashion of depravity, trying to smear everything in sight. At least it was informative about Ragu - I wouldn't give any money to support such a company. Live and learn.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2012 04:14 PM (X3lox)

252 Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.

Posted by: June Cleaver at August 06, 2012 04:14 PM (G+Q6b)

253 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 08:12 PM (bxiXv) -------------------------------------- I won't buy Ragu on "Buy 1 Get 1 Free Day". Made that mistake once. CLASSICO is the shit!

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 04:15 PM (AzwZn)

254 I think the problem is that hipster douchebag young college dudes (and I use that word in the Western sense) have taken over these businesses. Its not Mad Men in there, its frat party time with the guys all ironic and edgy with boxy glasses and 80s themed Tee Shirts.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:15 PM (r4wIV)

255 you have some strange visions. Do you like gladiator movies? Posted by: Harry Mason Reid, (D , Pederasty) at August 06, 2012 08:14 PM (sJTmU) Don't take the murder suicide fantasies the wrong way, it's just where my sense of humor leans toward. Well...I did like Gladiator at least.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2012 04:15 PM (HWUv9)

256 247 Sam Adams,

did O'shamrock mcdouche start sucking Barry again carrying his water?

I love his "he is not a socialist" pap from a few weeks ago....

FoxNews is a "rabid right wing news site"

///eyeroll

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:16 PM (LRFds)

257 I nominate EoJ for Moron of the Year. I'm still laughing, and Cougar is looking at me like she can't decide if she wants in on the joke or to look up "involuntary commitment laws, Maryland" on the googles.

Posted by: DC in Towson at August 06, 2012 04:16 PM (N/WI2)

258 its frat party time with the guys all ironic and edgy with boxy glasses and 80s themed Tee Shirts. You say that like it's a bad thing, H8TR!

Posted by: Adam Smith at August 06, 2012 04:16 PM (IoNBC)

259 "Every time I want to dismiss the extreme Socon position that there's a vast conspiracy to degrade culture so we can all be ruled by tweaking our uncontrolled passions - there's an ad like this. "
its not so much a conspiracy as a generally agreed upon and shared worldview being expressed more and more.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:16 PM (r4wIV)

260 Frank Marshall Davis fucked Barack Obama in the ass, Bill O'Reilly hardest hit.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 04:17 PM (ZOf1l)

261 You Know I'd Go From Rags to Riches!

Posted by: The Big Ragu at August 06, 2012 04:17 PM (2d71t)

262 246 Nukie,

when your nations "youth demographic" is 57 years old because they forgot sometimes you cana ctually spill seed inside the target zone....

yeah "different"

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:17 PM (LRFds)

263 ...the denizens of the ONT are setting the baseline of their opposition instead of the Senor Grahamnesty types....

Eh, it's just roots and fifths.

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 04:17 PM (HtUdo)

264 Happy birthday phoenix girl!!!!

Posted by: teej says free Miss Marple at August 06, 2012 04:17 PM (bxpf3)

265 WTF???
holy shit, that ad is... WTF????

and so what are they going to do next to top it? put Harry Reid in a starring role?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:17 PM (d/5qf)

266 Why does anyone here watch oreilley?

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone scoundrel at August 06, 2012 04:18 PM (aP0wC)

267 happy birthday PG!!

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:18 PM (d/5qf)

268 CLASSICO is the shit!

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 08:15 PM (AzwZn)

Agree!! The organic with basic and spices is the awesome!

I have it on good authority the kid saw "uncle" Hairy Reid sitting on the edge of the bed naked with the lone exception of garter socks. Obviously Hairy was giving the kid a "come hither" look.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 06, 2012 04:18 PM (YYyqq)

269 Hey, Frank Marshall Davis fucked EVERYBODY in the ass. Let me tell you.

Posted by: Harry Mason Reid, (D , Pederasty) at August 06, 2012 04:19 PM (sJTmU)

270 Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 08:16 PM (LRFds)

Bill seems to think that the perpetuation of drug abuse is the fault of the drug dealer only. No way in hell does he feel the user has a say in it.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 04:19 PM (ZOf1l)

271 happy birthday phoenixgirl!

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 06, 2012 04:19 PM (RZ8pf)

272 This commercial is the pinnacle of ethics. Because the Golden Rule says that you should do unto others, so Ragu is doing unto you. I give it five Ethinnochios for "doing".

By the way, I'm a smart guy. My mother never told me that but I know she wanted to. And supremely ethical, you troglodytes.

Posted by: Jack Marshall, Grand Ethical Inquisitor at August 06, 2012 04:19 PM (X3lox)

273 22 "It's In There!" takes on a whole new meaning. Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2012 07:19 PM (BAS5M) ************************** Wrong sauce, but WINNER!!!!!!eleventy!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 04:20 PM (eQnzo)

274 Making spaghetti sauce is easy as hell its dumb to buy any. Even simple easy sauce is like a 10 minute process and it tastes at least as good as Ragu. Its like people who buy eggnog. Seriously? One of the easiest recipes ever?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:20 PM (r4wIV)

275 "good parents have the skill, creativity, and control to hear the kid approaching and react and cover accordingly...." You must be so boring in bed, man. Thankfully I'm hetero and will never have to suffer through it.

Posted by: Random at August 06, 2012 04:20 PM (u8eBQ)

276 healthier in the end.
Ring! Ring! Ring!

Posted by: crichton ringing his bell and pointing at harry reid at August 06, 2012 04:20 PM (vDl/w)

277 Contemporary sick American culture? Dead to me. Halibut fishing, turkey hunting, remodeling the garage, fixing my wife's car, collecting music, trips to the range, Christmas trips to see family, alive to me.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 04:20 PM (0Db2g)

278 That said, Classico is good. Newman's Own isn't as good, his salad dressings are better.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:21 PM (r4wIV)

279 Why does anyone here watch oreilley?

You're right, I got so fucking mad I switched to Family Guy reruns on TBS.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 04:21 PM (ZOf1l)

280 247Jesus, once again O'Reilly proves his fucking ignorance.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 08:13 PM (ZOf1l)

I'm afraid to ask.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 06, 2012 04:21 PM (5C6uz)

281 Never eating Ragu again.

Posted by: May and June flash their gash and queef Ragu at August 06, 2012 04:21 PM (x1ih+)

282 Happy bday PG!

Yeah. That's an ad. Is what it is.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at August 06, 2012 04:21 PM (Gk3SS)

283 The "breaking of the pasta" is a metaphor for Dirty Hairy breaking the will of some poor victim.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 06, 2012 04:22 PM (YYyqq)

284 272 Sam Adams,

well you know the score....

of course this is another indicator of our decline, we are absolving everyone of everything but those who try to achieve and live within a moral code....
then it is

"h8ers"

//Adam Ill Douche Smiff

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:22 PM (LRFds)

285 Think Laverne AND Shirley would double up on me?

Posted by: The Big Ragu at August 06, 2012 04:22 PM (2d71t)

286 Why does everyone hate daddy's penis? Why? ------------------------------------- People hate what they don't see. Maybe we can help.

Posted by: Acme Microscopes at August 06, 2012 04:22 PM (AzwZn)

287 280 CT,

in old Blue Eyes II's defense he is dead....

being dead makes it hard to engage in QC

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (LRFds)

288

I studiously avoid TV, only to come here and have it pushed.

Not clicking.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (1Y+hH)

289 won't keep him from voting this year though

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (LRFds)

290 Between those and the "Ragu Asks", they've actually got a couple of good ad campaigns.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (fWqsc)

291

I love the metaphor of breaking the pasta.

Posted by: Haary Reid at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (YYyqq)

292 You're right, I got so fucking mad I switched to Family Guy reruns on TBS.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 08:21 PM (ZOf1l)

You know I started watching the old Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoons on youtube, in their original uncensored form. Absolutely brilliant. Hilarious. Nothing made in the past forty years can hold a candle to them.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (NC/k6)

293 But ya gotta admit, that commercial is pretty saucy!

Posted by: May and June flash their gash and queef Ragu at August 06, 2012 04:23 PM (x1ih+)

294 53 I guess dad was serving ra-goo. Posted by: dananjcon at August 06, 2012 07:25 PM (p3VqQ) **************** Wrong time of the month. All he saw was the rag-goo. And then they made him eat spaghetti. OK, this time, I denounce myself.

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 04:24 PM (eQnzo)

295 190
Now you see why I spend much of my days standing under levitating masses.

'let's all go drink and kill and fart
yeah sure it's fun, but is it art?'

Posted by: GWAR lyrics for any occasion at August 06, 2012 07:54 PM (I27d2)

My life is a luxury, so filled with hate.
I got fifty slaves heaping maggots on my plate.
From my fortress in Antarctica as I watch the world die
On my Sony Trinitron that's turned to channel 5.

Posted by: model_1066 at August 06, 2012 04:25 PM (yYKoR)

296

Sure, some people think I'm stupid. But what do they know? Who has the big network gig at 8 pm, Monday through Friday? Who's looking out for the folks? And who else has this neato Factor gear to sell?

I'm a culture warrior, kids. Read my book, "Culture Warrior". There is nothing I won't sell out to get people to watch my show.

What? Who said that?

Posted by: Bill O'Really at August 06, 2012 04:25 PM (sJTmU)

297 Christopher Taylor, got any good spaghetti sauce recipes?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:25 PM (d/5qf)

298 See? Look... "Participation Award":

http://tinyurl.com/8fkvecd

Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 06, 2012 04:26 PM (fWqsc)

299 I'm pretty much convinced that companies don't do any analysis of the impact of commercials on their actual sales. No wonder Farcebook and google can sell so many overpriced ads with the built in fake clicks that lead to nothing.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2012 04:26 PM (X3lox)

300 Hey Ragu! WTF!

Posted by: Whiskey Mike at August 06, 2012 04:27 PM (q++hH)

301 276 Making spaghetti sauce is easy as hell its dumb to buy any. Even simple easy sauce is like a 10 minute process and it tastes at least as good as Ragu. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 08:20 PM (r4wIV) 1) Plain tomato sauce (for those not starting with tomatoes) is of highly variable quality (except Hunts, which tastes like week-old candy-shop floor leavings). Sometimes a given brand of pre-made sauce may be better, I tend to like Del Monte or Contadina's "Italian Herbs" sauce, at least as a base. But they do change unpredictably. 2) If it tastes "as good as Ragu," you may need to throw it out and start again. I have my own seasoning mix based on the *old* Spice Islands mix, pre-2000. The recipe they have on their site isn't even *close*.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 04:27 PM (bxiXv)

302 My wife has a gift of making great spaghetti sauce. She would never know in any way shape or manner how to check the oil in our car, but damn that sauce is awesome.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 04:27 PM (ZOf1l)

303 WTF, but I've seen worse. I still recall the commercials I saw circa 1980 that ran during a remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front" sponsored by Hallmark the greeting card company. Anyway, the theme was that two best friends grew up together, having good times, etc- and then one of them got a sex change and then they married. There were several ads spaced in the movie- and the last one involved their pillow talk after they had sex. I was like ten and I remember seeing that and thinking huh what was that?? This was the same movie much later excerpted for a youtube video of the Iron Maiden song "Paschendale" I'll now resume lurking thank you for reading.

Posted by: Xennady at August 06, 2012 04:27 PM (LGquw)

304 Happy birthday PGiS! Are you going to reveal your age or do we cut off an arm and count the rings?

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 04:28 PM (QKKT0)

305 I have my own seasoning mix based on the *old* Spice Islands mix, pre-2000. The recipe they have on their site isn't even *close*.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 08:27 PM (bxiXv)

I don't know about that. I don't think Old Spice is edible.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2012 04:28 PM (X3lox)

306

Posted by: model_1066 at August 06, 2012 08:25 PM (yYKoR)

I so wanted to post the lyrics for 'Baby Raper' on the Harry Reid is a Pederast Thread.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 04:28 PM (I27d2)

307 "got any good spaghetti sauce recipes?" Just tips.
Mix in the broth from the meat you cook
blend up vegetables to mix into it
add a tablespoon or so of vinegar, red wine preferably
a tablespoon of olive oil helps the flavor a lot, too
cook an hour or more before adding meat
If you want big chunks of veggies remember they all cook at different rates. You don't want one being mush and the other crisp
add in some cheese, but not too much.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:29 PM (r4wIV)

308 Posted by: GWAR lyrics for any occasion at August 06, 2012 07:54 PM (I27d2)

GWAR-B-Q 2012!!!
8/18: Richmond, VA @ HadadÂ’s Lake

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 04:29 PM (HtUdo)

309 Happy birthday PGiS! Are you going to reveal your age or do we cut off an arm and count the rings?

I've been lurking and commenting since '07 and I'm going to guess 38.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at August 06, 2012 04:29 PM (ZOf1l)

310 Illustration #332 of the Pasta Sutra: Ewok Stirs The Hobo Stew

Posted by: ChampionCapua at August 06, 2012 04:30 PM (KZi9D)

311 "I'm pretty much convinced that companies don't do any analysis of the impact of commercials on their actual sales. "
Remember that unbelievably creepy series of "wake up with the king" ads Burger King did? With the plastic king mask?
That won all kinds of awards, it was acclaimed by lots of people, college kids loved it.
It didn't help their sales at all. Nobody was moved to buy any actual Burger King food from the ads, it just cost millions.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:31 PM (r4wIV)

312

GWAR-B-Q 2012!!!

8/18: Richmond, VA @ HadadÂ’s Lake

I really want to go to a GWAR -B-Q before I die...

going to see them in Nov. though.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 04:31 PM (I27d2)

313 Billy should be glad he has a mom and dad from the traditional side of the marriage argument.

Had Billy seen Daddy #1 sticking his Salami in Daddy #2's Mangina, he would have needed a whole lot more than a cheap jar of Ragu sauce and 89 cents worth of pasta to solve his daily crisis.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 06, 2012 04:31 PM (ovpNn)

314 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 08:29 PM (r4wIV)

you lost me at "broth"

yeah I think I'm gonna keep buying sauce

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:31 PM (d/5qf)

315 Xennady - that's disgusting.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 04:32 PM (LPlYk)

316 127 120 Sam Adams, Adams swings and it is a flyball deep to centerfield anddddd..... this one belongs to the Reds Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 07:38 PM (LRFds) *********** Sven - You from Cincy?

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 04:32 PM (eQnzo)

317 the shocking thing about this isn't the commercial itself, it's somewhere there's a guy that watched this, and said "THAT'S IT!" and signed the check.

Posted by: Unclefacts Out Of Commenting Retirement Just For This One Thing at August 06, 2012 04:33 PM (6IReR)

318 Re sidebar Beckel crap. Was he *actually* doubling down on Reid's lie, and is does he still? Sometimes you just have to say WTF, because WTF?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 04:33 PM (bxiXv)

319 El Jeffe , you still have that western swing in the que ?If so let me know . Been busier than hell and haven't hung around the HQ as much as I should .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 06, 2012 04:33 PM (lo/S5)

320 Well, as the Brits say, "You can't get Prego from Ragu".

Posted by: ChampionCapua at August 06, 2012 04:33 PM (KZi9D)

321 These days, ad people seem to think that their job is to create buzz instead of actually selling the product. Sure, people may talk about Ragu because of this ad, but do they actually know enough about the product to purchase it?

Posted by: Slublog at August 06, 2012 04:33 PM (SjVZP)

322 Now little Johnny knows where the batteries are?

Posted by: USA at August 06, 2012 04:34 PM (6Cjut)

323 Maybe he saw Harry Reid in the bedroom.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 06, 2012 04:34 PM (ovpNn)

324 Bill D. Cat, no, not driving out west like I had planned

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:35 PM (d/5qf)

325 318 BR,

I am from Fairborn Ohio, and have been a rather lost Ohioan off and on since '91.....

right now I am next door in Indiana, am probably gonna move back to either texas or Louisiana depending on how things go in November....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:35 PM (LRFds)

326

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 08:31 PM (d/5qf)

'BioNaturae' makes a great organic strained tomato that is bottled. YOu can find it in the hippy section.

It makes an excellent sauce and takes about 1/3 of the time of the canned stuff, jeff.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 04:36 PM (I27d2)

327 Remember that unbelievably creepy series of "wake up with the king" ads Burger King did? With the plastic king mask?

That won all kinds of awards, it was acclaimed by lots of people, college kids loved it.

It didn't help their sales at all. Nobody was moved to buy any actual Burger King food from the ads, it just cost millions.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 08:31 PM (r4wIV)

I remember that creepy King mask. Everytime I saw it I was creeped out. I still don't know why. No surprise that it didn't affect sales. Personally, I can count on one hand the number of times I've eaten at Burger King. Their food always creeped me out, too.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2012 04:36 PM (X3lox)

328 Any sense of urgency connected with feeding that child is lost immediately after the first close-up of his ample St Bernard like mug.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 06, 2012 04:37 PM (aZ6ew)

329 So is the fat kid is Jame Gumb? Right?

Posted by: Dang at August 06, 2012 04:37 PM (Ky1+e)

330 The kid found Harry 'Pedo' Reid waiting for him in his bed

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 06, 2012 04:37 PM (rJdHK)

331 Harry Reid has a Creepy Burger King Mask. Just ask the kids that have been his victims.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 06, 2012 04:37 PM (ovpNn)

332 Now little Johnny knows where the batteries are?

"It's okay, Mom... I don't really need 'em"

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (QTHTd)

333 I add pureed carrots to my spaghetti sauce. They cut the acidity of the tomatoes.

Posted by: Slublog at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (SjVZP)

334

There once was a sauce called Ragu

That parents would use when they'd screw.

But when applied to her gash

It'd cause a terrible rash,

And made them parts smell just like fresh poo.

Posted by: May and June flash their gash and queef Ragu at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (x1ih+)

335 for the love of . . .

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (QTHTd)

336 Bill D. Cat, no, not driving out west like I had planned Was for EoJ , but as a fellow longtime moron the offer is open as well .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (lo/S5)

337 We're missing the big picture here, people, and that is that Ragu spaghetti sauce is the crappiest sauce on the market. They could tuck $100 in each jar and I'd still give it a pass. Bleh.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (d6TfZ)

338 331 Dang,

close....

it is the Searchlight Stalker who is in fact Jame Gumb.....

"it puts the budget in the bucket...."

//Harry Reid

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:38 PM (LRFds)

339

Well that's the whole point of my show. I try to create what you kids call "a buzz" about whatever it is I'm talking about, which is why I call them Talking Points. But really, the point of the show is to sell Factor gear. To the folks, that is.

Do you know how much I get from the sale of this junk that I push? This is a great country, and as I said about John Kerry, he only wants what is best for us. Because while a lot of people think I'm a right wing kook, the real right wing kooks are on that Internet thing telling each other how smart they are, while I'm out here making a fortune selling Factor gear. This is one sweet gig, and only takes about 2 hours our of my day to do it.

Posted by: Bill O'Really at August 06, 2012 04:39 PM (sJTmU)

340 "Long Day Of Childhood"???? How about "What Set Dahmer Off" as a more appropriate title!

Posted by: FBI Profiler at August 06, 2012 04:39 PM (AzwZn)

341 You know what needs to run right before that commercial?

Stayfree Maxipads spots....to put a whole new associative spin on this...

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 06, 2012 04:39 PM (ovpNn)

342

Posted by: Slublog at August 06, 2012 08:38 PM (SjVZP)

I had an aunt that would toss a few raisins into a sachet with the bay leaf.

She claimed it would do the same thing...add sweetness and remove acidity.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 04:40 PM (I27d2)

343 Mr. Reid....NNNOOOOOOO!!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 06, 2012 04:40 PM (rJdHK)

344 "It puts the sauce on the pasta... "

Posted by: Dang at August 06, 2012 04:40 PM (Ky1+e)

345 oh ok

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:40 PM (d/5qf)

346 "you lost me at 'broth'"
Well that assumes you cook up some beef with the sauce. If you just use hamburger don't bother with that step. Oh, and use some tomato paste with the tomato sauce.
when you buy sauce, buy the stuff without sugar or corn syrup in it.
use fresh herbs when you can, otherwise the Italian Seasoning mix works fine. Fresh garlic is cheap as dirt, and its always good.
"These days, ad people seem to think that their job is to create buzz instead of actually selling the product."
I think that's all they do now. They aren't trying to sell a product at all, they're trying to generate awards, buzz, and customers. They don't give a crap about sales, its just an ad for their ad company.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:40 PM (r4wIV)

347 No Son, that's how Mommy gets jewelry.

Posted by: CMU VET at August 06, 2012 04:41 PM (dPSpR)

348 What's sauce for the goose is sauce for pretty much any other purpose.

Posted by: May and June flash their gash and queef Ragu at August 06, 2012 04:41 PM (x1ih+)

349 Son, your mommy's good with noodles.

Posted by: USA at August 06, 2012 04:41 PM (6Cjut)

350 This commercial is not realistic at all.

If it was that kid would have pulled out his IPhone, snapped some video and posted it on youtube before the pasta even hit the water.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 06, 2012 04:42 PM (ovpNn)

351

She wants a pearl necklace. She wants a pearl necklace.

Have mercy, that little fat kid is growin' up fast!

Posted by: Billy Gibbons at August 06, 2012 04:43 PM (sJTmU)

352 wait did I miss PhoenixGirl's birthday? Happy birthday if you're here! also this commercial sucked BUT the french one with a similar theme ROCKED: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plA2aydKjkY

Posted by: BlackOrchidMissesDagny at August 06, 2012 04:46 PM (J6kXj)

353 Is spagetti sauce that red stuff you pour over all the beef?

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 04:46 PM (OQpzc)

354 They don't give a crap about sales, its just an ad for their ad company.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

They're also trying to keep people from fast forwarding past their commercials now that so many people record programs and watch them later. Sure, people stop and watch when they know it's freaky and they call their spouse into the room for a WTF moment but that too, ain't movin' product.

I really wonder what would happen if a large company like Ragu just stopped running ads. I really think no one would notice and their sales would stay the same.

Posted by: Dang at August 06, 2012 04:46 PM (Ky1+e)

355 I bet that for most companies, they would lose no more business by not buying ads than they saved by not buying them. I mean, when's the last time you saw an advertisement for the soap you buy?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:48 PM (r4wIV)

356 Arthur Conan Doyle was also no slouch at ghost stories, as I recall . . .

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 06, 2012 04:49 PM (QTHTd)

357 My spaghetti sauce is the best. Just sayin...

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 04:50 PM (UljOc)

358 jewells45 what is your recipe?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 04:50 PM (d/5qf)

359 Drudge headline - India blaming Obama for the massacre.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 04:51 PM (F3s39)

360 216 Fuck that kid. ... Why does everyone hate daddy's penis? Why? Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 06, 2012 08:01 PM (7QNaf) ************* You owe me a keyboard, EoJ! That was freakin' hilarious!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 04:52 PM (eQnzo)

361 Well, I feel better now. The girlfriend and I were watching, saw that come on and I said, "Naw, that really can't be what I just think happened!".

She thought it was impossible.

I guess not.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 06, 2012 04:52 PM (opLk0)

362 361 Mayday,

yeah international ignorance knows no bounds....

now watch as king Putt has to fight his automatic deference to foreigners to slag US citizens for "not being sensible on guns".....

the ONLY thing stopping him from having done it already is they are an ally.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 04:52 PM (LRFds)

363 Oh, and Happy Birthday PG! Hope your day is going better than the little fat kid's. May you only walk in on those you want to see...

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 04:53 PM (eQnzo)

364 Okay, I watched it. That Ragu commercial is messed up!

Posted by: Little Baby Ice Cream Self-Cannibalizing Weirdo at August 06, 2012 04:53 PM (7B7jB)

365 It's a joke about roundworms & menstruation?

Posted by: Choom Lord Soetoro at August 06, 2012 04:54 PM (wWVtJ)

366 Great. The 'Future Serial Killer' thread will last until the ONT.

Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2012 04:55 PM (MMC8r)

367 I really wonder what would happen if a large company like Ragu just stopped running ads. I really think no one would notice and their sales would stay the same.Posted by: Dang
357 I bet that for most companies, they would lose no more business by not buying ads than they saved by not buying them. Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Are you guys seriously suggesting that big brands do not check sales figures on a weekly, if not daily basis?

Pull the other one.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 06, 2012 04:56 PM (uCNam)

368 All red sauce really consists of is tomatoes and flavoring. How fancy you get is up to you but you can make it quick and dirty like this. This is the bachelor's "I don't have Gordon Ramsay's pantry" version:
1 16 ounce can of tomato sauce
Rinse out the can with a little bit of water, add that too
1/2 8 ounce can of tomato paste
salt (a few shakes)
couple spoon fulls of italian seasoning
splash of vinegar - cider or red wine will do
splash of olive oil (skip if you don't have any)
pound of hamburger browned and crumbled up
spoon full of garlic powder (NOT salt)
couple shakes of parmesan cheese cook on low until it starts to bubble. Pour over your pasta. Eat.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:56 PM (r4wIV)

369 My first thought was, "This can't be a real ad--it's got to be a YouTube parody."

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 06, 2012 04:57 PM (Hn1DT)

370 Wonder if Dad said, in the afterglow, "Go make me a ~~sammich~~ bowl of Ragu spaghetti!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2012 04:57 PM (BAS5M)

371 Aaaaach. Phoenixgirl, not PGiS. It was the PG that threw me. Really.

Happy birthday Phoenixgirl!!!

Posted by: Cicero at August 06, 2012 04:59 PM (QKKT0)

372 "Are you guys seriously suggesting that big brands do not check sales figures on a weekly, if not daily basis?"
I think they probably do, but how well do they know how much advertising is helping them? Everyone assumes that ads help sales, but do they really help as much as they cost, these days? Everyone records and skips ads or watches stuff online, or on demand. People skip ads online, nobody reads newspapers.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 04:59 PM (r4wIV)

373 Oh my gosh chemjeff.. it's been passed down now at least 2 generations, but I have never deviated from it since the day I got it from my husbands best friend who is full blooded italian. For just the sauce it's one large can of whole tomatoes, run thru the blender. Three small cans of tomato paste plus 8 of those cans filled with water.. also run thru blender. Put in a large pot and add about 5 or 6 cloves of minced fresh garlic, 2 tblsp of fresh basil, 1 tsp of oregano, 1/2 tsp of cumin, 1 tsp of cayenne pepper, 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste. I am guessing on the measurements but I think I am close. I eyeball everything. But it's the meatballs and italian sausage cooking in there with it that really gives it flavor. Go down to Corollo's in the River Market and get their sausage. It's the best. I boil the sausage first then add it and meatballs to the sauce. I also cook it for at least 4 hours.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:00 PM (UljOc)

374 Christopher Taylor thanks for the recipe

would that be enough for a pound of spaghetti? more? less?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:00 PM (d/5qf)

375 *sucks on a long noodle of spaghetti*

Posted by: Artemis at August 06, 2012 05:00 PM (GE1+K)

376 I make a spaghetti sauce that includes about a cup and a half of brown sugar.

Save it, haters.

Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2012 05:02 PM (MMC8r)

377 chemjeff.. that's a full cup of parmesan cheese, not 1/2.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:02 PM (UljOc)

378 "would that be enough for a pound of spaghetti? more? less?"
To be honest I don't measure much. Its enough for 3-4 servings or so I'd guess. Maybe add another can of tomato sauce if you have more sketti.
Heck if I know, use Jewell's version instead. Hers will taste a lot better because its a lot more authentic.
There's a secret in her recipe that a lot of cooks don't know these days: don't use sauce, use the canned whole tomatoes. They taste a lot better and fresher.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:02 PM (r4wIV)

379 life is like a bowl of spaghetti suck on it to hard and it slaps you in the face

Posted by: BlackOrchidMissesDagny at August 06, 2012 05:03 PM (J6kXj)

380 >>when you buy sauce, buy the stuff without sugar or corn syrup in it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 08:40 PM (r4wIV)

For the record, tomato paste and tomato puree (almost all brands but organic and specialty types) have hf cornsyrup without having to disclose it in the ingredients list.
I have to know this shit as a result of sugar probs.

So buy organic (and I'm not an organic fruit loop) or make your own as the stuff on the shelf is garbage.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 06, 2012 05:03 PM (aZ6ew)

381 nickless that is the southern Italian way - sugar in the gravy I don't hold with that (being from Tuscany)

Posted by: BlackOrchidMissesDagny at August 06, 2012 05:03 PM (J6kXj)

382 life is like a bowl of spaghetti / suck on it to hard and it slaps you in the face

Preach, girl

Posted by: Monica at August 06, 2012 05:04 PM (QTHTd)

383 Looks like Coffee party, take 2 here:

"Gay marriage activists are planning to swarm Starbucks on Tuesday in an attempt to counter the record sales from last weekÂ’s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."

They do not seem to realize that gays are less than 2% of the population and try as they might they will not be able to equal the numbers, setting themselves up for another failure. Think the media will run over there tomorrow? I'm thinking no.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 05:05 PM (F3s39)

384 "Save it, haters."
.... barely restraining self
"I have to know this shit as a result of sugar probs."
Same here. Its a pain to find stuff without sweetener in it sometimes. The house brand for Winco has no sweetener but damned if its not in nearly everything else. That's one valid complaint that people from Europe have: "all your food in America has sugar!"
Yes, yes it does. The bastards.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:05 PM (r4wIV)

385 Christopher... even better is home grown tomatoes instead of the canned and this is the season for them right now. Plan on making a batch of my sauce this weekend for my besties birthday. I offered to take her out to dinner and she said oh please... could you make your pasta for me instead?? LOL.. that's pretty nice compliment.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:05 PM (UljOc)

386 I make a true ragu sauce that takes me about five hours. It's the most wonderful way to perfume your whole house.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 05:06 PM (d6TfZ)

387 I commented on this last night. WTF where they thinking?

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at August 06, 2012 05:06 PM (KCvsd)

388 Three tomatoes One can of tomato paste Six pounds of ground beef An onion A garlic Some oragano or whatever 30 grams of skunky bud Directions: put the 6lb of ground beef in a pan and turn the stove up. choom it up. turn off the smoke alarm & throw the pan out the window. yell at your roommates cuz they didn't tell you the stove was on fire. choom it up. say 'fuck it' & call dominoes. choom it up with the delivery driver.

Posted by: Choom Lord Soetoro at August 06, 2012 05:06 PM (wWVtJ)

389

>>"Save it, haters."

They call that stuff Catsup down south.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 05:06 PM (I27d2)

390

I make a true ragu sauce that takes me about five hours. It's the most wonderful way to perfume your whole house.

*Ahem*

Posted by: Bacon at August 06, 2012 05:07 PM (I27d2)

391 "They do not seem to realize that gays are less than 2% of the population and try as they might they will not be able to equal the numbers, setting themselves up for another failure. Think the media will run over there tomorrow?"
Well if they don't its not the coffee party. They pushed that big time, front page on the Washington Post and NYT.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:08 PM (r4wIV)

392 I really want to go to a GWAR -B-Q before I die...
going to see them in Nov. though.

The money goes to a Pit rescue. Which is great as both our dogs are Pit mixes. Plus, they LOVE spaghetti, so this comment is still on topic

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 05:08 PM (HtUdo)

393 OT this will be so funny. Looks like the Democrats will face the same problem the London Olympics seem to have - lack of attendance.

http://tinyurl.com/9kamwc8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:08 PM (HlJeY)

394 "Christopher... even better is home grown tomatoes instead of the canned and this is the season for them right now."
Yeah I did that once. Roma works the best. The only reason I did it just once is that it took freaking ages and produced like a quart. Tasted wonderful but it was way more work that it was worth.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:09 PM (r4wIV)

395 "... lack of attendance."
Posted by: Anna Puma

I'm also guessing lack of interest.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 05:10 PM (d6TfZ)

396 Think the media will run
over there tomorrow? I'm thinking no.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 09:05 PM (F3s39)

Oh of course the media will run over there, because they are the ones who will be in line supporting the protest

They will say "the line is 5 people long, turnout is HUGE!!!!!!!"

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:12 PM (d/5qf)

397 WTF is right. Everyone knows you don't have ragu and pasta after seeing your parents having sex, you have alfredo and pasta.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2012 05:12 PM (GZitp)

398 395 OT this will be so funny. Looks like the Democrats will face the same problem the London Olympics seem to have - lack of attendance.

http://tinyurl.com/9kamwc8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 09:08 PM (HlJeY)

Maybe those fuckups shouldn't have thought they could fill a football stadium again.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:13 PM (GULKT)

399 Dick Morris says MBM polls are bullshit;

http://tinyurl.com/cbe6x8u

The media is trying to create a sense of momentum and of inevitability about the Obama candidacy. One benighted Newsweek reporter even speculated about a possible Democratic landslide.

On Friday, I saw the real numbers. These state-by-state polls, taken by an organization I trust (after forty years of polling) show the real story. The tally is based on more than 600 likely voter interviews in each swing state within the past eight days.

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:13 PM (Y7XKa)

400 ugh I signed up for the williams-sonoma email list so that I could find out about their cooking classes, but all I get is their stupid daily advertising for $200 skillets that I'm not ever going to buy

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:14 PM (d/5qf)

401 I don't always believe Dick Morris, but on that I do. He knows polls.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:15 PM (UljOc)

402 If we ever have a Kansas City moron meet up I will make pasta for the morons. You will love me forever.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:17 PM (UljOc)

403

>>That's one valid complaint that people from Europe have: "all your food in America has sugar!"

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 09:05 PM (r4wIV)

I avoid all processed food for that reason. I don't have an ounce of fat on me and I eat like a damn pig, constantly.

Get yourself some Stevia drops. (real stevia) from Vitacost.com.

No sugar, no calories, no impact on glycemic index, and way sweeter.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 06, 2012 05:17 PM (aZ6ew)

404 Hobbitopoly and buzzion,

I will be laughing hard if the camera is always focused on the podium and never sweeps.

File this under - "Suppose they gave a convention and nobody came."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:18 PM (HlJeY)

405 The media is trying to create a sense of momentum and of inevitability about the Obama candidacy.

I think part of the reason is they don't want a panic on their side. Democrats do absolutely nutty things when they're losing.

I can't wait until the media realizes the Obama campaign doesn't know what they're doing.

They'll try to help. It'll be wonderful.

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 05:18 PM (xSegX)

406 Yeah Dick Morris is an idiot but he's got the poll thing down.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:19 PM (r4wIV)

407 ugh I signed up for the williams-sonoma email list so that I could find out about their cooking classes, but all I get is their stupid daily advertising for $200 skillets that I'm not ever going to buy

I think that's part of the classes. Step 1: Buy a $200 skillet.

Lab fees. Same idea.

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 05:19 PM (xSegX)

408 Did y'all notice that Dick Morris got his niblet teeth fixed. Now they look even creepier.

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 05:20 PM (cQmXn)

409 406 Hobbitopoly and buzzion,

I will be laughing hard if the camera is always focused on the podium and never sweeps.

File this under - "Suppose they gave a convention and nobody came."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 09:18 PM (HlJeY)

They probably could have packed the convention hall, but no Barry's massive ego can't fit in a space that small and you can't have him throwing a temper tantrum about not getting his greek columns.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:20 PM (GULKT)

410 Hey it was "Pussy Cacciatore" time at the kid's house. No wonder mom had to use store bought pasta sauce.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at August 06, 2012 05:20 PM (oe1aw)

411 Oh of course the media will run over there, because they are the ones who will be in line supporting the protest
---

I dunno, it seems like this was just thrown together at the last minute, appears to be less than 24 hours notice. The kiss-in was planned in advance by several days and it bombed, and everyone knows. I don't see how it helps the narrative to show another massive failure, even though (to your point) the media tried their hardest.

Posted by: Mayday at August 06, 2012 05:21 PM (F3s39)

412 Cool hash, AmishDude

Posted by: fluffy at August 06, 2012 05:21 PM (3SvjA)

413 Get yourself some Stevia drops. (real stevia) from Vitacost.com.No sugar, no calories, no impact on glycemic index, and way sweeter.
Yeah I tried it. Even got a little plant so I could crumble up the leaves. I have something terribly wrong with my metabolism, it goes berserk if I have ANY sort of sweetener. Its hard to describe, but its like the opposite effect of sugar, I get weak and shaky and my joints and muscles ache, my head aches, my heart starts to pound and hurt like angina when I do any physical labor, and according to my doc I'm storing up triglycerides like a 300 pound ice cream addict.
So I cut out all sugar, eat small amounts of any simple carbohydrates and avoid dairy. Life is great.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:21 PM (r4wIV)

414 Arthur Conan Doyle was also no slouch at ghost stories, as I recall . . .

He was actually a spiritualist. Had a brief friendship with Houdini but it ended because Houdini was a famous anti-spiritualist.

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 05:22 PM (xSegX)

415 Never walked in on my parents. Can't say the opposite though.

Posted by: Javems at August 06, 2012 05:23 PM (Yzz9l)

416 Wrong hole = Ragu Reaver Sauce.

Posted by: Jayne Cobb at August 06, 2012 05:23 PM (2Yugm)

417 He's upset because his parents are gay and forced to have sex outside of marriage. This is all Chick-fil-A's fault.

Posted by: Warden at August 06, 2012 05:23 PM (HzhBE)

418 Thanks, fluffy. It's my home computer hash.

I can't wait to find out what my new iPad hash will be!

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 05:23 PM (xSegX)

419

I'm late to the party. I thought this commercial was great and sheer genius. I saw it live last night and had to call my wife in the room and rewatch it. We watched it a few times. She texted many people about it. All for Ragu. Look at all the play this one commerical has received today. That's a good commercial. How could you not like the kids face and the hokey song.

Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 05:24 PM (2XIvU)

420 Jewell - I was devestated yesterday when I realized I only had 4 qts of tomtoes left. Will be canning again when we get back from vacay. The sause yesterday was delich.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 05:24 PM (LPlYk)

421 Can someone explain to me why the dried up old hag Mary Carillo is taking up PRIME TIME OLYMPICS coverage to tell us about John Harrison and his time piece? Is that really what you need us too see? Like none of the horsemanship or shooting or whitewater events to give us a quick rundown on? I know the dried up old lesbian needs something to do but, really?

Not that there is wrong with leathery lesbians... IYKWIMAIKTYD

Posted by: catman at August 06, 2012 05:25 PM (YKUmW)

422 420 Thanks, fluffy. It's my home computer hash.

I can't wait to find out what my new iPad hash will be!

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 09:23 PM (xSegX)

If you're running it through your home router, it will be the same.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:25 PM (GULKT)

423 327 318 BR, I am from Fairborn Ohio, and have been a rather lost Ohioan off and on since '91..... right now I am next door in Indiana, am probably gonna move back to either texas or Louisiana depending on how things go in November.... Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 08:35 PM (LRFds) ************** Fairborn, eh? I'm a Wright State grad. Dad was from Dayton. Wife's dad was from Dayton. Small world sometimes...

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 05:25 PM (eQnzo)

424 I wonder how many companies the ad agency pitched it to before Ragu said, "OK, what the hell?"

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 05:25 PM (xSegX)

425 Infidel.. I have never learned how to can. Is it really that complicated? I would sure love to try it.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:26 PM (UljOc)

426

How could you not like the kids face and the hokey song.

I don't think children should be exposed to sex as early in life as possible, that's how.

Posted by: fluffy at August 06, 2012 05:26 PM (3SvjA)

427 If you're running it through your home router, it will be the same.

But I will take it with me wherever I go.

WHEREVER I GO.

"Sorry, honey, but I haven't gotten to 3 stars on this level yet. Yes...yes.......yes!!! 3 stars!"

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 05:27 PM (xSegX)

428 I want my Ohhhh Ennnnn Teeeeeee

Posted by: Dire Straits at August 06, 2012 05:27 PM (Y7XKa)

429
Fairborn, eh? I'm a Wright State grad. Dad was from Dayton. Wife's dad was from Dayton. Small world sometimes...

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 09:25 PM (eQnzo)

Wright State - Wrong School.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:27 PM (GULKT)

430 Lab fees. Same idea.

Posted by: AmishDude (Free Miss Marple) at August 06, 2012 09:19 PM (xSegX)

Hey, I"m on the OTHER side of the desk now! No fair!

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:28 PM (d/5qf)

431 Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 09:25 PM (eQnzo)

small world all the time, I am an alum as well....

I miss Ralph Underhill compared to the crap coaches do these days you'd think Meijer could have forgiven him some vitamins you know?

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:29 PM (LRFds)

432 bizzion - My hash changed on my home computer when I had to buy a new modem. Now that the laptop works, its a different hash. Weird.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 05:29 PM (LPlYk)

433 @428. What child was exposed to sex in this ad, near as I can tell only the one in the ad, and that was in a figurative sense. If your child was watching this and understood what it was a about, then your child has already been exposed to sex. I think you should lighten up fluffy.

Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 05:29 PM (2XIvU)

434 "Is it really that complicated? I would sure love to try it."
Good skill to learn now before ... well lets not wax too doom and gloomish. Its not hard its just time consuming and hot.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:29 PM (r4wIV)

435 >>I get weak and shaky and my joints and muscles ache, my head aches, my heart starts to pound and hurt like angina when I do any physical labor, and according to my doc I'm storing up triglycerides like a 300 pound ice cream addict.

Sooo, you're sure not on Welfare right?

Posted by: ontherocks at August 06, 2012 05:30 PM (aZ6ew)

436 "I think you should lighten up fluffy."
Maybe you should get a bit more heavy?
When everyone else goes "holy crap that's wrong" and you say "hey neat!" its time to step back and think about things, not condemn others.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:30 PM (r4wIV)

437 The truth is that deep down most liberals find nothing wrong with pedophilia. Children are seen as sexual beings and thus fair game. The ad is considered funny because they see the whole situation as backwards. Why should the kid not know about sex. Hell, in a liberal utopia you'd probably see mom bedding him and justifying it as "education".

Modern progressive thought is a cult of sex and death, pure and simple.

Posted by: Alex at August 06, 2012 05:31 PM (m0zk1)

438 434 bizzion - My hash changed on my home computer when I had to buy a new modem. Now that the laptop works, its a different hash. Weird.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 09:29 PM (LPlYk)

That's because your router had to go and acquire a new IP. New IP = New Hash.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:31 PM (GULKT)

439

Boomer Redneque, I graduated from Wright State in 1981.

When did you finish?

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...Free Miss Marple! at August 06, 2012 05:32 PM (sJTmU)

440

I think you should lighten up fluffy.

Thanks for your input, Sgt Hulka.

Posted by: fluffy at August 06, 2012 05:32 PM (3SvjA)

441 Subaru is a fine car, but their hipster ads make me gag

"Wherever the wind takes me" ... yeh, I hope it takes you over an Army artillery range

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:32 PM (Y7XKa)

442 "Sooo, you're sure not on Welfare right? "
Not government assistance, no. My brother helps me out with a place to live. I probably couldn't get welfare here, even if I was inclined to get it. The doctors don't have a clue what's wrong with me. I heard my doc discussing it with others outside the door and they seemed deeply confused.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:33 PM (r4wIV)

443 couple shakes of parmesan cheese cook on low until it starts to bubble. Pour over your pasta. Eat. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 08:56 PM (r4wIV) ************* >>*CRUNCH!*<< >>*CRUNCH!*<< Hey! This shit's still crunchy! I think we skipped a step or two here...

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 05:33 PM (eQnzo)

444 438 CT,

My teen son and I had a talk since he is discovering girls have uses beyond dart boards no pun intended and I explained to him to be careful about what he lets himself be enthralled by as he starts out......

I am so glad I don't have daughters.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:33 PM (LRFds)

445 Jewells, canning would be worth it for you, with your awesome sauce that relies on canned tomatoes, and if you have a good, inexpensive source of good tomatoes. But, yeah, hot and time consuming. But not complicated at all.

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 05:33 PM (cQmXn)

446 @438. As I said, late to the party. I did not read the entire comment thread. If everyone is truly against this ad, then I guess I'm shocked and in the minority. However, any ad that has this kind of legs is a great ad. And yes people need to lighten up if they think this ad takes sex too far. They probably shouldn't be watching TV because you see much worse on any sitcom that shows at 8:00. Geez, its just an ad for Ragu. Lighten up everyone.

Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 05:34 PM (2XIvU)

447

Jewell - No it's not hard. Just takes time, labor intensive. The tools take a little it to purchase, but I have my kettle since 94. I started with jars I found at a yard sale and every year get more jars. My water bill is high in Sept. but there is nothing better than fresh tomatoes in Feb.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 05:34 PM (LPlYk)

448 The Heineken ads are pointless art crap too

BTW, is that singer in the latest ad a woman or a tranny?

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:34 PM (Y7XKa)

449 You mean the one that kinda looks like Amy Winehouse but no tats? Also looks drugged.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:35 PM (HlJeY)

450 I bet SH liked the Burger King Mask commercials.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:36 PM (GULKT)

451 Posted by: Alex at August 06, 2012 09:31 PM (m0zk1)

it is an apocalyptic Gaia worshipping Lunar based Eros Malthusian Cargo cult......

if i could wall them up in four states and watch the Lord of the Flies action consume them I'd make a fortune on PPV for decent folks to watch on "Cinemax After Dark".....

as it stands for better or worse they are controlling our culture and have a flight plan that would have fit right in early on 9/11 in mind.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:36 PM (LRFds)

452 William Shatner still does the best ads, and he's "dead"

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:36 PM (Y7XKa)

453 "Hey! This shit's still crunchy! I think we skipped a step or two here..."
Well I presumed he knows how to cook pasta

In case you don't: add a couple pinches of salt and a shake or two of oil to the water. Get the water to a rolling boil first. Cook the pasta until its JUST cooked all the way through, not slimy worms but snip one in half and see if its the same color all the way through.
Overcooked pasta is disgusting.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:36 PM (r4wIV)

454

What we need to do is see what Ragu's sales are in the next month or two. If they go up the ad was a big success, if they go down the ad was a big fail. I suspect they will go up.

Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 05:36 PM (2XIvU)

455 I will definately look into it Infidel. Sounds like it's worth the work.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:36 PM (UljOc)

456 454 William Shatner still does the best ads, and he's "dead"

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 09:36 PM (Y7XKa)

I still hope the bring him back. I suggest by "beaming in"

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:37 PM (GULKT)

457 sven, the score is 1-0 Brewers. However, don't worry, our bullpen will certainly do their best to help the Reds win.

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 05:38 PM (EflcN)

458 Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 09:36 PM (LRFds)

After four bourbons, I have no idea what you're talking about

Posted by: Alex at August 06, 2012 05:39 PM (m0zk1)

459 451 You mean the one that kinda looks like Amy Winehouse but no tats? Also looks drugged.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 09:35 PM

That's the one

http://tinyurl.com/bszuvyq

I also detested their ad with the hipster doofus going into a club with the hot Asian girl. What a waste of woman

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:39 PM (Y7XKa)

460 I have no clue what the Burger King masked commercial was. Which means it probably wasn't a good ad. But I'll remember this one, so in my mind it is a better ad. Ads that get people talking are good ones. Wholesome ads that people skip over and no one remembers are no longer relevant. Advertisers must change to the times and find new ways of reaching viewers. This is one of the ways to do that.

Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 05:39 PM (2XIvU)

461 Yeah what is Priceline without Shatner chewing the scenery and script?

As for the Long Island medium, does she realise all of her customers will now think all she does is act. That she has no real ability to sense spirits and she is trying to bilk them out of their money.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:39 PM (HlJeY)

462 446 438 CT,

"My teen son and I had a talk since he is discovering girls have uses beyond dart boards no pun intended and I explained to him to be careful about what he lets himself be enthralled by as he starts out......I am so glad I don't have daughters."

Have a boy, worry about 1 dick. Have girls, now you gotta worry about 3 billion dicks.

Posted by: david duke at August 06, 2012 05:39 PM (+KMKP)

463 Jewell - It is. Have some tomatoes on the sinkboard now. Beats the grocery store at any price.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 05:39 PM (LPlYk)

464 Derek Jeter's sister sure is a fast runner.

Posted by: The Big Ragu at August 06, 2012 05:41 PM (2d71t)

465 454 William Shatner still does the best ads, and he's "dead"
Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 09:36 PM (Y7XKa)

I still hope the bring him back. I suggest by "beaming in"

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 09:37 PM

Shatner and Nimoy could do a parody of the Trek "Amok Time" battle scene where McCoy drugged him to simulate death to end the battle

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:41 PM (Y7XKa)

466 Can someone explain to me why the dried up old hag Mary Carillo is taking up PRIME TIME OLYMPICS coverage to tell us about John Harrison and his time piece?

You won't be surprised to hear that being NBC, she got some of the facts wrong.

Posted by: Retread at August 06, 2012 05:41 PM (I2fq9)

467 466 Derek Jeter's sister sure is a fast runner. Posted by: The Big Ragu at August 06, 2012 09:41 PM

Hopefully faster than Derek, not that I'm insinuating anything

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:42 PM (Y7XKa)

468 Infidel.. do you can other things besides tomatoes?

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:42 PM (UljOc)

469 but snip one in half and see if its the same color all the way through.

Huh????

there's color to those things?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:42 PM (d/5qf)

470 When the young lads ask me why I smell of KY and feces I tell them it's not me, it's ragu.

Posted by: Haary Reid at August 06, 2012 05:42 PM (YYyqq)

471

>>Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 09:33 PM (r4wIV)

I was only joking, sorry.

Sounds like you're immunocompromised though. Get new Docs. Many of those fucking geniuses have an amazing lack of curiosity.

And Good Luck.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 06, 2012 05:42 PM (aZ6ew)

472 They genetically engineered tomatoes to taste lousy. Its no joke, scientists discovered that the same gene that helps them turn so big and juicy and red also makes them lose flavor. They're working on fixing that. Tomatoes you get at the store are picked green and gassed to turn red, they don't really mature so they have even LESS flavor. They're like cardboard.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:42 PM (r4wIV)

473 In classical times such people as seen in the Heineken ads would be Epicurians. Or hedonists. All that matters is physical pleasures. Nothing intellectual is allowed in their minds, just if it feels good it is good.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:43 PM (HlJeY)

474 Posted by: Alex at August 06, 2012 09:39 PM (m0zk1)

hammer another couple back for me bud....

I guess I'd pay serious money to watch them take their ideas to their logical conclusion if I knew it would not destroy my grandkids and greatgrandkids God willing future opportunity.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:43 PM (LRFds)

475 It's 62 degrees in London. Shouldn't the summer Olympics, I don't know, be warm or something?

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 05:44 PM (d6TfZ)

476 Ads that get you "talking" don't necessarily get you "buying"

Miller Lite had great ads, but the actual beer tasted like watered down horse piss

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:44 PM (Y7XKa)

477 "there's color to those things?"
Cook it a little bit and bust or cut one in half. You'll see a light colored core and a dark colored bit around it. The light part hasn't cooked yet.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:44 PM (r4wIV)

478 add a couple pinches of salt and a shake or two of oil to the water.

Okay, what is the point of this step?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:44 PM (d/5qf)

479

Some of the Obama nicknames are stupid and corny.

Anyone notice that all of the girls in music videos and campy sex movies in the 80s had flat asses? Like, if you watch a Van Halen video, they all have these bikinis that are a triangle parachute that sags over their pancake asses? Was that what was hot back then? If so, I'm glad I wasn't a teenager/adult in the 80s.

Posted by: Jheri Carl at August 06, 2012 05:44 PM (//cIL)

480 Overcooked pasta is disgusting.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 09:36 PM (r4wIV)

I had an Italian boyfriend from Philly whose method of testing the pasta was to fish out a strand and throw it at the wall. If it sticks to the wall, the pasta is done. I still do that. However, I remove the strand from the wall. He was kind of a slob (good cook, though) and neglected to do that. It looked like the wall behind the stove was decorated with dried worms.

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 05:45 PM (EflcN)

481 Advertisers must change to the times and find new ways of reaching viewers. This is one of the ways to do that.
Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 09:39 PM (2XIvU)

Yeah ... I used to buy Ragu and now I won't. It's all the same to me, anyway. It was a very effective ad.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2012 05:45 PM (X3lox)

482 I had no idea that the Long Island medium was "real" I thought she was just a priceline creation.. I think the Skeptic hubby is funny and will be visited by Shatner.

Posted by: catman at August 06, 2012 05:45 PM (YKUmW)

483 Well now we'll just have to disagree as I love Miller Lite, though never liked their commercials. As I said, the test will be in what Ragu's sales are for the next few months.

Posted by: SH at August 06, 2012 05:45 PM (2XIvU)

484 Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 09:44 PM (d6TfZ)

Global Warming ELEVENTY!!!

//Dick Hansen nasa Muslim Grief Therapist and Weather Witch

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:45 PM (LRFds)

485 Wright State - Wrong School. Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 09:27 PM (GULKT) ************* Yeah, where did you go, Ugly Dog?

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 05:46 PM (eQnzo)

486 Jewell - Yes, apple butter, peaches, salsa, pickles, I'm lucky to live where I do. I grow the tomatoes, but buy the peaches and apples from local orchards. I also grow basil, garlic and peppers. Trying to learn how to grow other stuff, but need to make the garden bigger.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 05:46 PM (LPlYk)

487 "actual beer tasted like watered down horse piss"

Posted by: kbdabear

Shhh, don't give away the secret ingredient...

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 05:47 PM (d6TfZ)

488 Okay, what is the point of this step?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 09:44 PM (d/5qf)

It keeps evil spirits away. It makes it taste better too.

Posted by: robtr at August 06, 2012 05:47 PM (MtwBb)

489 It's 62 degrees in London. Shouldn't the summer Olympics, I don't know, be warm or something?

The UK can't afford summer this year.

Posted by: Retread at August 06, 2012 05:47 PM (I2fq9)

490 The Amy Winehouse clone is Clairy Browne. And well if this song is representative of her body of works, then she is trying to cash in on what Amy and Adele have been doing.

http://youtu.be/ikSqMG22l0w

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:47 PM (HlJeY)

491 487 Wright State - Wrong School.
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 09:27 PM (GULKT)

*************

Yeah, where did you go, Ugly Dog?

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 09:46 PM (eQnzo

Toledo.

I'm not that far from The Twig though. Or its other name. UCLA (University of Celina and Lake Area)

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:48 PM (GULKT)

492 The nice thing about Miller Lite is that you can make it yourself if you can get your body temperature down to about 40 degrees.

Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2012 05:49 PM (FcR7P)

493 "Okay, what is the point of this step?"
The salt makes the water boil slightly hotter. The oil helps keep the pasta from sticking together.
If you eat a lot of spaghetti, look into one of those pasta spoons with the finger things on the sides, it really helps break up the noodles in the water and with serving.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 05:49 PM (r4wIV)

494 Best store bought pasta sauce: Rao's. It's better and pretty easy to make your own, though.

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 05:49 PM (EflcN)

495 441 Boomer Redneque, I graduated from Wright State in 1981. When did you finish? Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...Free Miss Marple! ***************** 1990, although if I had remembered you were supposed to have actually gone to class in college, I would have finished in about '83

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 05:50 PM (eQnzo)

496 It makes it taste better too.

Really? That tiny bit of oil to that huge amount of water? Cause I read about doing that and I think that that can't really do anything, the proportion is so small.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:50 PM (d/5qf)

497 Salt the water you cook pasta in for the flavor. Some people add oil so the pasta doesn't become a sticky glutinous mass after you drain it. I prefer to drain it and add a couple spoonfuls of sauce to keep it from getting sticky. Overcooked pasta does indeed suck.

Posted by: real joe at August 06, 2012 05:50 PM (PD2ad)

498 24 >>Crudity is funny when you are nine years old. Not so much when you are in your fifties. Pull my finger loses its charm. Man, are you in the wrong place. Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 07:19 PM (TMB3S) Hey! We're sophisticated. Who do you think gave the British that idea for the air assault Mary Poppins? Funny stuff, right there.

Posted by: AOSHQ Comedy Writers - Moron Division at August 06, 2012 05:51 PM (ybiPB)

499 Trashy people who don't mind letting their kids see them fucking are also trashy enough to buy Ragu. That's the message I get.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 06, 2012 05:51 PM (Rc0hz)

500 Okay, what is the point of this step? Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 09:44 PM (d/5qf) The salt adds (enhances) flavor and increases the boiling point of the water. The oil reduces foaming from the starch released form the noodles. The latter step is even more important with rice past, I actually spray it with oil, it releases a lot of starch into the water and sticks like mad. You cook rice pasta in too little water, you end up with a big mushy jello puck with noodles in it.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 05:51 PM (bxiXv)

501 I'm a disgruntled postal worker and I've just gotten a load of junk mail from Progressive to deliver. Now everyone looks like Flo. I hate Flo. Flo makes me very angry.

Think your 15 minute insurance will pay for all my carnage?

Get Allstate and protect yourself from Mayhem ... like me

Posted by: Allstate Mayhem Guy at August 06, 2012 05:51 PM (Y7XKa)

502 The best jar spaghetti sauces i have found are Emeril's Homemade Marinara, or Lydia's sauce. Closest to what my nanna made anyway.

Posted by: real joe at August 06, 2012 05:51 PM (PD2ad)

503 I do grow basil, oregano and other spices but of course once fall sets in.. that's it. I do dry some of it but not enough to get me thru the winter. But there is a wonderful spice place in the River Market that sells every spice known to man.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:51 PM (UljOc)

504 Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 09:50 PM (eQnzo)

Marc Mumphrey and Mark Woods in the backcourt.....

proud WSU dropout....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:52 PM (LRFds)

505 If you're going to boil anything, you must add plenty of salt to the water to flavor the food. If you're uncomfortable about all the salt, don't be. The vast majority of it goes down the drain when you strain it after cooking.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 05:52 PM (d6TfZ)

506
I'm a recent parolee and I'm a little short on cash. You have cash. I have a gun.

Stick em up everybody!

Think your 15 minute insurance will cover you for that?

Get Allstate, and protect yourself from Mayhem ... like me

Posted by: Allstate Mayhem Guy at August 06, 2012 05:52 PM (Y7XKa)

507 Really? That tiny bit of oil to that huge amount of water? Cause I read about doing that and I think that that can't really do anything, the proportion is so small.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 09:50 PM (d/5qf)

It does, I use Olive oil, about a tablespoon and you can taste it. The oil coats the noodles. I don't use salt just because I really don't like salt unless it's on potato chips.

Posted by: robtr at August 06, 2012 05:52 PM (MtwBb)

508 PS Ragu is crap.

Posted by: real joe at August 06, 2012 05:52 PM (PD2ad)

509 Posted by: Trimegistus at August 06, 2012 09:51 PM (Rc0hz)

bingo

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 05:52 PM (LRFds)

510 The salt makes the water boil slightly hotter.

A teensy weensy weensy bit, not enough to get excited about

The oil helps keep the pasta from sticking together.

hmm so how much oil do you add?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (d/5qf)

511 Al dente is the best. In fact, my wife finds it annoying when I refer to things non-pasta or rice related as "al dente", like "oh, I love my grilled cheese sandwiches al dente", because I hate when the bread burns. That's nasty.

Posted by: Jheri Carl at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (//cIL)

512 Would it be against Olympic rules to blare police sirens to get our Track & Field athletes to run faster?

Posted by: Nukie at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (AzwZn)

513 Aramis Ramirez and Corey Hart just hit back-to-back dingers. Weeks singled.Ah, once again my hopes are raised.

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (EflcN)

514 I think this ad is supposed to say that if your kid catches you having sex, give him some ragu so watching his parents fuck will not be the worst thing to have happened to him that day.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (GULKT)

515 I'm your kinky sex therapist and I've just inserted the Geico lizard up Flo's squeakhole and all hell has broken loose.

Think your name your own price insurance will cover the injuries from that?

Protect yourself from Mayhem ... like me

Posted by: Allstate Mayhem Guy at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (Y7XKa)

516 chemjeff.. the idea of the oil is to keep the pasta from sticking together. It does work. I swear by it. I don't use the salt though.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2012 05:53 PM (UljOc)

517

Chemjeff,

If you just want a good spagetti sauce and want to skip the drama and waste of making your own Newmans Own is great. I use it all the time.

Posted by: robtr at August 06, 2012 05:54 PM (MtwBb)

518 You add the salt after the water is boiling. And stir the sauce in after you drain it to keep it from sticking together.

Posted by: real joe at August 06, 2012 05:54 PM (PD2ad)

519 516 I think this ad is supposed to say that if your kid catches you having sex, give him some ragu so watching his parents fuck will not be the worst thing to have happened to him that day. Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 09:53 PM

LOL ... Bingo!

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:55 PM (Y7XKa)

520 516 I think this ad is supposed to say that if your kid catches you having sex, give him some ragu so watching his parents fuck will not be the worst thing to have happened to him that day. Bingo

Posted by: real joe at August 06, 2012 05:55 PM (PD2ad)

521 Ok, "Bumboo", take 3:

2 shots Gosling's dark rum
Un-strained juice of 1 lime
2.5 teaspoons of sugar
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch cinnamon
Ice cold water to fill the glass.

A variation on the lame (and erroneous) Wikipedia entry above. Looks like a mid-weight ale. Knocks you flat on your can. Wonderful.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 05:56 PM (0Db2g)

522 Not government assistance, no. My brother helps me out with a place to live. I probably couldn't get welfare here, even if I was inclined to get it. The doctors don't have a clue what's wrong with me. I heard my doc discussing it with others outside the door and they seemed deeply confused. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 09:33 PM (r4wIV) ------- We have a cure for that. Mary Poppins?

Posted by: NHS at August 06, 2012 05:56 PM (ybiPB)

523 By George I think buzzion has it totally nailed. Ragu is so horrible it will make you forget other horrible things like your parents banging their brains out.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 05:56 PM (HlJeY)

524 No url?

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 05:56 PM (0Db2g)

525 Just wish I had more time to send gardening.

Wish I had more time to spend makin food. Damn mortgage.

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 05:58 PM (LPlYk)

526 526 Skookumchuk, where are you from? Must be my hometown!

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 05:59 PM (cQmXn)

527 I've always hated Flo and the Progressive commercials

She looks like a chirpy bureaucrat in a sterile socialist Brave New World

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 05:59 PM (Y7XKa)

528 Chemjeff: There isn't a formula for cooking pasta - it's an art, not a science. There's no right amount of oil or time cooked or anything like that, partly because pasta varies in cross-section and composition.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 05:59 PM (bxiXv)

529

Saute onions in oil to translucent. Add minced garlic. cook just to aromatic, about 3 minutes. Add a can of diced tomatoes (i whirl mine in the blender briefly). Now put the pasta water on to boil. You will have fresh pasta sauce by the time your noodles are al dente. Add some salt and fresh basil or oregano the last 5 minutes.....

So easy a moron can do it.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 05:59 PM (HaUJF)

530 Can you add the oil to the water for cooking lasagna noodles for when you make lasagna?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:00 PM (d/5qf)

531 Not a Canuck, though much of the family is. Saskatchewan. Though I'm in Washington State.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 06:00 PM (0Db2g)

532 What the hell just happened?

Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2012 06:01 PM (LPlYk)

533 when you drain the pasta, reserve about 1/2 cup. add the noodles back to the pot, add all of the sauce, toss, then add back in the 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:01 PM (HaUJF)

534 In a place that rhymes with bentralia?

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 06:01 PM (cQmXn)

535 Chemjeff: add salt to almost everything you cook. Seriously. Not only is salt basically healthy unless you severely over do it, it acts to make things taste... more like what they do. Its a magic flavor enhancer. Cooking is basically applied chemistry and every bit helps.
Watch old episodes of Good Eats some time. Alton Brown breaks down why stuff works like it does and is very entertaining. He gets the salt/oil thing wrong in one episode though (he corrects it later).
Incidentally, Alton is a strong Christian conservative.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:01 PM (r4wIV)

536 Saute onions in oil to translucent.

Okay that is one cooking direction that I cannot stand. I cook onions and they never get "translucent", they stay white the whole time. What exactly does "translucent" mean for onions anyway?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:01 PM (d/5qf)

537 I wonder if chubby's parents served him a side of salad with ranch dressing

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 06:01 PM (Y7XKa)

538 I'm a Rochester girl. Not proudly.

Posted by: Kalneva at August 06, 2012 06:02 PM (cQmXn)

539 Well, sometimes the onions get brown. But I'm thinking that is not what "translucent" is supposed to mean.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:03 PM (d/5qf)

540 Kalneva: Nope, but when I used to drive between Seattle and Portland a lot, I thought the name of the river would be a good nic.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 06:03 PM (0Db2g)

541

You are wasting oil if you add it to the pasta water. just a little salt. If yoiu like pasta with olive oil, add it after you drain the noodles.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:03 PM (HaUJF)

542 537 Chemjeff: add salt to almost everything you cook. Seriously.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 10:01 PM

Stay where you are, the police are on their way

Posted by: Nanny Bloomberg at August 06, 2012 06:04 PM (Y7XKa)

543 "Well, sometimes the onions get brown. But I'm thinking that is not what "translucent" is supposed to mean.
Posted by: chemjeff"

That's post translucent, but still very tasty. Brown food is yummy.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 06:04 PM (d6TfZ)

544 chemjeff: You just have to saute the crap out of them. They will eventually - trust me - become translucent.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 06:05 PM (0Db2g)

545

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 10:01 PM (d/5qf)

Lower the heat. Be more patient.

...and try using yellow onions for your pasta sauce instead of white.

always fresh garlic, (don't overcook the garlic!) always add your oregano and basil after you reduce to a simmer. Otherwise they'll get bitter.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 06:05 PM (I27d2)

546 "Can you add the oil to the water for cooking lasagna noodles for when you make lasagna?"
Same process for all pasta.
By the way, just olive oil, spices, and cheese makes a pretty good sauce too, very light as well.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:05 PM (r4wIV)

547 532 Can you add the oil to the water for cooking lasagna noodles for when you make lasagna? Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 10:00 PM (d/5qf) I don't know why you wouldn't, flat noodles stick more than round ones. Just use a large amount of water. Use a tall stockpot for noodles like that. The use of oil is a religious thing, it's like Catholics vs. Protestants, some people just plain oppose it. If they try that with rice pasta, they will get a lot of undone chunks of glued pasta, though.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 06:05 PM (bxiXv)

548 What's Ragu's next commercial, little Cindy Brady catching Mike in bed?

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 06:05 PM (Y7XKa)

549

>>Brown food is yummy.

Mmmmmmm... Chocolate Lab.

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 06, 2012 06:06 PM (I27d2)

550 It takes ages to cook down onions, be aware of it. The recipes lie, and lie outrageously. They say like 5 minutes! 10 minutes! more like 20 or 30. But its worth it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:06 PM (r4wIV)

551 That's post translucent, but still very tasty. Brown food is yummy.

So where was the translucent part? It was just white --> brown

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:06 PM (d/5qf)

552 the combination of cooking tips and tacky sexual angst broke the ONT....

oh noes

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 06:07 PM (LRFds)

553 Is this the smart military blog or food network? /snark

Posted by: catman at August 06, 2012 06:07 PM (YKUmW)

554 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 09:36 PM (r4wIV)

If you have to add oil, then you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Alex at August 06, 2012 06:08 PM (m0zk1)

555 Luckily, I hate onions, so I don't have to worry about their refractive index.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 06:08 PM (bxiXv)

556 Cute American Hurdler on now.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 06:08 PM (GULKT)

557 When mom walks in on Chubby fapping to internet porn, she can grab a jar of Ragu herself

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 06:08 PM (Y7XKa)

558 Toledo. I'm not that far from The Twig though. Or its other name. UCLA (University of Celina and Lake Area) Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 09:48 PM (GULKT) *************** Mom was born in Toledo, so I'll take back the U Dayton slander. I presume the "Twig" comment was the WSU Lake campus? Funny story about Toledo. Many, many years ago, I was a construction inspector for ODOT. We were night paving on northbound I-75 on the long hill that brought 75 up from the Cincinnati valley to Mason or thereabouts. It was around midnight and there were maybe 3 of us standing around behind the barrels talking about whatever. This guy in a station wagon pulls up and has his wife roll down the window. "Can we help you?" we asked. "Is this the way to Tooleedoo?" he hollers out the window. We looked at each other and asked the only sane question: "What?!" "Tooleedoo! Is this the way to Tooleedoo?" Then his wife points to a sign about 500 yards up the road. It's a mileage sign. Dayton 39 Tipp City 87 Toledo 142 (or some such numbers) His face lights up and he points. "There! Tooleedoo! A hundred forty two miles!" As his wife rolls up the window he hits the blinker and hits the gas, happy as a stupid little fucking clam. I don't remember what state the tag for Mr. Mensa was anymore...

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 06:08 PM (eQnzo)

559

Onions will become clear if yu saute them in oil, chemjeff. cook them until they release their liquid....and the length of time depends on how fine the chop.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:09 PM (HaUJF)

560 >>Lower the heat. Be more patient. And slip into some Ragu. Now we're cooking. I'm telling you this campaign can still work.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 06:09 PM (TMB3S)

561 fuck it, I hate cooking

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:09 PM (d/5qf)

562 Well one of the neighbors of Wade has been interviewed by Fox 6 Milwaukee. Seems Wade ha girlfriend issues and neighbor thought he was finally letting it all go. Then Oak Creek happened. Wade had moved in on July 15th.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:11 PM (HlJeY)

563 Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 10:08 PM (eQnzo)

from "secret History of the NorthWest territories"

Ohio was involved in two armed border skirmishes with neighboring states losing both, and thus having to keep Toledo and Cleveland.....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 06:11 PM (LRFds)

564 Where the fuck is the ONT? Maetenloch left the country didn't he, the rat bastard.

Posted by: CausticConservative at August 06, 2012 06:11 PM (gT3jF)

565

I presume the "Twig" comment was the WSU Lake campus?

Correct. Since its a Branch of Wright State, some occasionally call it the Twig.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 06:11 PM (GULKT)

566 What does a mass-produced sauce made from Solanum lycopersicum, and inadvertently viewed parental human mating rituals have to do with one another?

That shit ain't logical.

Posted by: Science Officer Spock is confuse at August 06, 2012 06:11 PM (2Yugm)

567 This will be a smart military blog when we discuss ways of making MRE's almost edible.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:11 PM (HlJeY)

568

jarred pasta sauce is mostly junk for the price....but i use it for pizza sauce when i make home-made pizza. i add 2 teaspoons of ground fennel and some black pepper....

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:12 PM (HaUJF)

569 chemjeff, do you slice the onions very thinly? Think of sauteed, soft onions on a burger. That's what they mean by translucent. You have to saute them for quite a while.

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 06:12 PM (EflcN)

570

I just watched that ad. How out of touch can these weirdos get?

On another topic for dinner last night I browned uf a little white onion in butter and added them to some angus ground beef, a little worcherstershire sauce and a generous dose of Lowerys seasoned salt. While my son-in-law grilled up the burgers I whipped up a batch of whole wheat pasta with pecorino romano/pepper cheese sauce. I topped that off with another bottle of my favorite beer, the Old Rasputin Imperial Stout I have been hooked on lately. The meal wasn't any good. I only ate 2 of the burgers and three helpings of the pasta.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 06, 2012 06:12 PM (JKNDp)

571 I love cooking... for other people. Not only do you get to enjoy your labor, but women LOVE a guy that can cook. Plus it makes life more interesting. Its really just learning another language, and its an easy one. All those complex tough recipes really aren't that tough once you learn the basic techniques.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:12 PM (r4wIV)

572 WTF? ONT MIA!

Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2012 06:13 PM (MMC8r)

573 Almost $50,000 has been raised for the families of the Oak Creek victims.

http://fox6now.com/on-air/live-streaming/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:13 PM (HlJeY)

574 Donna, I chop the onions with one of those onion chopper things

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:13 PM (d/5qf)

575 ...and my bedroom has a 'friggin lock on the door...

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:13 PM (HaUJF)

576 "This will be a smart military blog when we discuss ways of making MRE's almost edible."
They're pretty good if you don't have to eat them more than once a week or so.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:14 PM (r4wIV)

577

rewatch the LAST 0:02 seconds. There is another man next to mom.

Wow. They've topped Double Impact Plumr.

Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2012 06:14 PM (PPgNb)

578 Chem jeff has a slap-chop. i hate cleaning them.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (HaUJF)

579 This will be a smart military blog when we discuss ways of making MRE's almost edible.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 10:11 PM (HlJeY)

P.J. O'Rourke said the Army guys in the Gulf War called them "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians."

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (EflcN)

580 I like the Newcastle Ale commercials. Dry and subtle British humor

http://tinyurl.com/cxmvjfe

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (Y7XKa)

581 578 CT,

and if you are running low on cannonballs for your brass cannon.....eat it for three weeks straight and then watch the fun begin.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (LRFds)

582 >>>This will be a smart military blog when we discuss ways of making MRE's almost edible. Step 1. Place MRE in trash. Step 2. Order Pizza

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (GE1+K)

583 "You have to saute them for quite a while."
Posted by: Donna V.

If you're going to get onions to sweat down (release their liquid so they go translucent), you're going to have to add a healthy pinch of salt, and some sort of fat, either butter or olive oil. Otherwise, no dice.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (d6TfZ)

584 Poor lad probably saw mom peeling her bean to an Obama ad.

Posted by: MacGruber at August 06, 2012 06:15 PM (gUDfN)

585 580 Chem jeff has a slap-chop. i hate cleaning them.

it's easy, just take it apart and put it on the top rack of the dishwasher

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:16 PM (d/5qf)

586 Bumboo:

http://tinyurl.com/88q99wz

But without the lime juice, it's pretty insipid. With lime juice, it's pretty good.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 06:16 PM (0Db2g)

587 579 rewatch the LAST 0:02 seconds. There is another man next to mom.

Wow. They've topped Double Impact Plumr.

Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2012 10:14 PM (PPgNb

Ragu! For when mom pulls a train and just doesn't have time to make you good food.

Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2012 06:17 PM (GULKT)

588 Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 10:15 PM (EflcN)

GIs have to be warned not to give them to indigenous non hostile personnel on Africa tours they can kill a starving person.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 06:17 PM (LRFds)

589 This will be a smart military blog when we discuss ways of making MRE's almost edible.

When I was in Korea, I soaked them in Jinro.

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 06:17 PM (HtUdo)

590

Posted by: catman at August 06, 2012 06:17 PM (YKUmW)

591 If you have to add oil, then you're doing it wrong. Posted by: Alex at August 06, 2012 10:08 PM (m0zk1) ********************* Sometimes the tomatoes just aren't in the mood as quickly. Eventually, they'll break down and it'll get wetter. Then you won't need to add any more oil.

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 06:18 PM (eQnzo)

592

fennel in pizza sauce?

that's just wrong.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 06:18 PM (I27d2)

593 Probably one of the worst commercials ever was the one back in the 70s for Nyquil ...

"Barbara... are you up?"

I think she put him to sleep with cyanide in the Nyquil

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 06:18 PM (Y7XKa)

594 I threw the dish washer in the garbage. The chopping block goes there now.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:18 PM (HaUJF)

595 oh and don't even get me fuckin' started on stupid lemon zest. I nearly tore my finger off trying to "zest" a stupid lemon.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:18 PM (d/5qf)

596 Pizza Slut .. the restaurant that serves sloppy seconds

Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2012 06:19 PM (Y7XKa)

597 Fennel goes in authentic pizza sauce. You will get that hint of anise flavor.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:19 PM (HaUJF)

598 When I was in Korea, I soaked them in Jinro. Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 10:17 PM (HtUdo) Were you trying to make them edible or recycle them into firelighters?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 06:19 PM (bxiXv)

599 Sorry!

Posted by: Chesire catman at August 06, 2012 06:20 PM (NYdB8)

600 >>Fuck it, I hate cooking Dude you're a fucking chemist. Hello? All you do is mix shit and cook it. This is the scary part of ace's manic posting, when he burns out and it turns into a cable cooking show.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 06:20 PM (TMB3S)

601 I nearly tore my finger off trying to "zest" a stupid lemon.
Posted by: chemjeff"

I use lemon zest and the juice in a lot of recipes. It adds a wonderful depth of flavor. If you don't want to zest, just use the fresh juice.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 06:20 PM (d6TfZ)

602 "Chem jeff has a slap-chop. i hate cleaning them."
I got one of those. It sounds cheesy as hell but it works really well. Just sounds like you're pounding nails. But yeah, no fun to clean. We don't have of them new fangled fancy dish washing machines.
Why don't you go play the grande piano!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:20 PM (r4wIV)

603 Ohio was involved in two armed border skirmishes with neighboring states losing both, and thus having to keep Toledo and Cleveland..... Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 10:11 PM (LRFds) *************** lolz. At least they didn't lose so badly they had to take Detroit, too!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 06:20 PM (eQnzo)

604 600 When I was in Korea, I soaked them in Jinro.
Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 10:17 PM (HtUdo)

Were you trying to make them edible or recycle them into firelighters?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 10:19 PM (bxiXv)

Or he was aiming for flaming poop to get out bunker duty in the DMZ.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:21 PM (HlJeY)

605

>>Fennel goes in authentic pizza sauce

No. It doesn't.

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 06:21 PM (I27d2)

606 I'm guessing the kid either walked in on mommy and the milkman or daddy and the nanny because no married couples actually have sex.

Posted by: MrCaniac at August 06, 2012 06:21 PM (1grxW)

607 The thrust of our enemies has always been to our religion and our morals.

You can take your pick of enemies. Inside and outside.

Posted by: Hylozoic at August 06, 2012 06:21 PM (Vh0f5)

608 Dude you're a fucking chemist. Hello? All you do is mix shit and cook it.

In the lab, I don't have to eat what I make

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 06:21 PM (d/5qf)

609 MRE's can't be any worse that c-rations. I was in from 68-72. Literally some of the c-rats were made in the 50's. Before we would open it we would squeeze the bags of hot chocolate powder. If dust came out of multiple small holes worms had got to it and we threw it away. There was one particularly pick you could get, which we refered to as ham and mutherf......rs. It was comprized of damn little ham and a few lima beans the size of your big toe.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 06, 2012 06:21 PM (JKNDp)

610 I think we about to have a war over fennel.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:22 PM (HlJeY)

611

Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2012 10:18 PM (d/5qf)

After buying a mandoline at a yard sale and saying to my wife "watch this", I bled for two hours. Always use the guard.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:22 PM (HaUJF)

612 I would have served ditalini and large elbow macaroni.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 06, 2012 06:22 PM (GE1+K)

613

Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 10:15 PM (d6TfZ)

I usually use olive oil.

Zesting lemons irritates me too. You're supposed to make sure the white doesn't get into the zest because it will make the zest bitter. How can you possibly avoid the white?

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 06:22 PM (EflcN)

614 Luckily, I hate onions, so I don't have to worry about their refractive index.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 10:08 PM (bxiXv)

Oh no, not me. This time of year when walla walla onions are fresh I eat them like apples. When I go fishing I will just take a chunk of smoked salmon and a walla walla onion for lunch. Excellant.

Posted by: robtr at August 06, 2012 06:23 PM (MtwBb)

615 Were you trying to make them edible or recycle them into firelighters?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 10:19 PM (bxiXv)
Or he was aiming for flaming poop to get out bunker duty in the DMZ.

Yes.

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at August 06, 2012 06:24 PM (HtUdo)

616 Ohio Dan, the Chicken a la King. If you ate it in the dark and never looked at it, you would think its a great meal. In the cold light of morning and its your breakfast, barf city as you can now see the arteries strange mystery meat chunks and other stuff.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:24 PM (HlJeY)

617 War of the Fennel... Is that the one where the French surrendered to the Italians?

Posted by: Chesire catman at August 06, 2012 06:25 PM (YKUmW)

618 "How can you possibly avoid the white?"
Posted by: Donna V.

It's all in the technique. Short, shallow swipes on the zester, and turn the lemon often. Don't stay in one place for more than one swipe. It's so worth it.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 06, 2012 06:25 PM (d6TfZ)

619 Finnochio!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 06, 2012 06:26 PM (HaUJF)

620 With Alfredo

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 06, 2012 06:26 PM (GE1+K)

621 >>How can you possibly avoid the white? Move to Atlanta. Or, buy a zester.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 06:26 PM (TMB3S)

622 I don't care one whit if food is authentic, I want it to taste good. I won't eat bad-tasting food because it's authentic. Everyone has their priorities, though.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 06:26 PM (bxiXv)

623 I agree, but it is hard to zest a lemon. If you can do it though: really wonderful flavor.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 06, 2012 06:27 PM (r4wIV)

624 Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 10:08 PM (eQnzo)

They were Canadians from Canadia.

Posted by: Hylozoic at August 06, 2012 06:27 PM (Vh0f5)

625 Chesire catman, yes. Until the Italians insisted on the French trying their wine.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:27 PM (HlJeY)

626 Use a fine rasp (clean) for zesting. Move the lemon, not the rasp, and move it often. Practice. Ruin a few lemons to get a feel for it.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2012 06:27 PM (bxiXv)

627 How can you possibly avoid the white? Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 10:22 PM (EflcN) *********************** We have rules against this sort of racist talk on this here blog. RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 06:28 PM (eQnzo)

628

>>Finnochio!

va fongool! with your finnochio ona da pizza!

Posted by: garrett at August 06, 2012 06:28 PM (I27d2)

629 I'm guessing the kid either walked in on mommy and the milkman or daddy and the nanny because no married couples actually have sex.

It was the 22 year old that mommy picked up at the Wal*Mart, based on what I saw.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 06, 2012 06:28 PM (QTHTd)

630 Also, c-rats came with a pack of cigarettes. Three to a pack as I recall. I didn't smoke and gave mine away. Also, the Marine Corps figured if they were going to go to war we were old enough to have a f**king beer. I hate this nanny state shit.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 06, 2012 06:28 PM (JKNDp)

631 Perfect job for Chris Christie when Romney is elected. Have him tell the kids what is good to eat instead of Michelle Obama.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 06:29 PM (HlJeY)

632 It's all in the technique. Short, shallow swipes on the zester, and turn the lemon often. Don't stay in one place for more than one swipe. It's so worth it. That may be the sexiest thing I have ever read on this blog.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 06:30 PM (TMB3S)

633 Have him tell the kids what is good to eat instead of Michelle Obama.

Trust me, Michelle Obama is never good to eat

Posted by: Barry O. (or a reasonable fascimile thereof) at August 06, 2012 06:30 PM (d/5qf)

634

It's all in the technique. Short, shallow swipes

That's what she said!

Posted by: Michael Scott at August 06, 2012 06:31 PM (I27d2)

635

My experience with MREs was the better they sound, the worse they taste.

OT: How is it that the more strict police state we build, the more barbaric the population gets?

Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 06:31 PM (OQpzc)

636 633 Perfect job for Chris Christie when Romney is elected. Have him tell the kids what is good to eat instead of Michelle Obama. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 06, 2012 10:29 PM (HlJeY) ************************ Stay outta da hood, an' da Wal-Mart, and almost ANYONE is better to eat than the First Wookie!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 06:32 PM (eQnzo)

637 The Mexican stuff isn't bad, as is any macaroni and chili. The "pork ribs comma imitation" are not bad. Crackers, cookies, pound cake, not too bad. Stay away from the beef in any form. Like eating soggy cardboard in canned beef gravy.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 06, 2012 06:34 PM (0Db2g)

638 Posted by: Invictos at August 06, 2012 10:31 PM (OQpzc)

at our hearts we are a rebellious highly competitive population....when big Daddy controls all possible healthy outlets we find unhealthy ones.

Posted by: sven10077 at August 06, 2012 06:34 PM (LRFds)

639 We have rules against this sort of racist talk on this here blog.

RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 06, 2012 10:28 PM (eQnzo)

No, it would have been racist if I had said "how do you avoid the black?" Nothing you say against the white can be racist.

Posted by: Donna V. at August 06, 2012 06:35 PM (EflcN)

640 That may be the sexiest thing I have ever read on this blog. Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2012 10:30 PM (TMB3S) You should hear her read "50 Shaves of Yellow"

Posted by: The Zester at August 06, 2012 06:50 PM (KZi9D)

641 Hey, how about teaching Chunk McTubberson how to hold a freaking fork? Rubes.

Posted by: TheJotus at August 07, 2012 04:52 AM (JKTeS)

642 You notice he just says "Mom". I wonder which Mom he was calling when he wandered in on a rug munching session. Hmm, Ragu, no hate in this sauce.

Posted by: Adam Smith at August 07, 2012 12:16 PM (//EOx)

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