No Lizards / No Ducks (11 comments)

No Lizards / No Ducks

Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 09:20 PM

Sheldonista Joshua H. sends in these two pics from Maryland. He tells me he passes the sign all the time, and finally snapped a few pics to share with you. Thanks, Joshua!

(Note: It's possible that I've been snookered into advertising someone's insurance agency on the Sheldon site. But, I figure if someone went through the trouble of reprogramming their sign with some Sheldon-oriented cleverness...let's send 'em some bidness.)

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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 12:46 AM (#47731)

It's quite possible you are winding us all up here, but on the chance you are not:

It's unlikely to be a Sheldon reference. It's just insurance company copy. It's Allstate referencing their competition's mascots. The lizard is Geico. The duck is Aflac. You have in fact been snookered. :)


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mattstout
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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 05:04 AM (#47732)

Maybe Sheldon has had some kind of underlying insurance theme this whole time. Is there an insurance company with a pug mascot?


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CursedFrogurt


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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 07:27 AM (#47733)

If, in the next commercial, the Geico lizard drops the Cockney accent in favor of "squee", the jig will be up.


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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 08:09 AM (#47735)

Seoman beat us all to it. The Geico Gecko and the oft-ignored Aflac Duck is what the sign is referring to.


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ZiggyStardust


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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 10:36 AM (#47736)
It's not necessarily a reference, but it's still awesome! I for one never made the connection between those two mascots- I now have a new respect for Allstate. And of course, the Sheldon readers out there will immediately make the connection!
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gotchan


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posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 01:00 PM (#47737)

No pugs in the industry that i know about, but a British insurance firm (¿Churchill?) used to have a bulldog as a mascot.


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gotchan


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posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 01:03 PM (#47738)

No pugs in the industry that i know about, but a British insurance firm (¿Churchill?) used to have a bulldog as a mascot.


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Dierna


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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 05:14 PM (#47739)
In Response to gotchan (#47738):

There's a UK cell phone comapany called Vodafone (formerly Hutch) and they have a pug in all their commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgf-ogxVMjk


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Shift


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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Monday, May 11, 2009 - 12:04 AM (#47747)

That'd be me who sent these in. Yeah, I knew what lizard and duck the sign was referring to, but I did find it a funny coincidence, hence the pics.


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Re: No Lizards / No Ducks (Score: 1)
posted Monday, May 11, 2009 - 08:50 AM (#47757)

Aflac has a duck? Finally I get the joke about the guard duck's girlfriend in Pearls Before Swine. Thank you.

Dave,
I think you should as for a kickback from both companies. Or at least make them buy originals to hang in their lobbies.


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posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 06:23 PM (#47917)

I know that I should have trademarked my idea. Check out this domain for my insurance agency in Connecticut.....

www.NoLizardsAndDucks.com

I've had this up and runing for thre months.


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