There are some really silly Ads on TV here at the moment.
When I say silly I don’t mean amusing, I just mean real stupid.
One is a government jobby where a child is shown shouting at her doll. The idea here is if you shout at your children they will give the doll a serve.
Aside from the obvious – this is an Ad made by people who don’t have children – frankly I’d be quite happy if my kids shouted at their bears rather than abusing me all day long.
There’s another one which has been banned in several States. It comes on in the evening and features a bloke and his girlfriend in bed. She groans and turns away from him and then three copper-type blokes enter the room and the one says, “Now sir, you were speeding.”
Yes, it’s to do with premature ejaculation and it’s for some snake-oil type product that apparently can prolong the moment. Me personally, if indeed I had that problem madam, would like some idea of just what amount of extra time you could expect for your $29.99. I suppose though looking at your watch during the business could be a bit off-putting.
Anyway, it seems there have been many complaints to the advertising standards people along the lines of it makes men feel small (another problem, surely?) or inadequate. Er, yes...I think that’s the idea.
To be honest, I’m wondering what a bloke with this problem is doing watching TV when really he should be upstairs practising the too-and-fro and getting it right.
And the final one today is for some snack biscuits type thing where the woman comes on and daintily takes one and nibbles it and says, “they taste so good you’ll eat them straight out of the packet.”
Wow! That’s incredible! I’ll go and get me some of those right now!