Take Another Ride On LTD, You Can Get It To Go…
Nowhere, apparently. Those of you who’re new to the Eugene area won’t remember the damnable LTD girl commercials, but as horrible as they were, they at least advertised a service that existed. Further, a service that students pay for and could actually use.
If LTD is shut down by a strike, Lane County should refund somewhere in the neighborhood of 2/3 of the ~$500,000 incidental fee subsidy that is paid for the student bus passes. You see, my pretties, taking the bus isn’t free, you’ve just already paid for it. However, unlike most of the other crap that the incidental fee gets wasted on, at ~$25 per student per year the LTD pass is a steal compared to their retail rates. Granted, there’s some rule in place such that incidental fee money cannot be returned directly to students (Dan, Adrian?), but the $330,000 and change could be put in a holding account to be applied to next year’s LTD subsidy.
Of course, what’s likely to happen in the (highly improbable) event that LTD does the right thing, is that money being put into the over-realized fund and used for some more solar panels on the EMU.
Well, if Madeline jump started her musical career with the LTD song, I might as well move to LA — just wait until you hear my new R&B hit that I wrote for the new Sanipac ad campaign: “Get yo glass outtta ma bin (paper is aight wit me)”. Think Missy Elliot meets Madeline.
And for you little people out there, don’t forget to love yourself. If you feel down and out because you are a tree hugging loser, just remember how much better I am than you because I wrote a jingle for Sanipac.
So you sang the LTD jingle eh, Madeline? I’ve always wondered what a job like that pays. Is it a full kilo?
What, a slow day for the Madeline Puckette PR team?
At least I now believe in myself.
Of course that could also be the tree hugging. That shit is good for my self esteem.
Was your high school like Vietnam? If so, which one of you is Robin Williams?
dude, Madeline, remember when you and I used to rock the morning announcements, and you went by “Madgirl”? Good times…
haha! I was toodling around google today and came across this ancient post. I hope everyone has found it in their hearts to forgive me for taking advantage of that neat opportunity. Thanks LTD, and Cappelli, Miles Wiltz & Kelley, it’s not often the industry trusts their ideas & money in the hands of a 17 year old.
And as Meghann said: No, I was not popular in High School, instead I stayed focused on my work and my music and it’s paid off, so to any young people out there who struggle with social structures…. believe in yourself.
As for the LTD song… if you can’t stand it, move out of Oregon, that’s what I did 😉 But watch out for me! This isn’t the last you’ll here from a girl called Madeline…
Oh, and to all the other people who ridicule me: go hug a tree. Hippies.
i happen to love the LTD song! haah
Oh good! The ad is back. Radio and TV. So if you missed it the first time you get another chance to be like these people. Forever scarred.
How many months since this post? Right back at you, Rezo.
I’d rather take a ride on the LSD. Then I can go my way. By the way, How many years has it been since those fateful commercials? You guys in Oregon need to find something else better to do than talk shit about Mad Girl. Get a life.
Yeah, well … what do you expect? I got Bruce Vilanch to write the last one.
That really wasn’t as funny.
I tried to get the bus to go my way once. The bus driver told me to sit down and shut up.
I then started crying.
Sad. Very sad…
You can’t get the bus go YOUR way; that’s called hijacking.
That’s priceless Tyler. Get as much mileage out of that line as possible.
I always got the LTD jingle confused with the Burger King catch phrase “Have it Your Way.” I hated that. Plus, the little song that the prancing pixie sang was full of mistruths. You can’t get the bus go YOUR way; that’s called hijacking.
DUDES. I went to high school with the LTD girl. Madeline Puckett. And man, did the whole entire school ever hate her! wooooeeee she was NOT popular.
That little LTD bitch! That song is forever seared in my brain, every pathetic word of it.