{"id":703,"date":"2013-10-08T10:05:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T14:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2014-06-19T08:46:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T12:46:01","slug":"never-on-a-tuesday-every-day-is-hump-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"NEVER ON A TUESDAY? EVERY DAY IS HUMP DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland-based Geico Insurance Company&#8217;s Caleb the Camel ad has 16 million views on YouTube, almost 50,000 parody-postings and reposts, and the attention of middle-school principals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/lifestyle\/2013\/10\/geico-hump-day-ad-goes-viral-to-middle-schools-chagrin\/\">http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/lifestyle\/2013\/10\/geico-hump-day-ad-goes-viral-to-middle-schools-chagrin\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/lifestyle\/2013\/10\/geico-hump-day-ad-goes-viral-to-middle-schools-chagrin\/','width':'400','words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;max-width:400px;max-height:nullpx\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/lifestyle\/2013\/10\/geico-hump-day-ad-goes-viral-to-middle-schools-chagrin\/\\'&gt;Geico \\'Hump Day\\' Ad Goes Viral to Middle School\\'s Chagrin&lt;\/a&gt;The latest commercial from insurance giant Geico has nothing to do with cars or the auto insurance the company sells, but has become the Maryland-based company\\'s greatest hit, even among middle-schoolers. The commercial features a camel named Caleb wandering around an office asking a simple question - \\&quot;What day is it?\\&quot;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Go&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:400px;max-height:nullpx\"><a class='embedly-title' href='http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/lifestyle\/2013\/10\/geico-hump-day-ad-goes-viral-to-middle-schools-chagrin\/'>Geico &#8216;Hump Day&#8217; Ad Goes Viral to Middle School&#8217;s Chagrin<\/a>The latest commercial from insurance giant Geico has nothing to do with cars or the auto insurance the company sells, but has become the Maryland-based company&#8217;s greatest hit, even among middle-schoolers. The commercial features a camel named Caleb wandering around an office asking a simple question &#8211; &#8220;What day is it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Go<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland-based Geico Insurance Company&#8217;s Caleb the Camel ad has 16 million views on YouTube, almost 50,000 parody-postings and reposts, and the attention of middle-school principals. http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/lifestyle\/2013\/10\/geico-hump-day-ad-goes-viral-to-middle-schools-chagrin\/ Geico &#8216;Hump Day&#8217; Ad Goes Viral to Middle School&#8217;s ChagrinThe latest commercial from insurance giant Geico has nothing to do with cars or the auto insurance the company &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=703\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEVER ON A TUESDAY? 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