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I saw this MasterCard/Masterpass commercial last night, and it made me laugh thinking of how it probably applied to many of us who own Pelikan pens.

 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wtnt/mastercard-masterpass-pelican-took-my-wallet

 

For me, Pelikan took my wallet last year when I saw the M800 Grand Place pen.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=pelikan+grand+place+m800&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=simvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk7bDNy97WAhVHJiYKHXyoDOUQ_AUIEygC&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=cbmIiidcG8TEqM:

 

How about you-did Pelikan take your wallet?

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Dial 0800-h-o-s-t-a-g-e.de when wild Pelikans circle low.....there are professional insurance adjusters at work...(unless they are on vacation. One must remember everyone in Germany has six weeks of vacation that by law must be taken; not paid off.). So Please Hold the Line. In the mean while do as you are told......

Renascence or Grand Place might hold them off.

 

There I'd just gotten my wallet out of intensive care because of a bad case of 'bent back', so was easy game to those crafty Pelikans because he was on crutches.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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I hadn't seen that commercial, but it is hilarious! Thanks for that.

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." -Pablo Picasso


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They sure did with the Renaissance Brown, and would have with the Royal Gold if my wallet had been bigger.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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A great commercial ... thanks for posting!

 

My news channels seem to be full of ads for one's health/disabilities/frustrations. The voice-overs are speeded-up warnings of side effects that are worse than the ailment.

 

Hey, Rachel Maddow, have those ad reps get some sponsors with a sense of humor!

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Haha, yes, I definitely relate. Most recently, with the Pelikan Green o' green which I am re-adding to my "flock." Hopefully they won't gang up on me and demand ransom...

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Yeah, dropped um, (lots of money) last spring on an M400 in striated blue and slightly more (lots of money) on one of the M400 Stresemanns. :blush: Come to think of it, ALL the pens I own for which I paid in excess of $150 US are Pelikans.... :huh:

That ad, by the way, is HILARIOUS! (Wonder how they got the bird to cooperate: smearing the wallet with fish maybe?)

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I've gone one better. Pelikan not only has my wallet, they're my financial planner. Oddly, they have me investing heavily in fountain pens.

PELIKAN - Too many birds in the flock to count. My pen chest has proven to be a most fertile breeding ground.

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Come to think of it, ALL the pens I own for which I paid in excess of $150 US are Pelikans.... :huh:

 

What a co-incidence! Mine, too.

It's hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on.

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Nice comercial. I had a good laugh.

 

 

I've gone one better. Pelikan not only has my wallet, they're my financial planner. Oddly, they have me investing heavily in fountain pens.

 

:lol:

I believe we share the same financial planner!

Apparently, after retirement I'll have to live on diet of ink!

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Great commercial!

 

Very thankfully, I do not watch TV and so do not see the commercials.

 

I recently purchased a near new blue striated Pelikan 400. Since then, I have been hearing these faint knockings at my door. When I look out I don't see anything. One time I saw something but didn't know what it was. But my neighbor said there has been what appears to be a large bird stalking around my house. I wonder . . .

"Today will be gone in less than 24 hours. When it is gone, it is gone. Be wise, but enjoy! - anonymous today

 

 

 

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Great commercial!

 

Very thankfully, I do not watch TV and so do not see the commercials.

 

Anymore, we mostly record stuff to the DVR except for news, and then fast forward over the ads. And even when watching stuff live, we turn the sound off. My brother-in-law's wife was like "But you have to pay MORE attention to the ads that way...." Nope. That's why we have DVR (and TIVO before that -- I can just run stuff back to the beginning of the story.

I wish there was some similar option for internet ads. Just went through the BS last night after complaining (again) about ads for mens' underwear (and not, BTW, the brand my husband wears) showing up in email for various publications by F+W Media. I actually went online and complained to the company and said if I ever get "targeted" with another crotch shot ad from them I'll report them to the NYS Attorney General. So they told me how to opt out from Criteo. We'll see how well that *actually* works....

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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