New Eli Manning DirecTV Commercial

That's sucked!

Yeah, I saw this a few weeks ago. Pretty offensive.

 

And who is this guy, anyway? Must be a football thing - and I don't follow. 

Many model railroaders found it to be offensive. I don't, I think its funny, but it takes quite a bit to offend me. Stuff like that is all in fun, based on the perception of our hobby. No big deal.

No worse than Sheldon Cooper being a nerd for liking trains On Big Bang Theory. I think their both funny.

Same here.  I laughed!

No Big Deal.  In a few weeks it'll be forgotten.

 

Rusty

It's cute. I'm not offended. I also like the Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" radio commercial saluting "Mr. Miniature Train Modeler." There's a YouTube video using that as the background.

 

Remember, Frank Sinatra had toy trains and no one laughed at Frank.

 

Well, if you want to be inspired by someone's positive involvement with toy/model trains (truly in the most positive way possible), you just needed to watch Part 2 of the recent PBS "American Experience" documentary on the life of Walt Disney. Aired this past week and I never realized how truly great an influence trains (and Ward Kimball) had on the life and career of this legendary figure.

I hadn't seen that one yet. Unfortunately, model railroaders are not yet a "protected class" under the law. We're just train nerds, but one day we will have our revenge!

You could pretend it's a dig to HO only. 

Perhaps he told the engineer "NOT" to go into the station to run some time off of the clock. Dunce

 

 

Well done Scrap!

If I was Eli...I would be more embarrassed by my clock management as he shown on Sunday night !

Still offensive, Walt Disney and Frank Sinatra notwithstanding. Not a "big deal", true, and I didn't lose any sleep over it, but it's still tiresome behavior. 

 

Sheldon's not funny, either.

 

       
       


I disagree. I'm sick of people picking on Eli. Yeah, he made a bonehead mistake but he also won two Superbowls and in one of those runs won 4 yes 4 road playoff games while only throwing one interception. How many SBs has Romo won? If we were athletes would any of us be perfect? So give the guy a break.

I thought what the papers said about him was terrible.

I am a  big Giants fan and usually an Eli defender.

 

However, when you have a chance to win on the road against a division rival in a season that may be iffy at best, you can't lose a game on mental mistakes. If you get beat, you get beat. But don't get beat by mistakes that a 11 year veteran two time Super Bowl MVP shouldn't be making.

 

Anyways, I wonder if I can get a better rate by threatening to cancel my DirecTV seeing as how I am an offended model train enthusiast? 

Model rail roaders in general will always be looked upon as somewhat unusual by those who don't get it. However, when people come to my house they are usually interested in the trains and don't think of it as odd. Most are usually impressed with what I have. Model rail roaders (regardless of the gauge you run) are not any different than car collectors or golf enthusiasts. We all have a passion that we care about and will be looked upon as odd by those who do not share it.

 

On Sunday afternoons, running trains and watching football are both good to do. So the ad is no big deal.

 

If the ad bothers you, lighten up. There are more important things in life to worry about. 

 

Erol Gurcan

Bob Taylor,

What's the actor's name in your avatar.

He mostly portrays a heavy and mostly on Television shows.

Thank you,

Ralph