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In reply to the discussion: Maybe I'm just getting old, but I'm not liking all these new TP commercials. [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)65. All one needs to do is spell it out once, up front, so people know what you are talking about when
they see it farther down. Proper articles and news stories do that.
Not spelling things out is plain lazy.
Not spelling things out is plain lazy.
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Maybe I'm just getting old, but I'm not liking all these new TP commercials. [View all]
Atman
Oct 2013
OP
I can rustle up a picture I took of the 5 lbs. of wipes wraped around the sewer rodder blade...
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2013
#141
Don't worry about us lawyers (I am sure you don't)! SCOTUS just gave immunity to generic
Dustlawyer
Oct 2013
#54
I wasn't saying lawyers are bad...I was addressing the late-night slip & fall ads.
Atman
Oct 2013
#105
My bad, I just meant to add on to what you were saying. Never liked the advertising thing myself.
Dustlawyer
Oct 2013
#131
Not only that, but if they get you to think that you can't live without the drug
notadmblnd
Oct 2013
#58
Yup side effects like contracting cancer and or death but gee just ignore that small detail! :-( nt
Raine
Oct 2013
#137
..and pray tell, who "needs to cath" outside of a nursing home or hospital???
northoftheborder
Oct 2013
#12
People have been peddling stuff to give old men whopping boners since the ancient Egyptians
bklyncowgirl
Oct 2013
#158
It's about how an experienced man can adapt an old technology to solve problems.
bklyncowgirl
Oct 2013
#160
The USA is one of only two countries where advertising prescription drugs is even legal.
Spider Jerusalem
Oct 2013
#91
You'll be happy to know then, that the company founder was sent to prison and heavly fined.
K.O. Stradivarius
Oct 2013
#121
All one needs to do is spell it out once, up front, so people know what you are talking about when
RC
Oct 2013
#65
And wasn't he an odd fellow with a rather curious fetish!!!! I think he started us down this road!!
MADem
Oct 2013
#94
Somewhat off topic, but has anyone seen the disgusting new Jack Daniels commercial?
tridim
Oct 2013
#30
You can thank Proctor & Gamble for those. But hey, at least Charmin isn't made by the Koch Bros.
Erose999
Oct 2013
#43
The Kochs don't care about your stinking rant. They're still gonna be up your bum, or at least try.
silvershadow
Oct 2013
#45
Every time I read something like this, I'm remember why I got rid of that life-sucker
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2013
#83
I don't think being gross helps sales at all. I would be less inclined to buy the product. n/t
duffyduff
Oct 2013
#90
We've come a long way from being mortified by a dancing brassiere in mixed company, haven't we?
MADem
Oct 2013
#92
In keeping with the thread's theme, I'd like to thank him from the heart of my bottom
pinboy3niner
Oct 2013
#126
Or the commercials that portray all middle-aged men with the inability to get it up...
Vashta Nerada
Oct 2013
#133
I don't find those nearly as disturbing as the commerical for the Bacon Bowl.
winter is coming
Oct 2013
#143