<p>It annoys the heck out of me.</p>
<p>Carry on.</p>
<p>^^^^^ same here.</p>
<p>I can’t decide which is worse – the one who looks like Terri Hatcher or the one who looks like Condolezza Rice. Is she supposed to be some kind of education superhero? It’s just dopey.</p>
<p>I hate it, but maybe this is just proving that it’s an effective ad because we all notice it?</p>
<p>Who the heck clicks through on something like that? And howcome it’s only a woman going back to school? Would maniacally grinning jumping men just be too scary?</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s effective–I couldn’t tell you who it’s for.</p>
<p>I always turn off the page when it comes on because i find it so freakin’ annoying.</p>
<p>Ugghh…she’s here now. I’ve never seen ‘Terri’, only Condi Rice…which is sad because I actually like Condi Rice and will now think of her jumping in superhero tights and granny glasses every time I see that. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I guess I either have great ad blockers or exceptional tunnel vision- I have never seen the ad.</p>
<p>Agree, terribly annoying!</p>
<p>At least they got rid of the old geezer guy whose head was attached to the curvaceous leotard. That version was pretty weird.</p>
<p>Hey, somebody’s watching! We now have a peace-sign flashing grandma in a grad cap and gown…I’m a little creeped out that they’ve changed it.</p>
<p>I watch the CSI shows on Hulu from time to time and they give you a choice of ads from time to time. The Allstate ad is the most obnoxious. I always pick something else - not because I care about the product but because I don’t want to see the obnoxious ad. I have the feeling that many other people do this too - it probably skews the user interest results. I’m sure that a data mining expert could catch what is really going on.</p>
<p>I’m want to know what man thought it was good marketing to ask a woman her age? 
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Yea, that one finally drove me to downloading the firefox addblocker. it’s very effective. Love that I can now go to my news websites and not have the entire page taken up by some giant annoying add until I can find the tiny x to switch it off.</p>
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<p>I was curious if there’s software that will figure out your age from a picture (it would make for a fun research area if there wasn’t), and, sure enough, there’s commercial software out there that does this. Apparently it’s used with talking signs or billboards. A camera captures your image and figures out your age and sex. I presume the purpose is to then display an ad that it thinks you might be interested in.</p>
<p>Dang it–jumping Condi is back.</p>
<p>It’s funny because I was just mentioning to others that this ad is driving me nuts and then, lo and behold, there is a thread in the Cafe about it! LOL </p>
<p>Normally I don’t mind ads and just ignore them but the way this one is constantly moving (jumping) is very distracting and ughhhhhhh.</p>
<p>(hadn’t thought of Condi Rice, but now that you mention it, she does resemble her…well, at least the head…never saw Condi in a leotard)</p>
<p>^^^you should really see Condi Rice as Jack Donaghy’s ex-girlfriend on 30 rock.
[‘30</a> Rock’: Condoleezza Rice Is Jack Donaghy’s Ex-Girlfriend (VIDEO)](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>'30 Rock': Condoleezza Rice Is Jack Donaghy's Ex-Girlfriend (VIDEO) | HuffPost Entertainment)</p>
<p>^ ek4, Thanks for the clip! I love it. I don’t normally watch 30 rock (I know, I’m the only one in America, right?), but I’ll have to watch that one. Very funny!! :D</p>
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<p>No wonder why Osama put so much effort into grooming and coloring his beard…</p>
<p>I saw this ad in my Yahoo email too - gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>