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  • Paul Renault

    I guess shooting down planes with slingshots is so commonplace in Egypt, that these two didn’t feel like showing any reaction to the, er, explosion, eh?

  • Rider

    How is the energy bar increasing the potential energy of the elastic band?

    • Ashen Victor

       You don’t understand csience!

    • Hollando

       It wasn’t an elastic band, it was actually tempered niobium steel cable, painted to resemble surgical tubing.

  • brerrabbit23

    On one hand, I’m surprised by the number of stereotypes that are being played to here, presumably by the very same group they’re intended for in the first place.

    Then again, the funniest Polack jokes I’ve heard have been told to me by Polacks. :/

  • http://twitter.com/unexplodedscot Scott Rose

    Tonger energy bars: helping you bring death to the infidels in five delicious low-fat, halal flavors. Allah Be Praised!

  • Leto_Atreides

    It probably tastes bad.

    • endrest

       Oh come on now, Duke Leto… just because you might not have found the commercial in good taste doesn’t mean you can assume that energy bar tastes bad. That’s like assuming any energy bar from France contains snails or caviar.

  • Florian Bösch

    The production quality of the ad is somewhat lacking. In particular the acting is kind off. The script would indicate that the energy bar gives strength. But the bodily expression of the strength is lacking in the actor pulling the slingshot, which he only half heatedly pulls and wimpishly releases.

    To see how it’s done right, please consult this reference material:

    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33hhP16pVM
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfhNW0GDew

  • brillow

    Yikes.

  • Ipo

      Imagine you accidentally ingested one of those. 
    Makes for powerful bowel movements.