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You have got to be kidding me.

  • Oct. 30th, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Holy facepalm!
When you call the Michigan Department Of Treasury, and they put you on hold, they have this music, like string quartet chamber music, and they run spoken advertisements over it. It sounds like a commercial break on NPR, okay.

Imagine this music, this sort of non-emotional, Baroque string arrangement, with a man's voice droning, "Did you know that one in seven children who use online chatrooms have been approached by pedophiles?"

WAT?

It's better than the Tim Allen narrated Michigan commercials, though.

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[info]girlsknowbest wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 07:19 pm (UTC)
oh man.

here's what you do:

CALL BACK.
PUT IT ON SPEAKER PHONE.
FROM YOUR CELL PHONE,
DO AN ELJAY VOICEPOST.
RECORD IT.

THE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR.
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[info]gwynethfar wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 07:21 pm (UTC)
I would, but I've been on hold for freaking ever, and they'd probably choose that very moment to pick up.

The number I called is (517) 636-5265, if you want to experience the magic.
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[info]girlsknowbest wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 07:36 pm (UTC)
hahah. I'd like to tone down my enthusiasm now, please.

Man, I need to get out of this house.
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[info]sunsetsinthewes wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 07:37 pm (UTC)
It's better than the Tim Allen narrated Michigan commercials, though.

THOSE CRACK ME UP.
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[info]gwynethfar wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 07:41 pm (UTC)
I know, right? Like, "Um, don't you have like, a felony on the books here? And don't we have some cooler celebrities who could do this? Like Madonna? Or Magic? Or freaking Jeff Daniels?"
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[info]sunsetsinthewes wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 07:50 pm (UTC)
All it seems to promote is "Wow. Uh, I guess Michigan really doesn't have anything going for it, if they're using Tim Allen. Honey, cancel that vacation, let's got to the Dells instead."
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[info]gwynethfar wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 01:48 pm (UTC)
I love the one for Detroit. It conveniently overlooks the fact that there are only three reasons to go to Detroit: baseball, drugs and casinos. In that order.
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