Cisco Validates Daddy’s Tall Tales

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Cisco’s trained us to expect a campy pitch for the ASR 9000 to accompany almost all holidays where we have to demonstrate undying loyalty with cash.

Father’s Day is no exception. After giving Dad a pass on every cheap brag and unlikely childhood triumph he’s ever told, Cisco poses profound questions like this one:

“…And In what freaking universe would argyle socks be more appealing than six times the mobile backhaul capacity?!!”

Not this one, I guess. That reference to Dad being “burly and barrel-chested” was kind of creepy though, but in keeping with that slightly-violating oddvertising vibe that we’re all crazy about right now.

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