Stupid Commercials

Today I have chosen to pick on stupid things that come right into our houses via our TV set ...or idiot box.

I like to watch TV and I understand that what is being shown has to be paid for, therefore advertising has its place. As a matter of fact, it's great when you've been waiting to go to the bathroom for 10 minutes because you didn't want to miss something and suddenly a commercial pops up on the screen giving you the perfect opportunity to empty your bladder ...or the other thing.

Now, let's consider those commercials that advertise some kind of medication. Have you noticed that it starts off by telling you the enormous benefits of this new drug and then you get this omniscient person's voice, speaking very fast telling you all the side effects that this medication can produce like:

nausea
suicidal tendencies
heart disease
liver failure
chronic lung disease
headaches
upset stomach
...and the list goes on and on.

Then they then proceed to tell you to inform your doctor if you have any of the described symptoms. I don't know about you people, but the doctor who will be prescribing this medication should have some clue about my current health status, otherwise he would not be prescribing the stuff, duh!

On the other hand, there's a place we all know from watching their commercials which is advertising that they carry "bona fide" chicken. Now, I don't know about you guys, but the last time I looked up this term in a dictionary it was a legal term meaning "made in good faith without fraud or deceit", so they are swearing that what they are serving us is real chicken! Now, when I say something, I always try to tell the truth to the best of my knowledge and therefore do not need to swear on someone's grave that it is true. As a matter of fact, the last time I heard someone swear that something was true, they turned out to be lying through their teeth. So they can skip the bona fide chicken crap and get on with selling tender and juicy like everyone else!

Another place advertises that you get a submarine sandwich on "oven baked bread". The last time I checked, bread was baked in an oven ...not in a frying pan, the kitchen sink, the sun deck, or up your ass! The lengths people go to to sell you something and the stupid things we end up falling for never ceases to amaze me!

Take my advice. The next time the commercials pop up on the screen, press the mute button and make up the conversation yourself ...it's a lot more creative and fun, and the whole family can join in.

Well, that's all for this Sunday evening. Catch ya on the rebound.

PS: If you have any topics you'd like me to give an opinion on, please leave a comment.