Oil-rich sheikhs declare jihad on Nissan

Apologize--then put the House of Saud out of business. Thinking stereotypically, something harkening back to the days of the Panay incident. Something perfunctory and pro-forma, along the lines of "so sorry; most regrettable."

Oh for God's sake!!!

What's next to whine about? The color of the sky because only infidels have blue eyes?

The Nissan advertisement is brilliant, perfect for the Western market, or for the market of all those fed up with the spectacle of trillions flowing, in the largest transfer of wealth in humanh history, to some of the most undeserving, hostile, lazy, greedy, cruel people (ask the millions upon millions of foreign wage-slaves) in the world, who to rake in money without the slightest effort on their part. They didn't even discover the oil themselves, and can't, by themselves, drill or produce or export the oil. They can only demand, and get, royalties from that oil and that gas.

This ad, for the new energy-saving car being developed in Israel (and elsewhere), "shows a group of Arab oil barons enraged at the sight of a Nissan car. Their leader flies into a rage and starts banging the bonnet of his own stretch limo. He bellows (this is one of the sub-titled bits) 'My God destroy your home! Hawks should peck at you day and night. . be cursed.'"

Not part of the ad, but now a part of history, is this:

"Then the MBC news presenter, a young woman with dyed blond hair a fetching low top and white trouser suit interviews a real Saudi Representative who declares that Nissan must be punished and boycotted and demands an apology."

The ad that should run all over the United States, once the car is on the market, and that will have fantastic appeal, would combine the original ad, and then the tape of the "Saudi Representative who declares that Nisson must be punished and boycotted and demands an apology."

If I had money, I would start buying stock in Nissan right now. With that advertisement, and with that promised car -- to be sold first in Denmark and Israel, so for god's sake hurry up -- it will be irresistible to Western consumers.

And so will all other ads that are based on an intelligent recognition that the the Saudis and other rich Arabs of the Gulf, who are raking in their ill-gotten (not gotten at all, merely acquired, through an accident of geology, this fantastic soaking up, and then piling up, and then sinisterly deploying part of) trillions, have become the object of growing fury all over the Westen world. And that energetic fury should be the fuel of a campaign to lessen the use of oil, one based not exclusively on environmental concerns, but also on the widespread recognition of how unpleasant, undeserving and dangerous those Muslim sellers of oil really are.

That kind of fury, that mounting and justified hostility, should not be tamped down. Nor should it be ignored. These are feelings to be exploited, the way all popular passions can be exploited, for the greater good, in wartime. This is wartime. If Nissan, and other manufacturers of oil-avoiding cars, increase their sales and their market share by the use of such advertisements, and of course they will, all the better.

Even someone indifferent to or ignorant of the meaning and menace of Islam, someone perhaps concerned exclusively about what is now undeniable -- anthropogenic climate change, proceeding at a rate unheard of in millions of years -- should welcome any and all efforts to exploit popular passions for the sake of the greater good, that of getting off oil.

Besides, there is nothing good to say about the Saudis or the other rich Arabs. Their lands are cultural wastelands, and will remain so, even if a "branch" of the Louvre is put up in Dubai, with succursales of assorted well-compensated Western universities also arriving by the day, but to teach what subjects, and in what spirit, and with what reception by Muslim students, if they remain true to Islam? The point of all this branchifying and succursaling is unclear. Few Muslims can add to the store of Western or indeed to the rich store of world art, save in the most limited of ways - some architecture, some Arabic calligraphy, and possibly a landscape or two, along with all those geometric designs and abstract curlicues, that is if those soi-disant artists are to remain true to what Islam commands, and what Islam prohibits.

And that's about it.

Do the Saudis even own a Nissan? I thought their car of choice were Mercedes, Lamborghini, Royls Royce etc??

Oh, everyone always has to apologize to the Barbarians! Is this a cosmic joke, or what? LOL

The Saudi's are not laughing at the commercial, they are laughing all the way to the bank.

...I love my 350Z.

ha ha ha... oh boy these are always the best. I love it when they get angry. You know this is the best tactic for us to attack everything about Islam, Sharia and Arab Imperialism. Make fun of them, ridicule Islam and Sharia every way possible. They just cannot stand it. That is their weakness. It can be costly in the sense that these barbarians and thugs will riot and threaten but that cost is well worth the peace and survival of the civilization beyond the boundaries of Dar al Islam. We know freedom is not free and that we have to fight for it. Tyranny and oppression are always on a constant attack. Silence and accommodation to these so called barbaric ways and Sharia erodes our freedoms. Fighting for freedom and peace has a high price, but well worth it.

Nissan do not pull the ad. They just cannot survive without your cars, that is for sure. It may just be the key to more people buying Nissan.

Hey Darcy good to see you back!

What offended the offended oil sheikhs is that those who made this brilliiant advertisement captured to a T their very own and perfectly recognizable behavior, the crude and rude behavior of the rich Arabs abroad, in the hotels, the restaurants, at the gaming tables, in London or Malaga or Monte Carlo, and everywhere else they choose to go, and choose to show -- they seldom hide it -- that they think they rule the roost, and are beyond all Western laws, customs, and good manners.

Their assumption, unfortunately often confirmed by the craven behavior of Western governments -- see how the British government dropped its inquiry into the BEA-Prince Bandar scandal, see how the Al-Saud princeling who attempted to smuggle 66 suitcases loaded with cocaine into France on his private jet, see how all those Saudi "students" who run over, as they speed along far above those silly Western speed limits, in their Testarossas and Maybachs, hapless Infidels, killing or severely wounding them, always somehow get off, or pay a very small price, for their behavior, all over the Western world.

It's amusing to see that Dennis Potter, that acute British playright, opens his penultimate television drama "Karaoke" with a scene in which a rich Arab, who has brought an older female relative -- his mother? his oldest wife? one of his twenty-five sisters? we do not know -- to a hospital, where a sweet and extra-polite English girl can't quite understand him when, asked his "Residence in the United Kingdom," replies "Clar Regis" and, while it finally dawns on her that he means "Claridge's," the very expensive hotel on Brook Street where I once spent a night on a coach in the lobby, much to the consternation of the staff, he starts banging on the desk and behaving in the same fashion as these fictional sheiks in the ad -- or as the real ones, who in real life can be seen, behaving similarly, as all too many harried and bullied Westerners know (yes, sometimes at the end of a very long stay, in hotel or hospital, the watches are handed out like confetti, but that does not make amends for the beastly behavior, and the apparent need for Western staff to grin and bear it.

The first minute and six seconds of the following clip show that scene:

What offended the oil sheikhs is that those who made this brilliiant advertisement captured to a T the behavior of the rich Arabs abroad, in the hotels, the restaurants, at the gaming tables, in London or Malaga or Monte Carlo, and everywhere else they choose to go, and choose to show -- they seldom hide it -- that they think they rule the roost, and are beyond all Western laws, customs, and good manners.

Their assumption, unfortunately often confirmed by the craven behavior of Western governments -- see how the British government dropped its inquiry into the BEA-Prince Bandar scandal, see how the Al-Saud princeling who attempted to smuggle 66 suitcases loaded with cocaine into France on his private jet, see how all those Saudi "students" who run over, as they speed along far above those silly Western speed limits, in their Testarossas and Maybachs, hapless Infidels, killing or severely wounding them, always somehow get off, or pay a very small price, for their behavior, all over the Western world.

It's amusing to see that Dennis Potter, that acute British playright, opens his penultimate television drama "Karaoke" with a scene in which a rich Arab, who has brought an older female relative -- his mother? his oldest wife? one of his twenty-five sisters? we do not know -- to a hospital, where a sweet and extra-polite English girl can't quite understand him when, asked his "Residence in the United Kingdom," replies "Clar Regis" and, while it finally dawns on her that he means "Claridge's," the very expensive hotel on Brook Street where I once spent a night on a coach in the lobby, much to the consternation of the staff, he starts banging on the desk and behaving in the same fashion as these fictional sheiks in the ad -- or as the real ones, who in real life can be seen, behaving similarly, as all too many harried and bullied Westerners know. Yes, sometimes -- far less often than one thinks -- at the end of a very long stay, in hotel or hospital, the watches are handed out like confetti, but that does not make amends for the beastly behavior, and the apparent need for Western staff to grin and bear it.

The first minute and six seconds of the following clip contains the scene described:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_y_hNQOyA

My next car will be a Nissan because of this ad.

This has got to be weakest bit of news I've read in ages. I'm all for criticising Muslims and Jihad and all that stuff, but this latest blog post just strikes me as bit desperate. Surely there are better things to comment on than a few rich Arabs trying to protect their economic interest, as would anybody. Come on... have a go at the mad mullahs by all means, but keep it real for heaven's sake. This ain't jihad... it's greed, protectionism, and selfishness, etc., and what's more it's not solely a Muslim or Islamic thing. Now let's get back to the real scary stuff, please?

I'm particularly interested in the statement: "It's my opinion that Nissan made a huge error by igniting these [racist] instincts." from Hani al-Wafa. Sounds to me as if he's admitting the people who are demanding apologies and such are the ones with the '[racist] instincts'.

Does a day ever go by that Muslims somewhere aren't demanding apologies from kuffaars?

"And so will all other ads that are based on an intelligent recognition that the the Saudis and other rich Arabs of the Gulf, who are raking in their ill-gotten ... trillions, have become the object of growing fury all over the Westen world."

posted by Hugh

Oh, c'mon Hugh, doncha know that the high oil prices are caused by the greedy oil companies and speculators?
O.k. sarc off, but that's the mentality of way too many Americans. In a recent letter to the opinion column of my local paper, a writer commented on the Exxon profits, saying that if they'd cut the price in half (to ca. $2/gal) they'd make only 1/2 the profit, but they weren't satisfied with that! Seriously! That's the way many people view the situation. They've been watching too many Michael Moore movies, and listening to too many grandstanding Democratic congressmen.
Back in 1973-4, at the time of the first oil shock, when OPEC raised the price from $3 or $4/bbl to $12/bbl, I remember reading that the cost of getting oil out of the ground and to the seaports in Saudi Arabia was less than $0.50/bbl -- i.e. even at $3/bbl, it was about 85% pure profit for the Saudis. To be sure, Saudi oil was extremely cheap and easy to find and transport. Elsewhere, with deeper wells, more difficult terrain, or off-shore operations, the costs were higher

Savsiv wrote:

ha ha ha... oh boy these are always the best. I love it when they get angry. You know this is the best tactic for us to attack everything about Islam, Sharia and Arab Imperialism. Make fun of them, ridicule Islam and Sharia every way possible. They just cannot stand it. That is their weakness.
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Great post, Savsiv. I couldn't agree more!

During WWII, ridicule was put to great use in the Allied war effort. Bugs Bunny made fun of Japanese imperialists, Charlie Chaplin burlesqued "the Great Dictator" [Adenoid Hynkel], and Spike Jones 'Sieg Heiled' right in "Der Fuhrer's Face".

Everyone--cartoonists, comedians, animators--made fun of Hitler, and Mussolini, and Tojo, and the whole concept of "the Master Race".

Everyone knew how horrifying the war and the holocaust were--but one of the best ways to fight that war was to ridicule the grotesque absurdities of Fascism.

This ad sounds great! I'd love to see it. I hope Nissan doesn't cave into Muslim pressure and pull it.

Ladywolfnl wrote:

Do the Saudis even own a Nissan? I thought their car of choice were Mercedes, Lamborghini, Royls Royce etc??
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It's someone else who owns the Nissan--by implication, a whole lot of "someone elses"--who will be using much less of the Sheiks' oil as a result.

NISSAN APOLOGIZES!

"I am sorry your religion makes you into whiny petulant children." - Unofficial Nissan spokesman

one Arab official, Hani al-Wafa, speaking on Saudi TV, said: "It's my opinion that Nissan made a huge error by igniting these [racist] instincts. "We need to apply punishments... against these things. In order for Nissan to keep its interests in the region, it must apologize."
NO WAY ITS THE ARABS THAT NEED TO APPOLIGIZE FOR THERE GREED AND GOUGE THE WEST FOR OIL MONEY IT MAKES ME WOUNDER THE AVERAGE CAR CAN be converted to burn hydrogen just like propane i wounder just ho much of the lack of change in using alternate fuels
by wa.dc has been backed by rich arabs drenched in oil welth

Funny, but let's also note the immediate intimidation from the ever touchy Muslims. Islam will not be trifled with, as Theo Van Gogh, Pym Fortuyn and Juylands Posten have discovered. It's like laughing at the Godfather, except this one heads the biggest, richest Mafia of them all.
Sorry, Sheikhs, we're free people here, and we like to laugh at you freaks.

it is too easy to show Muslims are violent.

Seems many are agreed here, in effect, that the more Muslims complain the more likely it is the good guys will win this struggle to the death between Islamic supremacism and Western Civilization (with due respect given to non-Western free societies like Japan). So, Muslims, just keep whining. Just keeep being stupid (Grover Norquist too). We're countin' on it.

They're *SO* Civil Rights-oriented..

Would love to see some Kamikaze action against the SOWdis... LOL

Makes me happy my last three vehicles have been Nissans. I had a Maxima that was a great car that lasted a long time. Then an Altima which was decent and functional (nice stereo in that one). And now an XTerra, which I love. (the price is right on the XTerras as well)

Much will depend on how many cars Nissan sells in the Arab states, and how much it relies on that market, as compared to the value to it of this new venture, to develop an electric car, with Renault, in Israel, and then to market it all over the Infidel world. And the same goes, of course, for other car companies, such as Toyota, offering hybrids. It is likely that Nissan will apologize, though it would be wonderful if it refused.

However, as hybrid or electric or other non-oil-fueled cars become more important, it would be silly of those wanting to encourage the use of such cars not to take full advantage of the observable behavior of the Arab oil plutocrats -- the ad was effective because we all can imagine such plutocrats acting like that, given the way we have seen them act in their own countries or abroad, where hysterical over-reaction, once certain buttons (up, down) are pushed, is common.

That is why perhaps a generic ad, showing such Arab oil sheikhs, getting mad at a generic non-oil-fueled car, that is an ad not related to any one, conceivably vulnerable car company -- unless there is a brand-new company, dedicated to non-oil vehicles, that does not have, and is largely indifferent to, an Arab market (as compared to the much greater markets of those whose enthusiasm can be whipped up by ads such as this Nissan one), in which case the gloves can come off, and that company can offend away.

The issue here is not the ad nper se but that the Muslims feel they can dictate terms to others on a whim. Is the ad insulting? In the sense that it makes the sheikhs look like fools, I'd have to say yes, but it's the kind of insult anormal person would laugh off.

The isue here is that the Saudis intend to put themselves above all criticism, beyond all joking and generally beyond the scope of anything the West can do. THAT'S the problem.

It's Zenn Motors who may just put the Saudis out of business. http://www.zenncars.com/ Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEStor

If GWBush and friends had spent their 1 Trillion dollars on energy independence the Saudis would not only have cursed, they would have shat themselves. We need a "Manhattan Project" to find an alternative to oil. The long term national security of the USA and the West depends on destroying the Middle East's economies by replacing oil.

The American people are up for it since the Right realizes that the Middle Eastern economies must be destroyed in order to prevent their aggressive expansion and the Left thinks that carbon is causing global warming. The leader who unites these two motives into successful energy independence will be historically more popular than JFK and Reagan combined.

all gloves off?

. . .remember Volkswagon engineering outsmarted the car bomber with the "Polo video".

Motto: "Polo, small but tough" (parody)

- unless there is a brand-new company, dedicated to non-oil vehicles, that does not have, and is largely indifferent to, an Arab market (as compared to the much greater markets of those whose enthusiasm can be whipped up by ads such as this Nissan one), in which case the gloves can come off, and that company can offend away.

New Midwestern auto company to start up in September (Reuters Bizness Daily), August 7, 20008

A consortium of investors has announced today that they will buy up valuable farmland in a rural Illinois county and build a $100 million production facility for the new line of super efficient cars. The Infidel Motors Corporation announced that their line of cars do not need gas, can go 60 miles on one single bale of hay, and 100 miles with an additional bucket of oats.

Three models will be offered. And they will be cheap.

-- The Allah. This top of the line mode will offer a radio (you supply the batteries), and an automated "pooper scooper."

-- The Muhammed. Similar to the Allah, this model is offered in henna.

-- The Buraq. The basic model will be the most affordable to working class peasants. There is no radio, only one seat (leather), but comes in a variety of colors.

The investors expect not to sell very many units in certain parts of world economy.

And how many Nissans do the oil-rich sheikhs buy?

Keep it up, Nissan! If you must apologize, make it along the lines of

"we're so sorry oil sheikhs were offended by an advertisement that wasn't shown in their countries."

AND THEN KEEP RUNNING THE AD!

"We need to apply punishments... against these things. In order for Nissan to keep its interests in the region, it must apologize."

Sounds like more than a call for a boycott. "Keep its interests in the REGION?" Nissan dealerships, beware.

Great post, Raymond!!

As is consistent in Islam against all things non-Islamic, punishments will indeed be "applied", with increased fervor in this particular instance, since the aggressors are conveniently those evil, Zionist Jews.

That any Saudi Mohammedan mouthpiece has the audacity to demand an apology from anyone is the textbook definition of hypocrisy.

"....it must apologize."

Say please!

Maybe for their next commercial they can show them shoving little children at the car?

Not the first car commercial that "somebody" won't like - note the pattern on the scarf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arfNofxBtfY

a good laugh at a very serious topic, and as posted above, one of the best ways to fight this creep into western civ is to make fun of it, and NOT apologize.

Funny youtube commercial Recycled. Thank you. I read through some of the comments. There were a few pissed off Muslims. good.

If I had money, I would start buying stock in Nissan right now.

I am conflicted: until now, I had always bought American cars, but I've been considering Subarus of late. And now Nissan comes up with this, forcing me to at least look at them? I won't ask them why couldn't you be more dhimmi, but decisions, decisions!

Even someone indifferent to or ignorant of the meaning and menace of Islam, someone perhaps concerned exclusively about what is now undeniable -- anthropogenic climate change, proceeding at a rate unheard of in millions of years -- should welcome any and all efforts to exploit popular passions for the sake of the greater good, that of getting off oil.

As far as I am concerned what is undeniable is the menace of Islam. As for anthropogenic global warming, despite all the hype by the media, there is plenty of scientific skepticism on this subject.
See, for example:
Global Warming Primer

or
Climate Skeptic: A Layman's guide to man-made global warming

The funniest bit is the very last frame where the petrol cap opens. Surely that's flipping the finger? Very funny.

Roll on cold fusion.

News just in.. in London, prominent members of the Arab community are already making their way to their traditional protest area, to voice their fury at this Islamophobic&trade, racist&trade and insulting&trade behaviour by the "advertising infidels from the Land of pigs & monkeys...."

Great commercial!
I had to declare jihad on my beautiful Nissan Pathfinder, which I loved to drive, but it was a gas hog. My Ford Escape is just as much fun, very reliable, and not as thirsty as the Nissan.

Oh this is great, how pathetic, they are so childish. Mind you from what I have read, Mohammad didnt like jokes, or them having fun or music etc.. so it is no wonder that they are so sad and pathetic..

Islam, the religion of the perpetual offended.

"It is likely that Nissan will apologize..."
-- from a posting above

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. ordered its Israeli business partner to cancel a television commercial that shows Arab oil barons angry at the fuel efficiency of a Nissan car, Kyodo English News said.

The commercial shows one of the oil barons kicking the Nissan Tiida car, banging on the windshield and shouting abuse, the report said.

Nissan Motor had nothing to do with the commercial, which was produced by an Israeli car distributor, Kyodo cited an unidentified Nissan spokesman in Japan as saying.

Goodbye GM and hello Nissan!

Yes, I am very happy with this commercial.

These people never sheik a leg to get the oil out of the ground.....they are some of the laziest plums on Allah's SWT dunia...and yet enjoy so much of the spoils.

I still think that it is a delicious irony that Allah SWT left the oil for his chosen...a commodity coveted by the material driven kuffar.

But nevertheless....well done to who ever made the commercial...

This is just TOO great! I we didn't already have a Prius (better give the money to Toyoda-san than King Abdullah) I'd be tempted to run out for a Nissan. I might, however, wait a year or two until the ultra-low mileage car from Tata Motors (of India) comes out. I like the symbolism of sticking to the Saudis with a HINDU car!!

These moors are bloody screwed up assholes. They dont know what fun and laughter is bloody snobs. Very good ad, keep it coming.ask Arab official, Hani al-Wafa, Issue a fatwah protests are not enough.

A better add would show the Sheikhs Minions getting upset because their Bombs won't fit in the Trunk.

Reference the you tube clip...." Sixty one..she is sixty one.". Then the close up of the "Mom"..I had to pick myself off the floor.

Now to Nissan. Those clowns are going to boycott Nissan?..whoopdedoo. They are either in a Mercedes.. or a piece crap from the flea market or a donkey cart. What can they do to Nissan?

"Racist instincts," eh? Is this coming from the same Saudis who daily treat us with a river of anti-Semitic vitriole flowing from pulpit, tv, radio, press, and lectern?

If they call this racist, I wonder what they think about what the average Arab man on the street has to say about them. From the Atlantic to the Euphrates, I swear it's not pretty.

Hugh wrote:

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. ordered its Israeli business partner to cancel a television commercial that shows Arab oil barons angry at the fuel efficiency of a Nissan car, Kyodo English News said.
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Damn. Nissan should have stood by their Israeli business partner, rather than quailing before the spector of Arab "punishments". If the Infidels of "Dar-al-Harb" showed more backbone, the threat of Muslim "punishments" would be so much less effective.

I have only one thing to say: Poor babies.

Sounds to me like the Israeli auto distributor really knows how to sell cars. Just p--- off the Arabs. Maybe this will catch on in the USA. The auto dealers in the USA could use the extra business right now.

As a friend of mine was fond of saying, "If ya can't take a joke, f--- ya".

From Hindenberg: "I still think that it is a delicious irony that Allah SWT left the oil for his chosen...a commodity coveted by the material driven kuffar."

No, the irony is the sanctimonious attitude of muslims who kill each other to get their hands on that source of wealth and power, when they're not doing it just for the thrill of killing. American capitalism openly debates its goals and the acceptable means to reach those goals, and for the most part is able to channel human competition into a nonviolent, productive endeavor. None of which can be said for Islam.

What a different place it the world would be if we had decided that General Curtis LeMay was our prophet and a perfect model for all mankind. Be thankful that one of the foundations of Western thought, Christianity, really is a religion of peace. That may be the only thing that has allowed Islam to escape becoming the Religion of History for the last 60 years, and it's certainly one of the things that have kept the West from receiving its own command messages from Allah; that your oil is our oil.

From Hugh: Even someone indifferent to or ignorant of the meaning and menace of Islam, someone perhaps concerned exclusively about what is now undeniable -- anthropogenic climate change, proceeding at a rate unheard of in millions of years -- should welcome any and all efforts to exploit popular passions for the sake of the greater good, that of getting off oil.

Hmm, not a statement I wholly agree with, but interesting.

Allah SWT left the oil for his chosen --hindenberg

Hello Mohammedan - can you lay off the "SWT" cr** because there is no allah. The pagan pre-Islamic idol doesn't exist, do you get that? Following, there is no "his chosen," as "he" is a non-existent pagan moon god. No matter how many times you whack your zebibah, "allah" doesn't exist!

Ever heard personally from "allah?" No? I didn't think so. Whereas, Christians hear from Jesus, the Living God, the ONLY Living God, all the time. You just need to call upon Him, and He answers.

Allah? As alive as the rock outside in your garden or driveway.

Makes me want to buy a Nissan..!!

Hey Boneshack, Would the Mohammed happen to be a gelding?

The truth hurts!

Nissan needs to re-engineer the Tiida so it gets no more than one inch per 10 gallons of gas.

The Taliban, Bin Laden and his crew used Nissan pickups to rule with their machine-guns. What do the Arabs expect, that Nissan use gun toting terrorists to promote their commercials --would they be offended then? My only disappointment is that Nissan's new commercial is not provided to the West translated in English. Funny though, very funny indeed!

the commercial does not depict Saudis by name. Instead the Hebrew narration at the end refers to the princedoms [= emirates] of the Persian Gulf. Those Persian Gulf emirs are friends of George Bush too. Recall that he wanted to give a Dubai company control of US ports.

what's the old saying "fu&k em if they can't take a joke".
These motherf%^&ng rich bastards need to take a chill. They can take our almighty dollars all the way to the bank, but can't take a little humor.....fu%k em!