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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0173_01CCBFBF.521D4350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Indeed, a manatee. Accuracy is, obviously, not the goal of the = commercial. Laurie Murison Grand Manan, NB ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dusan Soudek=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 10:59 PM Subject: [NatureNS] marine mammals in odd TV commercial on CBC TV Have you seen the odd commercial for a premium credit card that's = been running on CBC TV lately? I usually see it during The National = after 10 PM.=20 The commercial shows a couple of vacationers observing a dolphin = performing all kinds of tricks. The voiceover is that it is a young = dolphin. Then it shows a wrinkled "old dolphin," that doesn't perform = any tricks. It is motionless and just looks out of the water.=20 The voiceover implies that this "old dolphin" is boring as it = doesn't do any tricks. Except that the "old dolphin" looks very much = like a manatee to me... Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0173_01CCBFBF.521D4350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Indeed, a manatee. Accuracy is, = obviously,=20 not the goal of the commercial.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Grand Manan, NB</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsoudekd@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan=20 Soudek</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 20, = 2011 10:59=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] marine = mammals in odd=20 TV commercial on CBC TV</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Have you seen the odd commercial for = a=20 premium credit card that's been running on CBC TV lately? I = usually see=20 it during The National after 10 PM. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The commercial shows a = couple=20 of vacationers observing a dolphin performing all kinds of = tricks. The=20 voiceover is that it is a young dolphin. Then it shows a wrinkled "old = dolphin," that doesn't perform any tricks. It is motionless = and just=20 looks out of the water. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The voiceover implies that this = "old=20 dolphin" is boring as it doesn't do any tricks. Except that the "old=20 dolphin" looks very much like a manatee to = me...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> = </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0173_01CCBFBF.521D4350--
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