[kall]

That ad is so freakin retarded.

"Hello. I'm an over-enthusiatic person, and this is my daughter. You will notice she is lacking several teeth, and talks with a massive lisp, but we thought that would work well."

[Sparklechick]

"and why don't you spend $10.00 on an ugly red plate and we'll donate some money to something ... of course the place we're donating money to will only get about $0.05 from each plate because we have to take out our fees, my daughter needs dental work etc etc".

I agree Kall ... the ad is retarded.

lets get retarded here, get retarded yeah, get retarded in here :roll:

[amystery]

Nah - let's go Greek - and smash all the red plates ...
or use 'em for target practice..... :shotgun:

[trogg]

Clay pigeon shooting anybody?


And I have to wonder what the punishment would be for accidently dropping the special red plate and breaking it? No meals on the red plate for a week?

[still_thinking]

I thought the "red plate" was for special family dinners.

Why is she eating spaghetti by herself then?

[Sparklechick]

I think the little tard needs a special red bib too. She fed more of it to her face than into her mouth.

[Darkling]

OK

Not knowing what the heck you're all on about is really starting to bug me now.

Is this some TV add I ain't see or summut?

[Sparklechick]

Ah yes. It is a tv ad. For $10 you can buy a special red plate (it has a star on it) so when your kids are good they get to eat off the red plate (like a kind of reward).

It's all quite sad really.

The father is a reasonably well known NZ celebrity and the little girl is badly in need of some dental work.

[kall]

It's something like, but not exactly like: Special Red Plate

[edshuck]

I am with you guys.

It sounds just horrid!

You are either the visage of light and warmth or unfit to be with.

What a crock. But I would bet there is money being made.

[Penny]

Actually its just really another spin on an idea that already gets used. Just like Mum telling us when she'd take us to church if we were quiet we would get a chocolate fish afterwards. Its just like saying, if you are good and don't do ... then you can watch such and such a program on TV.

So the idea is good. If kids respond to it then why not, but its just another form of bribing them. I think its trying to put positive enforcement rather than saying "if you do that I'm going to bash your brains in" (OK exageration for most of the population but you get the point!)