Just about every Drug company and retirement fund in the world uses
Sailboat in it's commericals.

What's with that?

Joe

Joe wrote:
Just about every Drug company and retirement fund in the world uses
Sailboat in it's commericals.

What's with that?

Joe

It sells...the mystique of the sea...the allure of money (many have the
misconception that only rich people sail)...ot's a metaphore for life as
it should be....

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
Just about every Drug company and retirement fund in the world uses
Sailboat in it's commericals.

What's with that?

Pharm. companies: the implication that only *healthy* people can sail and
enjoy "the good life."

Retirement funds: the implication that only wealthy people can afford
sailboats.

Max

Maxprop wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
Just about every Drug company and retirement fund in the world uses
Sailboat in it's commericals.

What's with that?

Pharm. companies: the implication that only *healthy* people can sail and
enjoy "the good life."


OK, so it's lies in advertising. But we know that. Look around this
newsgroup of sailors. Have you ever read an unhealthier lot?

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Pharm. companies: the implication that only *healthy* people can sail
and enjoy "the good life."


Well, they put sailboats in the ads because you need
something for girls in bikinis to stand on.


Flying Tadpole wrote:
OK, so it's lies in advertising. But we know that. Look around this
newsgroup of sailors. Have you ever read an unhealthier lot?


I'm waiting for Bobsprit's review of which computer monitor
gives the best tan.

DSK

One of my charters this year never left the dock.
It was a photo shoot for blood pressure medicine.
They would have taken all day if I hadn't warned them
of a front coming through.

I think it is because sailing is one thing people work
for for years. And of course many people when they
turn their attention that way are too old with weak
hearts and so forth to actually sail.

So they market what people want (the sailing dream)
with the patch solution (medicine).

Joe wrote:
Just about every Drug company and retirement fund in the world uses
Sailboat in it's commericals.

What's with that?

Joe

wrote:
One of my charters this year never left the dock.
It was a photo shoot for blood pressure medicine.
They would have taken all day if I hadn't warned them
of a front coming through.

I think it is because sailing is one thing people work
for for years. And of course many people when they
turn their attention that way are too old with weak
hearts and so forth to actually sail.

So they market what people want (the sailing dream)
with the patch solution (medicine).

Joe wrote:
Just about every Drug company and retirement fund in the world uses
Sailboat in it's commericals.

What's with that?

Joe

The commercial I take issue with is the one for rheumatoid
arthritis.saying or implying that if you take that meducation, you can
sail your boat. I've only known 3 people with that disease and even in
controlled stages they suffered from spontaneous bone fracture...

"katy" wrote
| The commercial I take issue with is the one for rheumatoid
| arthritis.saying or implying that if you take that meducation, you can
| sail your boat. I've only known 3 people with that disease and even in
| controlled stages they suffered from spontaneous bone fracture...



My grandma had rheumatoid arthritis. She had swollen and painful joints.
She never had broken bones from it. I think your thinking of osteoarthritis.


Cheers,
Ellen

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"katy" wrote
| The commercial I take issue with is the one for rheumatoid
| arthritis.saying or implying that if you take that meducation, you can
| sail your boat. I've only known 3 people with that disease and even in
| controlled stages they suffered from spontaneous bone fracture...



My grandma had rheumatoid arthritis. She had swollen and painful joints.
She never had broken bones from it. I think your thinking of osteoarthritis.


Cheers,
Ellen
No...I'm not. Osteoarthritis is just plain old arthritis...many older
people claimed they had what they called rheumatiz...but it was just
adbanced arthritis. Both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporisos cause
spontanous fracture with bery little to trigger it. Do a Google...

"katy" wrote in message
...
Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"katy" wrote | The commercial I take issue with
is the one for rheumatoid | arthritis.saying or implying that if you take
that meducation, you can | sail your boat. I've only known 3 people with
that disease and even in | controlled stages they suffered from
spontaneous bone fracture...



My grandma had rheumatoid arthritis. She had swollen and painful
joints.
She never had broken bones from it. I think your thinking of
osteoarthritis.


Cheers,
Ellen
No...I'm not. Osteoarthritis is just plain old arthritis...many older
people claimed they had what they called rheumatiz...but it was just
adbanced arthritis. Both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporisos cause
spontanous fracture with bery little to trigger it. Do a Google...

I believe the osteoporosis is the key to such fractures, Katy.

Max