February 13/14

Okay, so Etienne and I do enjoy a good commercial when we see one (the Golden Lions are becoming an annual tradition), but when we see a commercial too often or one that is flawed, we jump on it.  Like this one:


In this 33 second spot, we see the boy with the balloons arrive, and the girl in the building being all giddy at the window.  We see him take off his hat, and we see a ring box in his hand behind the back.

Etienne and I have speculated on what's going on here.  First of all, where'd his hat go?  If he's got one hand solidly on the massive cascade of balloons, and he uses the other to remove the hat, but also to hide the ring behind his back, what did he do with that stupid hat??

Second, how did she know to go to the window?  Etienne speculated that he called her to go to the window, and she was all "okay!"  But I know how that conversation would go, and it would not be slick at all:

Him: "Hey babe, can you do me a favour and walk to your window?"
Her: "Why?"
Him: "Can you just come to the window?"
Her: "Why?  What's going on?" *grows suspicious*
Him: "There's just something I want to show you."
Her: "Well then just come up."
Him: *exasperated* "No, I can't.  Can you just come to the window?"
Her: "Oh my gawd, is something happening?  What is it?"
Him: "You know what?  Forget it.  Nevermind."
Her: "What?  No!  Tell me!  Please?"
Him: "No."
Her: "C'mon, please?  Okay, I'll come to the window."
Him: "Fine."

Why?  Because when we girls get strange requests from our longtime boyfriends or girlfriends, we know something's up.  So, the phone call beckoning her to the window is clearly out of the running.

We've mocked this commercial every time.

Well, at least one mystery is solved:



The answer is that the dude was probably going to stand out in the cold with those balloons until someone, anyone from her office noticed him standing there and called her over.  Mission accomplished, right?

Not entirely.  We still don't know what happened to that stupid hat.

Anxiously awaiting this year's Golden Lions...

...Wish you were here.