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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ken Adams who wrote (184875)	10/19/2009 12:23:55 PM
From: Alan Smithee	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Have you noticed every time you turn on the TV a commercial is showing? About every 7 or 8 minutes they come on with, sometimes, 5 or 6 spots in a row. Most of them are too loud, and all of them ridiculous in content. Many are close to soft porn, as well. How did it happen that we have to watch promotions for condoms, feminine hygiene, erectile dysfunction and even lately, KY Jelly. My current most-hated commercials are those for Broadview Security (formerly Brinks). They variously show either a mom playing with her 6 year old in the back yard, a woman coming home from a date, or a woman exercising in a glassed in room. The common theme is one or two nasty looking guys are lurking and leering at these people. Luckily, the women have all set the security panel, so when the bad guy crashes through the door, shattering the jamb with one kick, he's frightened away by the alarm. 2 Seconds later, a service rep is on the phone saying "we have an alarm, is everything all right." When the response is no, we just had a break in, they respond, "ok, I'm sending help." I am sooooooo tired of these lame commercials. And don't get me started on the Viagra/Cialis/Levitra commercials.