Hitler Roofing Company

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH7q-WswDAY

CIAK Said: If you havent see this movie. The subtitles are a little annoying if your not used to them. The Lovely Mrs Ciak and I rated this a five star.......... B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

I did see it a few yrs. back. Can't remember much about it except it was German and very good

That's a fact, woody. Great post. I know this is veering off from Tim's thread, but since it got here honestly, I have to add 2 more precious little cents.

Guy says, "I love oranges." Because they are round and orange? "No, the fruit." Ok, then, I'll save you the trouble of dealing with all the ventricles and just bring you the albedo, the flavedo, the connective tissue and the seeds. What should I do with the rind? "What are you talking about??" An orange.

I've always been a big Mel Brooks fan, Blazing Saddles, Young Frank History of the world, even High Anxiety. But I could never even sit through The Producers. The Nazi joke repetition wore quickly.

We have become a nation of tribes. Chris Kyle/John Wayne fandom is tribal in it's own way. Eric Holder says we're "afraid to have an honest conversation on race". Yet he would only have that conversation if he is allowed to set the parameters of what is racist.

You could argue that Paula Deen tried to have an honest conversation about race when she not only admitted to saying the evil word, but laughed at the silliness of the question. "Of course she said it" as has everyone in the world except liars. The whole PC charade has to be dropped before an honest conversation can ever begin.

I almost always take the path less travelled (right up until SPF). I get that from my dad, who would rather make things harder on himself than to follow the beaten path. Me too. The well-worn path does not interest me and, while I pride myself on being extremely durable, I cannot endure boredom.

Political correctness strikes me as a prime reason of our nation's downfall. We've become a nation of sissies even though we were made great by strong and great men who pushed the envelope. I long for a return to character in our leaders, not just the ability to out-lie their political opponents enough to win. I long for a nation where Chris Kyle is a hero, and Obama is not. Where John Wayne is, and Kanye West is not. I long for a nation where it's ok for kids to keep score during their pee wee baseball game. We're a nation of wimps.

I don't fear being called a racist by people who won't bother to know the word's definition. I won't tippy toe around issues and figureheads that make people nervous. I don't think of less of those who do, and I completely understand it - it's just not my style.

I know I've quoted him before on here, but I'll do it again. Rudyard Kipling: "I would do without shirt or shoes, friends, tobacco, or bread, sooner than I would ever lose either side of my head." Ironically, he plummeted from great fame to ignominy because he was held to be prejudiced against people from India (as inferior to the British) but nonetheless I hold him in high regard as being thoroughly far-seeing. He's the one who wrote that famous poem, "If." I'm sure y'all know it or can look it up so I don't have to quote it here.

So-called "political correctness" has its decided trump quality. It behooves all of us to keep a clear eye on it. But despite the state that I live in, you're not going to get an earful from me if you use the other side of your head once in awhile and deviate from it. I get it.

Once in days gone by, I referred to myself as "the Great White N..... r." James Baldwin once said if you use the N-word that makes you the N... because it's in your head, not mine. I get that too.

Pretty easy to grasp if you consider 100 degree weather, the photo Vickie posted of "The old days" and the decidely un-genteel nature of what we roofers do to support ourselves. My brother took issue with it. Called me a rascist. I called him an idiot. People looking for easy answers are always going to be outraged by life. I'm not one of those people. Will never be. As long as it's not mean, you'll find me present and accounted for. Doesn't mean I won't grit my teeth when something gets out there on the edge. I'm sure y'all know what I'm talking about.

I was just very impresssed with the author's ability to match good text with the emotion of the scene, in a humorous, engaging manner. With the Hitler issue not being considered, I was really impressed with it's composition.

Made me want to do something similar with a different movie scene. My thoughts immediately went to the Godfather.

It's edgy. It's not for public consumption, except for a few invited viewers and those who stumble upon it.

I like using villains to make a point. I Photoshopped X's over the eyes of a photo of bin Laden after SEAL Team 6 whacked him on my FB page. Some didn't like it. Some don't get me. :-)

Nowhere to go with this, really, but what the heck... I fully enjoyed Hogan's Heroes, just for the record. Never have read about anything connected to the Battle of Culloden or Wounded Knee without having had a really bad day afterwards. Things happen and we do the best we can to work it all out. Fact is, Hitler would never have given one thought to coffee, he would just simply have had you and your family murdered. He wouldn't have laughed, he wouldn't have gloated, he wouldn't have given it the slightest second thought. Wouldn't reconsider. Wouldn't look back. Wouldn't look sideways. Wouldn't contemplate his handiwork. Wouldn't even care. He was too consummately evil ever to be the slightest bit funny, at least for me. I see the humor in the video quite well and I watched it all the way through. Gritted my teeth the whole way.

Mike, I don't intend to use the video anywhere, it was just for fun and won't be seen by anyone who isn't actively looking for it, at least in our trade area.

That said, I tend to say and do things that are part of my personality flaws and political beliefs. And while it is never done to win favor with anyone, I have found that most of my customers are conservative and it's likely that I get a chuckle out of more of them than I offend. :-)

Tim,

The brilliance of the work notwhithstanding, I might caution against using Hitler in any source of advertising. I know TX really is a different country in many regards, where good humors and thick skins are as common dirt, but there's a slippery slope there, and some people will consider it bad taste to profit from the use of Hitler in any fashion... food for thought.

Mike, it was a tough self-sell to go foaming. I could no longer ignore that the public wants it. A bad hailstorm hit Graham, Tx this spring. I drove through the alleys downtown because you can see the parapet side walls and the roof type. Eight out of 10 were foam. Other towns have a very high percentage of foam roofs.

I have been ignoring for years the energy saving component, at least in the customers' minds. Whether the energy savings projections fosmers use actually materialize is something I am skeptical about, but the building owners think it saves energy, even after some time has passed.

I frankly just got tired of selling against something people want. Offering chopped glass emulsion over SPF gives the best of oth worlds.

Gotta hand it to ya Tim. Hard to believe, considering the battles fought over the years between you and Mr. Hay, but that's a genius vid.

If you haven't see this movie. The subtitles are a little annoying if your not used to them. The Lovely Mrs Ciak and I rated this a five star.......... B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

Very well done! Shows a lot of wit.