I keep hoping and hoping that the “Got Milk” magazine ads will go away, but they don’t. In my new issue of Better Homes and Gardens, there’s this woman in a black leotard with that gosh-awful white stuff painted over her upper lip. Gross! I guess I’m supposed to know who the woman is and be impressed that she drinks milk. All those ads do for me is to make me turn the page fast so I don’t have to look at them.
A few pages before that milk ad there was one of a baby in a high chair with food smeared all over his/her face, hair, hands, arms, and the chair. It’s supposed to be funny and cute. I found it repulsive. I couldn’t stand looking at it long enough to figure out that it was advertising some kind of paper towel. Jim figured that out for me when I griped to him about the ad.
Which brings me to all those “cute” photos of babies and their first birthday cakes. What’s cute about making fun of a little kid’s inexperience and inability to managed forks? I don’t have any pictures like that of my kids, because I didn’t think it was something they would want to be reminded of when they were teenagers. I wonder if they appreciate my thoughtfulness?
And since I’m on this soap box, I’m going to have my say about those awful wedding reception shots where the bride or groom crams the cake all over the face of his/her new spouse. Personally, I don’t think that bodes well for their relationship. Any groom who would so mess up his wife’s make-up at a time when she really needs to be pretty is not likely to be caring and thoughtful during their married lives. And any bride who would so demean her new husband is a fool. It takes a lot of kindness and thoughtfulness to make a marriage work, and a couple can never start that learning process too soon.
Remember the pie-in-the face gags? Why do people think they're funny? If that were to happen to me, I would be infuriated. I could watch Soupy Sales or Sid Caesar until they got to plastering some boob with a pie, and then I used my ultimate weapon. I changed the station.
Note to friends and family: Don't EVER even consider pitching something into my face!
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Karen, I agree with you 100% on all points (well 99%). In a lot of cases it's about a sexual fetish (wet and messy), and many people are very much in denial or can't tell the difference between that and amusement. In other cases, people are just three years old or amused by really stupid things.
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