LMAO, what does a mad tulip sound like? Gigantic irradiated tulips bloom right before your eyes (apparently) and who can't help but love the animated squirrel?
June 8, 2009 at 7:59 AM
dissimilitude said...
Hmm. It worked ok for me in Firefox. (3.0.10) I have to admit it would never occur to me to put animated animals (and plants!) in photos of a house I wanted to sell. I think they might be trying a little too hard.
Eh, it's probably my fault it didn't work, dissimilitude. I have this thing blocked, and that thing...
Oh, wait. I have ads here. I probably shouldn't encourage the use of blocking add-ons... Stay away from Adblock, kids! It might prevent you from seeing little animated goldfinches!
That last bit advertises "chemically free" acres. Why are realtors so bad with the grammar and the usage (and, for that matter, the spelling)? And I was hoping that nasty squirrel would make a reappearance in the master bedroom.
I love this show! I love the way the tulips bloom right before my eyes, and I love the way the pictures fly off the page in reverse at the end. Cre-a-tive! I wish I could buy those tulips for my yard, I have a black thumb. And yes, that's a crow noise! A little animated man playing that piano would keep me watching all day long1
June 8, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Christy said...
I enjoy that they go out of their way to assure potential buyers that the lot is chemical free and then place the disclaimer over a photoshopped image of giant mutant tulips.
And, while I appreciate a chemical free yard, is that really a major selling point? Am I wearing my rosy small town Illinois glasses again? Because I would expect ANY land I buy to not be chock full of chemicals.
You have got to be freaking kidding me... *click* ... Okay you're not. There really are animated animals and annoying .midi piano music. Despite that, I kind of want this house. Although the "artist studio" was disturbingly dark. They could have at least turned the ceiling light on to show us that you can actually SEE what you are painting. But what do I know?
June 8, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Ashley said...
:O Is that a Talking Heads reference in the title, or just a general "birds go tweet" sorta thing?
This IS what we agents do when we get new marketing toys - we design fun tours! It works! Look how many folks have viewed this one!! LOL Loved the squirrel.
I felt as if I was being lulled into a false sense of security between the music and the animated animals. I kept expecting a zombie to jump out of one of the bedroom closets.
honestly I find all the crows flying about the house on the very first picture a bit creepy. then more crow noises at the very very end after the auto-slideshow. if I was superstitious, i'd say that house has death in it.
June 8, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Anonymous said...
I feel all warm and fuzzy. This really makes me want to buy this kinda ugly dated house! sniff sniff.
WTF are they thinking??? My kids and I are laughing so hard right now. Butterflies, tweeting flinches, gigantic tulips that sway to the music??? Oh yea. Can't forget the nasty crow at the end to close the deal...CAAAHHW CAAAHHHW CAAAAAHWWW!
Oh my.
June 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Anonymous said...
Love it or hate it advertising works. All the pictures show that no matter what you advertise people will look. yay for advertising
Two questions: what is that realtor on? And where can I get some?
June 9, 2009 at 4:40 AM
Elia said...
I'm afraid. Normally I'm horribly cynical about this sort of thing. But I almost like it. It's kind of weirdly hypnotic. Except I think the squirrel may be a refugee from the next Aeon Flux movie...
June 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Anonymous said...
What exactly is a Certified Ecobroker? Never heard of one.
This is strangely weird and cute at the same time.
Those aren't tulips. They're triffids! Run for your lives!
June 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Anonymous said...
Creepy bats!...The Adams family must have moved....Who puts an oriental rug on their bed??
June 11, 2009 at 5:31 AM
marn said...
I understand that anything that gets the potential buyers' eyes on a page is good, but I was so distracted by looking for the animation in every pic that I forgot to look at the pics themselves!
June 11, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Anonymous said...
Oh wow, I'd never actually fallen off my chair laughing before. This is so bad it's good. I want a house with dancing tulips. And the violins!
June 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM
[Image] Aww. How cheery!
What happened to this blog? First a little sleeping begartered baby, now little tweety goldfinches. I used to be cool, man. Now I'm so full of sweetness and decency that I'm not even going to comment on the six-food tall flowers and how they're surely a sign of nuclear waste being buried in the backyard, and if they can grow to that height who's to say they won't tear themselves out of the ground and stomp around making mad tulip sounds.
Pfffffff! Unleash the tulips of Hell!
The listing is here, but a) I couldn't get it to work in Firefox, and b) it slowed my computer waaaay down for a good ten minutes when I tried it in another browser, and c) it has music. On the other hand the birds are animated, and how awesome is that?
UPDATE: Yeah, everyone else can get it to work. I'm uncool and don't know how to use a computer. Both!
"All the Realtors go "tweet tweet tweet""
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Looks more like tobacco disguised as tulips.
June 8, 2009 at 7:56 AM
LMAO, what does a mad tulip sound like? Gigantic irradiated tulips bloom right before your eyes (apparently) and who can't help but love the animated squirrel?
June 8, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Hmm. It worked ok for me in Firefox. (3.0.10) I have to admit it would never occur to me to put animated animals (and plants!) in photos of a house I wanted to sell. I think they might be trying a little too hard.
June 8, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Worked fine in Firefox for me. Music can be muted, too.
June 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Eh, it's probably my fault it didn't work, dissimilitude. I have this thing blocked, and that thing...
Oh, wait. I have ads here. I probably shouldn't encourage the use of blocking add-ons... Stay away from Adblock, kids! It might prevent you from seeing little animated goldfinches!
June 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM
OH. wow. That last bird noise--I am pretty sure it's a crow.
June 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM
That last bit advertises "chemically free" acres. Why are realtors so bad with the grammar and the usage (and, for that matter, the spelling)? And I was hoping that nasty squirrel would make a reappearance in the master bedroom.
June 8, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Audrey II: "Feed me!"
"Feeed me, Seymour!"
"You know I don't come from no Black Lagoon. I'm from past the stars and beyond the moon."
Studdenly Seymour is standing beside you, tra la la la la....
June 8, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Where's my top hat and tap shoes? I obviously need them to watch the show.
June 8, 2009 at 9:10 AM
I love this show! I love the way the tulips bloom right before my eyes, and I love the way the pictures fly off the page in reverse at the end. Cre-a-tive! I wish I could buy those tulips for my yard, I have a black thumb. And yes, that's a crow noise! A little animated man playing that piano would keep me watching all day long1
June 8, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I enjoy that they go out of their way to assure potential buyers that the lot is chemical free and then place the disclaimer over a photoshopped image of giant mutant tulips.
And, while I appreciate a chemical free yard, is that really a major selling point? Am I wearing my rosy small town Illinois glasses again? Because I would expect ANY land I buy to not be chock full of chemicals.
June 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM
WHen did a huge lawn and a couple of flower beds become a garden? Meh.
June 8, 2009 at 10:32 AM
You have got to be freaking kidding me... *click* ... Okay you're not. There really are animated animals and annoying .midi piano music. Despite that, I kind of want this house. Although the "artist studio" was disturbingly dark. They could have at least turned the ceiling light on to show us that you can actually SEE what you are painting. But what do I know?
June 8, 2009 at 11:50 AM
:O Is that a Talking Heads reference in the title, or just a general "birds go tweet" sorta thing?
June 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM
...and surprisingly, this place is in NW Portland and STILL over $5K cheaper than the Ajax kitchen property in San Francisco.
SF needs to get over itself.
June 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM
I like the giant stuffed frog.
June 8, 2009 at 12:50 PM
This IS what we agents do when we get new marketing toys - we design fun tours! It works! Look how many folks have viewed this one!! LOL Loved the squirrel.
June 8, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Oh my, now I know how I'm going to sell our house when the time comes, can't wait to unleash my artistic photo editing/animation skills!
June 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I felt as if I was being lulled into a false sense of security between the music and the animated animals. I kept expecting a zombie to jump out of one of the bedroom closets.
June 8, 2009 at 8:21 PM
those invasive species are everywhere, and they grow alarmingly fast.
the animated squirrel and butterflies were myspaceish...interesting~!
Never saw the backyard pics or the gold birds.
Plus, there's a giant frog on the couch and a red ghost in the forest. What planet if this place on?
June 8, 2009 at 10:24 PM
honestly I find all the crows flying about the house on the very first picture a bit creepy. then more crow noises at the very very end after the auto-slideshow. if I was superstitious, i'd say that house has death in it.
June 8, 2009 at 10:27 PM
I feel all warm and fuzzy. This really makes me want to buy this kinda ugly dated house! sniff sniff.
WTF are they thinking??? My kids and I are laughing so hard right now. Butterflies, tweeting flinches, gigantic tulips that sway to the music??? Oh yea. Can't forget the nasty crow at the end to close the deal...CAAAHHW CAAAHHHW CAAAAAHWWW!
Oh my.
June 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Love it or hate it advertising works. All the pictures show that no matter what you advertise people will look. yay for advertising
June 8, 2009 at 11:18 PM
what is that enormous hairy illuminated globe over the guest bedroom's bed? the room looks like something out of Harry Potter's world.
June 8, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Two questions: what is that realtor on? And where can I get some?
June 9, 2009 at 4:40 AM
I'm afraid. Normally I'm horribly cynical about this sort of thing. But I almost like it. It's kind of weirdly hypnotic. Except I think the squirrel may be a refugee from the next Aeon Flux movie...
June 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM
What exactly is a Certified Ecobroker? Never heard of one.
This is strangely weird and cute at the same time.
June 9, 2009 at 6:35 AM
That made me laugh so hard. I love it. But I also want to know what an Eco-Broker is.
June 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Those aren't tulips. They're triffids! Run for your lives!
June 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Creepy bats!...The Adams family must have moved....Who puts an oriental rug on their bed??
June 11, 2009 at 5:31 AM
I understand that anything that gets the potential buyers' eyes on a page is good, but I was so distracted by looking for the animation in every pic that I forgot to look at the pics themselves!
June 11, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Oh wow, I'd never actually fallen off my chair laughing before. This is so bad it's good. I want a house with dancing tulips. And the violins!
June 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM