Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread J. Tallman
Hello All, I'm not sure how many of you watched the Super Bowl yesterday, but I thought I'd write to tell you that there was a sundial reference in one of the ads - did you see it? For those of you who don't know, the Super Bowl is a big American cultural event built around a championship

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Richard Mallett
On 06/02/2012 17:13, J. Tallman wrote: Hello All, I'm not sure how many of you watched the Super Bowl yesterday, but I thought I'd write to tell you that there was a sundial reference in one of the ads -- did you see it? For those of you who don't know, the Super Bowl is a big American

RE: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Schechner, Sara
I recognized the king as Elton John; the singer, Melanie Amaro, I'm told is a winner of X-Factor, a reality singing show. But I also do not know who the dial-chested fellow was. Pray tell. So much for my grasp of modern pop culture! Ask me about sundials and pop culture a few centuries

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Maureen Salmi
Good morning, Nice screenshot! This is rapper Flavor Flav, who was famous for wearing huge clocks around his neck in the 80's and 90's. You can see photos on his Wikipedia page. This is a pretty funny gag. My daughter identified Flavor Flav; I had no idea. Maureen On Feb 6, 2012, at

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Richard Mallett
On 06/02/2012 19:30, Maureen Salmi wrote: Good morning, Nice screenshot! This is rapper Flavor Flav, who was famous for wearing huge clocks around his neck in the 80's and 90's. You can see photos on his Wikipedia page. This is a pretty funny gag. My daughter identified Flavor Flav; I had

RE: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Schechner, Sara
Oh, now that I have checked for images of Flavor Flav, I see his propensity to wear large clocks and that crazy horned helmet. It is pretty funny. --S From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Maureen Salmi Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:31 PM

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Roger Bailey
Pause the video, press print screen to copy the screen to your clipboard, paste it into your document, email or photo program, and crop the clip as required. Roger Bailey -- From: Richard Mallett 100114@compuserve.com Sent: Monday, February

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Richard Mallett
On 06/02/2012 23:58, Roger Bailey wrote: Pause the video, press print screen to copy the screen to your clipboard, paste it into your document, email or photo program, and crop the clip as required. Roger Bailey Thanks for that. I guess that means being very precise with the 'trigger

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread David Bell
If you are running Windows, there's a slick free utility out there: Gadwin Print Screen. Hit PrintScreen and it let's you capture just what part of the screen you want, either to clipboard or to a file, in several formats. Dave Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Roger Bailey

Re: Sundial reference in Super Bowl commercial

2012-02-06 Thread Tony Moss
On 06/02/2012 20:17, Richard Mallett wrote: On 06/02/2012 19:30, Maureen Salmi wrote: Good morning, Nice screenshot! This is rapper Flavor Flav, who was famous for wearing huge clocks around his neck in the 80's and 90's. You can see photos on his Wikipedia page. This is a pretty funny