Do you remember a kinder, gentler time? A time when there was some sense of propriety in society? Do you long for the days when they didn't say words like 'groin', 'hemorrhoid', and 'period' in commercials? I just saw a commercial tonight that, while it made me laugh for a full 30 seconds after it aired, was actually rather offensive. I'll try to conjure the images for you:
A young woman, leaves her house and passes a scraggly shrub - which upon her passing, is miraculously trimmed. Two women stroll past a store, with two more scraggly shrubs, that are similarly neatened up upon their passing. Two more times, young women walk past shrubs, sorely in need of a trim, a - voila! - all nice a tidy. (What on earth could they be selling???) Finally, a woman emerges from the shower and we find out that the product is the new Schick Quattro for women - with the new "Trim" feature. (Shrub = bush, get it?!?!)
If this had been an SNL commercial parody, it would be damned funny, but instead it just seems more than a little tacky? Aren't there any standards, societal strictures in place that tell us when we've crossed a line? I don't think we need commercials discussing ways to deal with 'bikini lines'. (Hello, we are talking about pubic hair, here!)
I guess I'm turning into a grumpy old lady, but I preferred the days when people used a little discretion when discussing personal hygiene - especially when it's in my living room!!!
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FH -- give me a break. After the ED commercials you think women deserve sympathy? Hey, here's two jokes, the first you may remember:
What do Brooklyn and pantyhose have in common?
Flatbush.
New Yorker line drawing of a young guy in a big SUV:
"Do you think I would've paid $50,000 for this piece of junk if I'd known they were gonna come out with a ten dollar boner pill?"
Lighten up. Laugh at the cialis ads. It's all bs.
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I'm sorry, I have to agree--that's just nasty. A brazilian wax job is a much better solution.
And speaking of gross images, do you have to refer to yourself as an old fart?
Gina - they're considering banning brazilian waxes in New Jersey.
xootie - that's the point I'm making! I don't want 'boner pill' commercials, either. I'm no prude, but somethings are meant to be private. There is such a thing as public decency...
lol - I haven't seen that commercial.
I try to gross out Mr. Suza with my stories of girlie stuff, but he's pretty immune, what with having 5 sisters and all. Not much shocks him.
I guess what I don't get about these kids twoday are two things - thongs (ruining a perfectly good name for a shoe), and waxing. My mom says that it's not that they like it, it's that they are "used to it." My friend says "if you didn't have to wax before he married you, you don't have to wax after."
Personally, there are enough humiliations involved with womanhood (I wonder how much money I've spent on menstrual supplies thoughout my life) without going to an unnamed woman in a cheapo booth and having to pull up my legs to expose various parts of my crotch. Not fun. Not necessary.
I also love the Yaz ads. And the nuva ring ads (but I do like the nuva ring) MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySundayEverydaaaaaayyyyyyyyy...
wv: salmoust
Then there's the Boyzilian *shudder*. JMF, those commercials will get worse before they get better, I'm sorry to predict...
More inexplicable to me are the pharmaceutical ads where they have to spend 20 seconds out of a thirty-second commercial listing dangerous side effects. There's almost no time left to tell us of the marvelous benefits! However, they always show clean, energetic people living clean, energetic lives in the background, so you know it's all right...
WT - on the radio they are advertising a new allergy spray that relieves allergy symptoms for both your nose and eyes. Side effects may include glaucoma and cataracts!!! I think I'll stick with my itchy, watery eyes that can SEE thank you very much!!!
"Possible side affects may include death"
I love the ads for the pain relievers that say "possible side effects may include lymphoma."
Oh, like CANCER?! My sister died from lymphoma because like those young women in the ads, no one even dreamed she might have cancer when she started showing symptoms (puffy fingers, aches under the arms, lack of appetite). It was because she had taken prednisone for crohn's disease for so long - there's a strong link between prednisone type drugs and non-lifestyle related cancers like lymphoma and leukemia.
I'm a great believer in better living through chemicals, but I still think it doesn't hurt to wait 20 years or so after a drug comes out, just to be sure.
Blogs today, I tell ya...
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I think about this every time I fly Aerlingus.
See, now, I think you all doth protest too much.
You never had a problem with LaSalle's podcast talking about having his back waxed, and rather eloquently too, I might add...
wv:drywayin
Gina - I must have missed that. I don't listen to the podcast all that faithfully. You've had a child, so you are probably aware of this fact: your back is not your vagina...big difference in social acceptability, IMHO.
Please. My virgin ears had to endure him discussing going into a parlor that also did brazillions and boyzillions in order to get ready for the Venice beaches...that's how I first heard about it. It was nasty. And, we were also treated to Leba talking about getting her legs waxed and what a good thing it was. YUK.
I felt like I had a big ol' hair in my mouth all day.
I'm with Gina as far as the thought of Mick getting his back waxed. Yuck! Just the thought of it ruined one of my favorite jokes, the one about how you get rid of unwanted hair. You spit it out.
If that ad offends you, maybe it's time have a trim down there. Use scissors though for the bush, razors only for the legs. Men who prefer the waxed look are most likely repressed pedophiles. This message is approved by the Fuller Bush Co.
YC - you think I have 'bush envy'? No, I think you have bush derangement syndrome. BTW, the punchline to my joke has an emoticon.
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YC - LOL!!!
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