tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1941350814906296409..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: "Selling ice to Eskimos"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57190854372283807622011-04-14T01:29:18.495-07:002011-04-14T01:29:18.495-07:00You're welcome to your opinion, Anonymous #2. ...You're welcome to your opinion, Anonymous #2. But if you can't say what's wrong with my pitch or do a better one yourself, your opinion doesn't mean much.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-17050928207555068642011-04-04T10:50:55.681-07:002011-04-04T10:50:55.681-07:00Pitch one sucks.
Pitch two sucks.
Sorry Rob, but...Pitch one sucks.<br /><br />Pitch two sucks.<br /><br />Sorry Rob, but your pitch sucks too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-69280334352542267072011-04-04T02:54:27.929-07:002011-04-04T02:54:27.929-07:00Agreed about almost everything, but I'd just l...Agreed about almost everything, but I'd just like to point out that more Inuit speak Inuit languages/dialects than English.<br /><br />You seem to be forgetting the Greenland Inuit, for whom English, if they learn it through education, is a third language(with Kalaallisut, an Inuit dialect, first, and Danish second). So the usage of "Inuit" might not be erroneous, since you and I can't know, which it is they're speaking in the ad - Inuktitut, Kalaallisut, one of the Alskan dialects etc.<br /><br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_languageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-84484441017459821022011-04-04T01:39:02.981-07:002011-04-04T01:39:02.981-07:00Yikes, both are pretty terrible. I must say the a...Yikes, both are pretty terrible. I must say the average Aussie and Kiwi are not aware that "Eskimo" is offensive because it has never been used as a slur here. Well they weren't aware until this http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/2349017/Eskimo-lollies-rile-InuitJainehttp://www.alivenotdead.com/jainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-35113724049205571902011-04-03T16:15:26.400-07:002011-04-03T16:15:26.400-07:00No, but if someone wanted to hire me as a creative...No, but if someone wanted to hire me as a creative consultant, I wouldn't turn them down. <br /><br />My ice commercial is worth $10,000 but I'll sell it for $5,000...a bargain!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-83333884283470355922011-04-03T13:26:24.830-07:002011-04-03T13:26:24.830-07:00I found the second a bit more offensive than the f...I found the second a bit more offensive than the first but both were kind of meh overall. Your idea is much better. Does this mean you're going to start a little business on the side?nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902970183089919383noreply@blogger.com