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Comments
Good joke, but your tag line at the end of the video is incorrect.
The joke is NOT a public service of your newspaper.
It IS ad-sponsored. (I had to sit through an ad before the joke.)
Nothing wrong with that, but I'm surprised one as accurate as you let this slip through.
Posted by: mike | December 27, 2010 11:30 AM
Mike's right and I, for one, am getting bored with the BP-is-our-friend message.
Posted by: Eve | December 27, 2010 6:18 PM
The BP ad is gone now, its an ad for USAA insurance.
Good joke though, thanks for doing them.
Posted by: PCB Rob | December 29, 2010 8:42 AM