Friday, February 24, 2017
Not the intended audience?
A completely puzzling radio PSA has been playing recently. It features a sound FX that is allegedly familiar. It's not familiar to me.
The FX sounds to me like tapping an engine block with a wrench, followed by spitting on the engine. Kadink kadink Phoof!
The ad is trying to do a Pavlovian association. The wrench and spit sound repeats, followed by a verbal command "Fake the Vöt."
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
After this goes on for a while, the announcer says something about avoiding food waste.
Obviously I'm not the intended audience because I don't waste a lot of food. Each day I throw away exactly three eggshells and one tomato stem.
Maybe people who waste food keep a pet engine block and wrench in their kitchen, and engage in this strange ceremony of tapping and spitting. Maybe they need to be reminded that Faking the Vöt is a bad idea. Or a good idea. It's beyond me.
¶ 6:06 AM 
The ad is trying to do a Pavlovian association. The wrench and spit sound repeats, followed by a verbal command "Fake the Vöt."
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
Kadink kadink Phoof! Fake the Vöt.
After this goes on for a while, the announcer says something about avoiding food waste.
Obviously I'm not the intended audience because I don't waste a lot of food. Each day I throw away exactly three eggshells and one tomato stem.
Maybe people who waste food keep a pet engine block and wrench in their kitchen, and engage in this strange ceremony of tapping and spitting. Maybe they need to be reminded that Faking the Vöt is a bad idea. Or a good idea. It's beyond me.
¶ 6:06 AM
