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FRANCINE (singing): L.J. Snow, the Ford Man
He’s your friendly Ford deeealer
Interstate 10 at the Pepper offramp…

MARTHA (joining in): …L.J. Snow for trucks!
FRANCINE and MARTHA (in chorus): SNOW’S THE PLACE TO GO!

MARTHA: Isn’t it weird how car-dealership jingles are implanted more firmly than pretty much anything else we learned as a child?
FRANCINE: And they always include the location. No other jingle tells you where to PHYSICALLY GO AND GET the product.
It’s an odd thing to emphasize. Are we expected to just HEAD OVER and start BROWSING?

MARTHA: Right. Nowadays everyone researches every purchase obsessively online.
FRANCINE (sings): JIM MILLER’S DISCOUNT ISUZU! CHECK US OOOUT ON YELP.

{{Header: recite WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I guarantee I will never buy a car from the Cerritos Auto Center but boy can I give you some snappy directions to it}}

#562; Inutility of a Jingle transcribed by in

FRANCINE (singing): L.J. Snow, the Ford Man
He’s your friendly Ford deeealer
Interstate 10 at the Pepper offramp…

MARTHA (joining in): …L.J. Snow for trucks!
FRANCINE and MARTHA (in chorus): SNOW’S THE PLACE TO GO!

MARTHA: Isn’t it weird how car-dealership jingles are implanted more firmly than pretty much anything else we learned as a child?
FRANCINE: And they always include the location. No other jingle tells you where to PHYSICALLY GO AND GET the product.
It’s an odd thing to emphasize. Are we expected to just HEAD OVER and start BROWSING?

MARTHA: Right. Nowadays everyone researches every purchase obsessively online.
FRANCINE (sings): JIM MILLER’S DISCOUNT ISUZU! CHECK US OOOUT ON YELP.

{{Header: recite WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I guarantee I will never buy a car from the Cerritos Auto Center but boy can I give you some snappy directions to it}}

#562; Inutility of a Jingle transcribed by in

FRANCINE (singing): L.J. Snow, the Ford Man
He's your friendly Ford deeealer
Interstate 10 at the Pepper offramp...

MARTHA (joining in): ...L.J. Snow for trucks!
FRANCINE and MARTHA (in chorus): SNOW'S THE PLACE TO GO!

MARTHA: Isn't it weird how car-dealership jingles are implanted more firmly than pretty much anything else we learned as a child?
FRANCINE: And they always include the location. No other jingle tells you where to PHYSICALLY GO AND GET the product.
It's an odd thing to emphasize. Are we expected to just HEAD OVER and start BROWSING?

MARTHA: Right. Nowadays everyone researches every purchase obsessively online.
FRANCINE (sings): JIM MILLER'S DISCOUNT ISUZU! CHECK US OOOUT ON YELP.

{{Header: recite WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I guarantee I will never buy a car from the Cerritos Auto Center but boy can I give you some snappy directions to it}}

I guarantee I will never buy a car from the Cerritos Auto Center but boy can I give you some snappy directions to it.

#562; Inutility of a Jingle

  — October 20th, 2009

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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