Sunday, November 22, 2009









  1. I think this one is actually worse:

    She's afraid of a thunder storm? Seriously? And if she's scared of that, she should be terrified of husband/boyfriend/whomever it is that signed her out of the institution for the day and brought her up the the mountains, because he's a lot creepier than any storm. "I'm here...and I always will be." Yeah, lady...sounds to me like someone wants to kill you and wear your skin.

  2. I hate the commercial where the guy draws a heart in the snow outside his "loved one's" window, draws a heart on the window itself- jesus, it's called "stalking," people. It's not romantic, it's creepy.

  3. We have to deal with the same "Blow your dough on shiny trash and you'll get your end off" nonsense up here too; it's not just you and it's not just me, this is all around the world.

  4. Ron White

    [On DeBeer's diamond slogans] The new slogan now is "Diamonds: Render her speechless." Why don't they just go ahead and say it? "Diamonds: That'll shut her up... for a minute."

  5. There is actually a witty jewelry store commercial in which a car GPS navigation system acts like a female HAL. "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."

  6. 1st Repbulic 13th Star:

    There's a bill-board I have to jog by that shows a diamond ring next to two pairs of feet sticking out of the sheets; it leaves me with the impression that the slogan should be "Diamonds: they help you get her in the sack."

  7. It might be worthwhile to point out that the song "I've Got You Babe" is all about a couple recognizing that they don't have two nickles to rub together- not even enough to pay the rent- but that doesn't matter, because they have eachother.

    I'm not sure how that fits into the message "buy her something shiny and worthless."

  8. Jessica- I agree, that is one dependent little girl in that "thunderstorm" commercial- and one totally creepy, "I'll kill you and myself if you ever try to leave" guy she's with. I'll have to snark on it in the near future.

  9. Funny they skip the "They say our love won't pay the rent, before it's earned, our money's all be spent" line in the song.

    I think the Family Guy take on the DeBeer's commercials might have been the most accurate: