“Nice Try” Department
Dummy: Can’t we skip the rental car line like at Hertz?
Ventriloquist: Not exactly.
Dummy: Is there a covered canopy like at Hertz?
Ventriloquist: Not exactly.
Dummy (getting soaked in the rain): So, you still think I’m the dummy?
Ventriloquist: Uhhh . . . not exactly.
–Hertz commercial (1996)
The dialogue (above) from the classic Hertz commercial came to mind looking at the sign for “Fresh Poured Florida Orange Juice” at Bruegger’s the other morning.
Skeptical that a big (16 oz.) glass of fresh orange juice would only cost $1.99, I asked the counter staff whether it was in fact fresh squeezed.
The inevitable reply (preceded by a big pause): ‘not exactly.‘