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VIDEO: Speed bump to end all speed bumps
As annoying as speed bumps can be, sometimes they're a necessary evil that can help keep speeds down in areas with high pedestrian traffic. Some would even like to install the bone-jarring rim benders on side streets to keep young folk from driving with reckless abandon in residential areas. A Deutsch-speaking, Volvo-hating CGI specialist decided to put his imagination to the test by coming up with a commercial with the "perfect" speed bump. The special effects look about as real as the tooth fairy, but it's kinda funny anyway. We have no idea what these European YouTube stars are saying, but we're guessing it has something to do with hating young kids who drive too fast. Hit the jump to view the 1:09 video in its entirety, and if you speak German, please tell us why they keep showing us video of their flowers.
[Source: Gizmodo]
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MJL 10:14AM (11/28/2007)
Translation:
"Hey, Gisela, come here quickly! People are coming! And take a look at this! Hang on a second. So, now they won't drive through anymore."
"Gisela! Not at the flowers! Come here!"
So she's filming the flowers because she's a woman.
And then, the tagline is, "Do you have a better do-it-yourself idea?" If so, they will give you €5000 to make it.
It's a commercial for what I can only assume is the German equivalent of Home Depot.
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Vega 10:15AM (11/28/2007)
1. It's not a Volvo, it's an uglified Mercedes C Class
2. In the beginning the wife is filming and she's more interested in her flower beds than what her husband wants to show her. Much like real life...
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787B 3:39PM (11/28/2007)
No, it's a Vep Vatchamacallit.
MixiM 10:19AM (11/28/2007)
That is not a volvo, look at the rear of the roofline... Looks much more like an old Merc... And BTW, the video is a bit lame don't you think? Not done by an amateur but by an advertising agency, that makes it worse...
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Davi 10:33AM (11/28/2007)
that screenshot ruined the fun for me.
gave it away too early.
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zach 10:47AM (11/28/2007)
haha... i love wacky germans.
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RicardoHead 11:08AM (11/28/2007)
Yes, Toom is a "home cheapot" type of store. Looks like a commercial and not a youtube attempt.
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AlfaMike 12:42PM (11/28/2007)
Wow that is awesome. I suspect the poor videography is part of the joke. The thick German makes it even funnier. Like you're watching some deranged retired engineer for the Luftwaffe constructing his latest mad scientist project.
Borders on Unpimp Ze Auto alterna-hilarity. You guys don't have any of those VW ads to post, do you? That was the best VW ad campaign in years, imho.
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787B 3:40PM (11/28/2007)
Those V-Dub In Ze House commercials are still excellent, and all of them are on youtube. Just search VW commercial and they'll pop up.
DAMurphy 5:24PM (11/28/2007)
That Video is gone, but you can get it straight from the source now @ http://www.toom-baumarkt.de/wowaktionen.html
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mikomi 9:42AM (11/29/2007)
Car gymnastics, springboard event.
That was funny. Now imagine if this happened to a motorcyclist?
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gordon nudd 1:13PM (12/09/2007)
AlfaMike is correct, it's a pure caricature of (what is regarded as) a typical provincial german with his (probably) suppressed wife. What he says, and how he says it, is in the same vein. Real amateurs, thus the shaky camera, and the wife is more interested in the flowers. We loved it, it's super.
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