Silly, Stupid TV Commercials.

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HiDesertHal

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Some of the ones I feel are dumb are those that advertize Mouthwash.

They show a young woman with her mouth closed sloshing the mouthwash around between her cheeks as she makes little smirks with her lips.

This makes me wonder what emerging world countries think of us.

HDH
 

I saw the favorite commercials thread, but couldn't find my favorite and speakers currently not connected- but the one I really liked from a year or so ago was James Earl Jones and that other guy talking about people 'friending' each other, and they go "Totes magotes!" For some reason I thought that was hilarious, especially with Jones's deep voice.
 
Some commercials make me cringe. How could an intelligent person possibly say or do that in public/before a camera but I guess everything has a price, even dignity. If I can't fast-forward, I mute.
 

99 out of 100 commercials are a waste of electricity, IMO. I've almost worn the writing off the Mute and Prev Ch. buttons on my remote. Unfortunately, these TV companies all seem to break for commercials at the same time, anymore. If people paid close attention to these Ask Your Doctor commercials, they would be Loathe to take any of these prescription drugs...the side effects can be worse than the original illness.
 
I hate the Flo ones for Progressive Ins. I always skip to the next channel I am trying to watch. Everything is reruns now so I use the button on my remote to go to the next channel I am watching.
 
Don M. said:
99 out of 100 commercials are a waste of electricity, IMO. I've almost worn the writing off the Mute and Prev Ch. buttons on my remote. Unfortunately, these TV companies all seem to break for commercials at the same time, anymore. If people paid close attention to these Ask Your Doctor commercials, they would be Loathe to take any of these prescription drugs...the side effects can be worse than the original illness.
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And have you ever noticed they have teeny-tiny print at the bottom so you can't read the side effects and dangers?
 
JaniceM said:
And have you ever noticed they have teeny-tiny print at the bottom so you can't read the side effects and dangers?
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Ever since I helped an old neighbor with his prescription drugs about 5 years ago, I have developed a real Attitude about these drug commercials, and the doctors who prescribe all this junk. After he had a stroke, the doctor had him on 11 different drugs, and he was really struggling. I did some serious research on the Internet....Drugs.com....and found 7 of those drugs had serious interactions. I gave him the info and they cut him back to 5 drugs. Personally, if that had been my doctor, I would have given serious thought to a lawsuit for malpractice.

There are Only 2 nations which allow this Drug Propaganda to be broadcasted on TV....the U.S. and New Zealand....all the other civilized nations have passed restrictions on allowing their people to be brainwashed into subsidizing the profits of the drug companies.
 
Don M. said:
Ever since I helped an old neighbor with his prescription drugs about 5 years ago, I have developed a real Attitude about these drug commercials, and the doctors who prescribe all this junk. After he had a stroke, the doctor had him on 11 different drugs, and he was really struggling. I did some serious research on the Internet....Drugs.com....and found 7 of those drugs had serious interactions. I gave him the info and they cut him back to 5 drugs. Personally, if that had been my doctor, I would have given serious thought to a lawsuit for malpractice.

There are Only 2 nations which allow this Drug Propaganda to be broadcasted on TV....the U.S. and New Zealand....all the other civilized nations have passed restrictions on allowing their people to be brainwashed into subsidizing the profits of the drug companies.
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Yup, the drug companies get rich, health care providers benefit, and patients (a/k/a 'consumers') are worse off than ever.
 
The commercial I detest is for a washing machine soap. It's a guy and his daughter. On the last part of the commercial, he's laying on the ground, laughing with his daughter. He's wearing a cooking pot tied to his head. Ya know, I can't tell you the times my dad tied a cooking pot on his head and played with me on the ground. I'm not sure there are many guys out there, who have happy memories of their dads , frolicking with them, wearing cooking pots.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
The commercial I detest is for a washing machine soap. It's a guy and his daughter. On the last part of the commercial, he's laying on the ground, laughing with his daughter. He's wearing a cooking pot tied to his head. Ya know, I can't tell you the times my dad tied a cooking pot on his head and played with me on the ground. I'm not sure there are many guys out there, who have happy memories of their dads , frolicking with them, wearing cooking pots.
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I don't think my father ever did that either!! lol
 
I have a stone wall all across my back yard which is full of little "lizards" (Not geckos).

They are harmless and often crawl down onto the grass to grab a bug for lunch.

Janice, That pink one looks kind of anemic.
 
Falcon said:
I have a stone wall all across my back yard which is full of little "lizards" (Not geckos).

They are harmless and often crawl down onto the grass to grab a bug for lunch.

Janice, That pink one looks kind of anemic.
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But think of how you'd react (or as I did) if you'd never seen anything like that before, and suddenly encountered large bunches of them. I went screaming to neighbors! lol
 

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