From: Killjoy Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [alt.tv.commercials] MicroSoft ad funny Date: 2 Jul 1997 10:41:16 +0200 Subject: MicroSoft ad funny From: rreeves@boris.ucdavis.edu (Robert Reeves) Newsgroups: alt.tv.commercials I don't know how many of you got this via Don Crabb's newsletter for computer news+gossip, but thought it might be worth passing along here between psychic posts.... [quote] >WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TODAY?< According to Gary Hawkey, the answer to the above question is simple, "Straight to hell, apparently." It seems that Mr. Hawkey was transfixed before his TV the other day, watching a scintillating Microsoft commercial. The commercial began with "sublime choral music drift[ing] through the background as the unseen [computer] user surfs through the Internet and various Microsoft content using Internet Explorer." Aaah, virtual bliss! Sounds tame and even cool, so far. But wait, as they say on TV, there's more!!! The commercial closes with the Microsoft slogan 'Where do you want to go today?' and a final, furious blast of music. It's a very cool effect. But if you dig a little deeper.... As it turns out, the background music is the 'Dies Irae' of Mozart's 'Requiem Mass.' And the words of the final blast of music which accompanies 'Where do you want to go today?' are actually 'confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis...' For those of us not up on our Latin, or who can't find our Wheelock Latin dictionaries, Mr. Hawkey supplies the English translation: " 'When the damned are confounded, and consigned to sharp flames...';which describes exactly where I want to go today," he notes, treble clef firmly in cheek. Unfortunately, while [Internet] Explorer will take you to hell for free, the upgrade to purgatory is pretty steep."