Missing the Point

October 9th, 2005

Filed under: General

  • The slogan for the new Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle: Sometimes it’s hard to hide*
    Which makes me think that either Kawasaki or their advertising company doesn’t quite grasp the idea of “ninja” all that well.
  • After finishing second in the NASCAR race today, Greg Biffle commented “I was hounding him like a cat ready to pounce.”
    Cat a cat really hound, or can only dogs do that?

*I’m probably paraphrasing slightly, I’ve only seen the ad once, and spent most of it laughing.

4 Responses to “ Missing the Point ”

  1. Mark Anderson
    October 10th, 2005 at 1:40 pm

    Biffle isn’t the sharpest tack.

    At least, he’s understandable when he talks.

    It is much more fun when Sterling Marlin does something of note and
    gets interviewed. Then, you can get out your Rural Tennessian to
    English dictionary and try to do a translation on the fly.

    HA!

    puff

  2. Scott
    October 10th, 2005 at 1:44 pm
    Official Comment

    Jeff Foxworthy does a great bit where he explains that the reason the other drivers don’t like Jeff Gordon is because us enunciates.

  3. Nate
    October 10th, 2005 at 3:10 pm

    I think the Kawa ad might be trying to imply that ninjas are hard to hide from, but I haven’t seen it, and the wording does sound unfortunate.

  4. Scott
    October 10th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
    Official Comment

    The ad has someone driving a bright green Ninja motocycle being followed by enemy “agents” in helicopters, cars, etc.
    I saw it during American Choppers 2 weeks ago…maybe it will be on again tonight.

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