Why...?

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:16:34 -0400, [email protected] wrote:

>Why is Billy Maize yelling at me in his commercials. Does he think I
>can't hear..? Why would anyone hire this person to sell anything. If the
>general public has the same reaction to his voice that I do, they are
>all switching the channel until he's done yelling..

Why do you use WebTV?

"Oren" <Oren@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:16:34 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>Why is Billy Maize yelling at me in his commercials. Does he think I
>>can't hear..? Why would anyone hire this person to sell anything. If the
>>general public has the same reaction to his voice that I do, they are
>>all switching the channel until he's done yelling..

I can't stand him either, but you know his name and, most likely, several
of the products he hawks. The reason he is doing it is because it works!

> Why do you use WebTV?
>
--
Herb
[email protected]

[email protected] wrote in news:23410-487A7EC2-1346@storefull-
3271.bay.webtv.net:

> Why is Billy Maize yelling at me in his commercials. Does he think I
> can't hear..? Why would anyone hire this person to sell anything. If the
> general public has the same reaction to his voice that I do, they are
> all switching the channel until he's done yelling..
>

Between you and Billy Mays, just who is the fool?

Excerpt from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays

"Mays currently resides in Odessa, Florida, northwest of Tampa in a 1.8
million dollar home built in 2005."


And just why DO you use WebTV? That's like powering a boat by putting a
straw in the water and blowing in it.

Red Green wrote:

>in2-dadark@webtv.net wrote in news:23410-487A7EC2-1346@storefull-
>3271.bay.webtv.net:
>
>
>
>>Why is Billy Maize yelling at me in his commercials. Does he think I
>>can't hear..? Why would anyone hire this person to sell anything. If the
>>general public has the same reaction to his voice that I do, they are
>>all switching the channel until he's done yelling..
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
I refuse to remember the name of any product he advertises, and if I did
remember I would not
buy it. He is SO IRRITATING..........second place goes to the Direct TV
commercial that
has been running for at least five years. Only reason I remember that
one is that we already
had the product and it is permanent :o)

Billy sells insurance now.

>Between you and Billy Mays, just who is the fool?
>
>Excerpt from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays
>
>"Mays currently resides in Odessa, Florida, northwest of Tampa in a 1.8
>million dollar home built in 2005."
>
>
>
>
That figures.

>And just why DO you use WebTV? That's like powering a boat by putting a
>straw in the water and blowing in it.
>
>
Some folks like to go slow :o) Never tried it, but by the time Windows
comes out with another
version or two of Windows, I may have to quit. All it does for me is
throw more advertising at
me. The next generation will probably be holographs that slide in under
the door :o)

Norminn <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Red Green wrote:
>
>>in2-dadark@webtv.net wrote in news:23410-487A7EC2-1346@storefull-
>>3271.bay.webtv.net:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Why is Billy Maize yelling at me in his commercials. Does he think I
>>>can't hear..? Why would anyone hire this person to sell anything. If
>>>the general public has the same reaction to his voice that I do, they
>>>are all switching the channel until he's done yelling..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
> I refuse to remember the name of any product he advertises, and if I
> did remember I would not
> buy it. He is SO IRRITATING

Can't argue with that.

> ..........second place goes to the Direct TV
> commercial that
> has been running for at least five years. Only reason I remember that
> one is that we already
> had the product and it is permanent :o)
>
> Billy sells insurance now.
>
>>Between you and Billy Mays, just who is the fool?
>>
>>Excerpt from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays
>>
>>"Mays currently resides in Odessa, Florida, northwest of Tampa in a
>>1.8 million dollar home built in 2005."
>>
>>
>>
>>
> That figures.
>
>>And just why DO you use WebTV? That's like powering a boat by putting
>>a straw in the water and blowing in it.
>>
>>
> Some folks like to go slow :o) Never tried it, but by the time
> Windows comes out with another
> version or two of Windows, I may have to quit. All it does for me is
> throw more advertising at
> me. The next generation will probably be holographs that slide in
> under the door :o)

3D-lifesize holographs via point & click menus. Weeeee-doggie!

Between you and Billy Mays, just who is the fool?
Excerpt from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays
"Mays currently resides in Odessa, Florida, northwest of Tampa in a 1.8
million dollar home built in 2005."
And just why DO you use WebTV? That's like powering a boat by putting a
straw in the water and blowing in it.
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I have a vacation home in the poconos and a home in the Stuart, Florida
area not far from Tiger woods.. But Billie's got me beat even if he has
just that one house (which I doubt)... Guess I'll have to speak a lot
LOUDER...

I use webtv mostly because it's easy to use in 2 different homes and I
can also use my computer..Less hassle. I occasionally get high speed
cable DSL when there is a sale.

This month they have a free 50 dollar gas card and free install here up
north. So, I'll get caught up on some work things and download some
good music and shut it off when I follow the flock south.... Don't stay
on line enough to justify keeping so much tied up in computing..

I use webtv because it is vasty superior to my computer. There is no
high speed internet available in my area so I have to use dialup. My
webtv will get on line in a little over one minute. The computer (Dell
with Windows Vista) takes 15 minutes to get to the same point. With the
webtv I can relax on the sofa with a cat on my lap and use my 27 inch TV
for the monitor without having to wear my glasses. With the computer, I
have to sit at a desk and wear reading glasses. Newsgroups and email
are much easier with the webtv.


---MIKE---
>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (---MIKE---) wrote:

> I use webtv because it is vasty superior to my computer. There is no
> high speed internet available in my area so I have to use dialup. My
> webtv will get on line in a little over one minute. The computer (Dell
> with Windows Vista) takes 15 minutes to get to the same point. With the
> webtv I can relax on the sofa with a cat on my lap and use my 27 inch TV
> for the monitor without having to wear my glasses. With the computer, I
> have to sit at a desk and wear reading glasses. Newsgroups and email
> are much easier with the webtv.
>
>
> ---MIKE---
> >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
> >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

AISI, there are two reasons your computer is so slow:

1. It's a PC
2. You're using Vista

So I'd rephrase your assertion to say that your computer is vastly
inferior to your webtv.