James Reimer's Homage Angers Unsuccessful, Ugly Man
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I’m guessing Reimer has already apologized.
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I am sorry you were in that commercial that paid you and that the fact that you look like me has brought you more attention than anything you have ever done for yourself
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I am also sorry you are a Ginger and have no soul
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Great point...
… now get back to work. That hospital won’t build itself!
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by Dany Heatley Speedwagon on Nov 4, 2011 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone’s bitter.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
My favourite part is him stating that his life is shit.
by YakovMironov on Nov 4, 2011 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
construction jobs pay terrible you know
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
…. is this actually the guy from the Tims commerical?
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You must be this unsuccessful to dress up as Tim Darche. |—————|
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My favourite part is that you tagged this post with Chaim Weisswasser
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by thenumber14 on Nov 4, 2011 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
wow
this guy clearly is very unhappy about his life. he’s projecting all kinds of awful things onto James.
what a sad individual.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 4, 2011 4:25 PM EDT reply actions
This made me laugh so much. This guy’s pretty funny.
Good delivery
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by PPP on Nov 4, 2011 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
well, he is an actor
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe this will open up a new career path for him: professional asshole.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 4, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Great delivery
Laughed so hard my portable keyboard flew off my lap.
So funny, but not as funny as two hours from now in a pub when Senators and Habs fan friends try to explain why the Leafs are an aberration while the Senators and Habs are relevant…
"According to the statistics, Bester outperformed his teammates in every league that he ever played in, and was easily the best goalie the Leafs had in the 1980s. Despite this, the Momesso goal was essentially the end of Bester's NHL career."
http://brodeurisafraud.blogspot.com/2009/10/underrated-allan-bester.html
by BesterThanYesterday on Nov 4, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
explain why the Leafs are an aberration while the Senators and Habs are relevant
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
what does he expect
James to say, “I’m really sorry that you have a job that pays you less money than a professional hockey player. Here’s $1,000,000.”?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 4, 2011 4:27 PM EDT reply actions
He smiles the whole time and accusing Reimer of being more handsome, when they look identical. Despite flipping the bird at the end, I’m thinking this guy is kidding.
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by Bower Power on Nov 4, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
That part of it makes me think he isn’t serious.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Raise your hand if you believe the ad Agency Tim Horton’s hired to create that commercial used real constructions workers instead of paid actors.
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Something’s fishy.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
/hand.
they want to see themselves as heros of the working class. it wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 4, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
and we all know that tim hortons doesnt qualify acting as a need for their commercials
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I’d believe it. Talent fees are through the roof now a days for commercials.
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but, I wouldn’t be surprised if the agency caught a whiff of the costume and told the construction worker to “get mad” on youtube.
mind you in terms of brand equity, I wouldn’t want that bearded hobo as a spokesperson.
this seems like a really stupid thing to do from any sort of branding perspective.
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
I’m guessing it’s some construction worker who wanted his video to go viral. What better way than to take a shot at the the goalie of the most popular team in Toronto.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
In any case, it was stupid, because with the dedication of the fan base, he’ll probably be getting some kind of threat (verbal, FB, whatever), and some of those threats will probably even be from some people who frequent this site :P
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Keep in mind, Tim Hortons is a sponsor of the NHL and professional hockey, even going so far to having pouring rights in some NHL arenas, including the ACC. Probably don’t want that kind of backlash against the Leafs/Reimer like that. probably won’t fare well in renegotiations.
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Nah.
If any fanbase has a sense of humour and can laugh at itself, it’s us.
We’re awesome like that.
"According to the statistics, Bester outperformed his teammates in every league that he ever played in, and was easily the best goalie the Leafs had in the 1980s. Despite this, the Momesso goal was essentially the end of Bester's NHL career."
http://brodeurisafraud.blogspot.com/2009/10/underrated-allan-bester.html
by BesterThanYesterday on Nov 4, 2011 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
My brother was in a commercial filmed at a hockey arena simply because he worked at the snack bar there. Wouldn’t be surprised if they used a real guy.
by Leaf in Habland on Nov 4, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Who
is to say said construction workers can’t also be actors?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Good point, one of my high school teachers used to do commercials on the side.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps he’ll think twice about auditioning for another commercial in the future. “Wahhh, someone famous dressed up as me…being me is so hard.” get a life.
pretending to be angry about a guy pretending to be angry? what do they say about imitation?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
are you sure it’s a joke? I’m sitting on the fence
by Leafer87 on Nov 4, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That sounds painful
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
it’s like one of those fences in the farms
http://stuckinchurch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/fencesit-291×300.jpg
the “hard enough to have some more successful, better looking, and more money” part kind of gives it away that it’s a joke.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah he would, he’s easy going enough.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Until he snaps.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, if this is an actual Leaf fan, that would be too much. I’m leaning toward the “I’m desperate to have my video go viral so I’ll go to any length, including giving the nicest guy in the NHL the finger, to get the most hits on youtube.”
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
don’t think it’s the guy. doesn’t really look like him.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
now i don't know what to believe....
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 4, 2011 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
I prefer the Flying Chicken Stir Fry Monster
Spaghetti noodles are often undercook and sauces bland.
"According to the statistics, Bester outperformed his teammates in every league that he ever played in, and was easily the best goalie the Leafs had in the 1980s. Despite this, the Momesso goal was essentially the end of Bester's NHL career."
http://brodeurisafraud.blogspot.com/2009/10/underrated-allan-bester.html
by BesterThanYesterday on Nov 4, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Moms?
R.I.P. The playoff hopes of Montreal Canadiens fans for 2011-12.
by not norm ullman on Nov 4, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
the “hard enough to have some more successful, better looking, and more money” part kind of gives it away that it’s a joke.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
meh
His clothes are too nice and his construction gear is too new for a real construction worker
he also doesn’t really speak like most construction workers I’ve met…/stereotyping.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Nov 4, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
heyah, wee’z iz edumacated tooz, ya know!
/whydidiimaginetheysoundlikecletisfromthesimpsons?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Nov 4, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
hero.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Nov 4, 2011 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t this guy play Reaver in Fable II and III?
Man, those games could have been so much more…
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by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Fable II wasn’t that bad, Fable III was rage inducing.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, true enough. The whole UI removal bullshit ruined Fable III for me, and that’s without even talking about the unneccessary voice acting for the main character…
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Not bad, but not anywhere near as good as Fable + The Lost Chapters. All three games should have been so much better, but they kept on getting worse for the sake of… realism? Pointless secret handshakes? I don’t get it
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Stephen Fry is awesome. However, you should probably take his rants with a grain of salt; for example, one of them is a screed against people who care about writing correctly, in flawless English.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
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by Caleafornia on Nov 4, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fry nailed it
And anyone doing anything is nowadays bound to offend someone doing something.
Wow
Incredible
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
This is so strange. I can’t really understand how James Reimer dressing up as someone in a commercial puts down people in the constrcution industry.
In fact, Darche’s comments about it being a crappy job seem to me, more than anything, to do that.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Nov 4, 2011 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I KNEW I SAW HIM SOMEWHERE ELSE
Those old ‘I Wanna Drive A Zamboni’ Mastercard commercials
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait
Is that the one where the zamboni driver gets a crack at playing in net, or am I thinking of something else?
It was something a janitor was cleaning and got a chance to drive the zamboni around or something, it was a log time ago and I was pretty young
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's the summary
Started off playing hockey, but sucked, then start driving a zamboni, then called up to the NHL to drive a zamboni because the old driver got injured.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s it
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I might be missing 1 or 2 commercials
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
and/or
offered a job as starting goalie for the Leafs…?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
You once got hit in the face by a soccer ball? Perfect, here are your pads…
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah I remember that. Definitely him. They should do an update of that commercial where he is the savior of the Leafs
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internet, business that is serious and all that
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 4, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I am serious, and stop calling me Shirley.
by Nigel Cadbury on Nov 4, 2011 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
I see what you did there.
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
holy geez tim horton's actor rant!
well ‘tim,’ i can rant too….
that annoying tim horton’s commercial….. it’s on dozens of times per game…. and each time i’m like ‘man that guy who dared to challenge the boss over that disgusting, overpriced sausage thingy and now is eating crow like a pussy, looks a lot like james reimer!’
man… tim horton’s commercials have been irritating and awful for years (memorable though)…. off the top of my head i remember about 12 years ago they had this one where the girl employee proclaims “YES, we have bagels!” and another one where this flubby middle-aged doofus begs for a chicken salad sandwhich, finally getting one at the end of the commercial and exclaiming orgasmically ‘ahhhhh chicken salad sandwhich!’
i wish tim’s would stick to making coffee and donuts, have a commercial that shows classic clips of tim himself rocketing shots from the blue-line, and at the end of the ad morgan freeman says ‘tim horton’s: stop in for a donut and a coffee.’
Somebody doesn't like Tim Horton's!
What is life without hope?
by danishmarshmallow on Nov 5, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Poor Shermanator. Just as unfunny as he was in 1999
"These balloons aren't going to stay filled till New Year's!"
"Those aren't for New Year's... those are my everyday balloons."
by Isosceles Kramer on Nov 4, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions
You know… they’re making an American Pie reunion movie.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Nov 4, 2011 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Funny story, my friends and I actually got into a bar / street brawl with the actors from one of the straight-to-DVD sequels to American Pie. They were douchebags, and for some reason hanging out at Einsteins on College.
We kicked their asses. Felt like revenge for all the braincells they’ve killed with their horrible acting.
Naked Mile? Beta House? Band Camp?
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a box set with those 3 movies, I was young and thought they’d be full of boobs
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by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t deny that
"These balloons aren't going to stay filled till New Year's!"
"Those aren't for New Year's... those are my everyday balloons."
by Isosceles Kramer on Nov 4, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
What if Reimer was dressing up as a construction worker for Halloween...
And he just happened to look like that guy. What, we can’t dress up as construction workers for Halloween?
Maybe Reimer had a different costume and was wearing the construction vest for safety at night!
CUE HALLOWEEN ANGER PICTURES
by BubbaLou on Nov 4, 2011 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
MEEOW!!
"These balloons aren't going to stay filled till New Year's!"
"Those aren't for New Year's... those are my everyday balloons."
by Isosceles Kramer on Nov 4, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
These are amazing.
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by PPP on Nov 4, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
These are funny if taken the right way
but it saddens me as to the implicit commentary they make on the topic that must not be named.
I shall say one thing, and only one thing about this:
Having a sense of humour is an important thing that makes life better… but once you’ve abused a group to the point of setting up institutional discrimination against them (which you can’t seriously say about cats, dogs or vampires – not SERIOUSLY), then you lose the right to demand that they see the funny side of your behavior towards them. It doesn’t even matter if you personally did the abusing or not, once your group has set it up on an institutional level, it is removed from the realm of your personal discretion.
End of rant.
To honor Chemmy’s delicate sensibilities (and everyone else’s sanity) I won’t reply further to replies to this, so as not to get sucked into a cycle of getting-the-last-word-in (or to be perceived as such).
Also
It wasn’t Tim Hortons that did this. It was The Score.
Guy comes across as crazy serious though. Maybe James can send him some dough for acting lessons ;)
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WoW
So a construction worker who ISN’T a Leaf fan? This is shocking information. I need to sit down.
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by Dany Heatley Speedwagon on Nov 4, 2011 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
“THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS: TEAM OF THE 99%”
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by PPP on Nov 4, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS: TEAM OF THE 99% SEEN LIVE ONLY BY THE 1%
Raycroft! I like the move. Falls inline with the push for youth and is a solution for the future. Trading Rask was unfortunate, but with Pogge and Raycroft only being 26, I think the TO goaltending future is a bright one. - Some guy from 2006
by Chuck Diesel on Nov 4, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
In Soviet Toronto, Bay Street occupies your recreation facilities.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Nov 4, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Side note
I saw a bunch of ‘occupy’ people for the first time last night in Guelph. I overheard a conversation they were having as I was waiting for my date(s) and I don’t think they know what the hell they’re supporting by sitting near a fountain when it’s -2 outside
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by Chris Stoikoff on Nov 4, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I only require an open parentheses, letter ‘s’, close parentheses in this context when referring to a decade’s worth of social appointments :-(
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Nov 4, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
He is a comedian from Toronto, and yes the “Tim Horton’s Guy.” If anyone should be offended by this, it’s construction workers haha… This is awesome.
You guys are ridiculous
The guy says his name is Tim Doursch in the video. Tim Doursch is a COMEDIAN! Look him up online (http://www.boomcomedy.com/timinfo.html) and waddya know. Same guy
dooooooooooooooooy
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 5, 2011 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions
The guy has worse problems than being a construction worker/actor. Check out his myspace picture.
http://www.myspace.com/timdorsch/photos/3838078#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A3838078%7D
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