[vincesanity82]

Germain Racing is proud to announce the addition of Mike Wallace and the no. 7 GEICO Toyota Camry to the team's winning lineup. Wallace is coming off of his best NASCAR Busch Series career points finish - eleventh - in 2007. He will compete full-time in NASCAR's #2 series in 2008 with continued sponsorship from long-time sponsor and active series advertiser, GEICO.-- TruckSeries.com

GEICO, Wallace Join Germain Racing in 2008

[LSC9901]

All of that is good, but just watch out for Warren !!!

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

All of that is good, but just watch out for Warren !!!

Warren Wallace, best racer car driver ever..

[Quality88]

"It all ends with me putting him in the wall"- Warren Wallace

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Quality88

"It all ends with me putting him in the wall"- Warren Wallace

"I didnt say I wouldnt go fishing with the man, all im saying is if he gets near me, im gonna put him in the walll" -Warren Wallace

[Racer Duck]

Warren Wallace and Bella Thorne ("It's the mirrors"): two kids who've become famous for their commercials shown during NASCAR races.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

Warren Wallace and Bella Thorne ("It's the mirrors"): two kids who've become famous for their commercials shown during NASCAR races.

OK ... now here is a good question for you. Why is the elephant in the DLP commercials ???

[wingkey1]

Non union?

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by wingkey1

Non union?

Nope .

[wingkey1]

While there has been no response to the question from DLP, the more popular thoughts offered at this time seem to revolve around the following. There is a relationship around mirrors and DLP that foster this guess in the "What da frig" community.

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It may refer to the study that has just been released showing that elephants have self awareness, like humans do.

The test uses a mirror to show the elephants their reflection. The elephants reacted to their reflections by first trying to look around to the back side of the mirror, wondering maybe where the rest of that elephant was standing in front of them. Then in an obvious recognition that what they saw was in fact themselves, they started inspecting their reflection, turning their heads from side to side while keeping their eyes on the mirror. Some even groomed themselves. In one part of the test, a mark is placed on the mirror over the reflection of the elephant's face and it is then allowed to look again. The elephant raised its trunk to where the spot would be on its own face to inspect.

These results show that elephants have a distinct sense of self and not self. In other words, they can differentiate between themselves and others which are external to their own awareness. Something which humans, some higher primates and elephants share.

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I go with - until DLP and/or ad agency exposes - all else is guess.

[LSC9901]

I won't say with certainty that you are not correct but that isn't what I read. The answer was far more simplified than that.

[wingkey1]

Ah ha!

So neither of us know for sure of what we speak.

All answers or guesses now become correct, or at least as true or accurate as another.

Fair 'nuf.

On to another thread.

[Racer Duck]

as I understand it, there were some sort of studies, maybe marketing studies, done to test product favorability in different scenes/situations. the highest score was always achieved when an elephant was in the scene, it didn't matter what else was going on .. the elephant made the sell.

I also read about the elephant with Bella. it's an Indian Elephant rather than an African Elephant - the African varieties are not tame enough to work in this situation. and, over the course of several days of filming it developed an attachment to Bella. now they are the best of friends and the elephant is content to just stand by her side.

[wingkey1]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

as I understand it, there were some sort of studies, maybe marketing studies, done to test product favorability in different scenes/situations. the highest score was always achieved when an elephant was in the scene, it didn't matter what else was going on .. the elephant made the sell.

Interesting.

Reason I went with my SWAG (Scientific wild a** guess) was the "mirrors" reference in the DLP commercial ("It's the mirrors") and the mirrors in the elephant study.

But since none of us really knows --- I go with your - "Dumbo sells".

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by wingkey1

"Dumbo sells".

Worked for Sharpie