Cabel SasserNov 3

the other day, my son called me, and i answered the phone by saying "moolamanaka meeside!" and he went "uhh… what" and i went "uhh… what"

why has this ad been lodged in my head for this long? why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECukqY7RaIA

anyway, today i learned he's actually saying "bula vinaka beachside"

AT&T Fiji Commercial

YouTube
Show threadDan MorenNov 4
@cabel Man, I always had this in my head as something to do with Acapulco for some reason but I remember this ad vividly.
Show threadJason SnellNov 4
@dmoren @cabel I knew he was saying beachside but yeah, I absolutely know it by heart. Amazing what we remember.
Show threadJohn SiracusaNov 4
@jsnell @dmoren @cabel I don’t remember the shoulders on that suit being so big! (The messed-up aspect ratio on the YouTube video probably doesn’t help.)
Show threadmikesusz
@siracusa @jsnell @dmoren @cabel queue these up with the “you will” ads. have you ever sent a fax… from the beach?
Nov 4 at 4:20amWeb
Show threadJason SnellNov 4
@mikesusz @siracusa @dmoren @cabel people joke about those but they were amazingly prescient, and I say that as someone who has absolutely sent a PDF from the beach
Show threadmikesuszNov 5
@jsnell it’s one of the things that made me optimistic about the future. and led to me entering IT/web development in the mid-90s. then i saw Hackers. i know it was ridiculous, but i also knew it reflected what was possible. and that was exciting.