I miss the television shows and commericials of my younger years. Well, I just miss my younger years, but, enough of that. I remember the days when you would NEVER actually SEE a tampon in a commercial. And now, if you see a sanitary napkin in an advertisement, it is having blue liquid poured over it. Now, I don't know much about the Smurf menstrual cycle, but, even so, I didn't think there was much of a market for smurf Feminine hygene prodcuts, since there is only one Smurfette. Commercials need to make sense. There are a lot of them on the air right now that are totally out of left field. Sprite is on top of the list. Obey my thirst? Hell no, if that was the case, I'd be pounding back a six-pack of Corona in the office every day. Obey my thirst, indeed.. I have a difficult time with all the "ED" commericals. Yes, I am talking about the heart breaking affliction: erectile dysfunction. The latest commercial boasts THIRTY SIX HOURS of 'go time'. It also brings the risk of having a 4 hour erection. Now, I don't know about the rest of you, but 4 hours is a bit much. I mean, after 45 minutes, I am pretty much thinking about what is in the fridge that would make a good snack. I suppose a 4 hour erection would come in useful if you needed an extra hook to hang a towel on for a while.... While we're on the topic of DTC commercials (direct to consumer).... You never used to see ads for prescription medications. That's because drug companies were afraid consumers would be confused by medical jargon. But now, we have commercials that show people doing all sorts of things that used to be difficult for them....old people holding hands and kissin (yuck!) (viagra), fat pepole jogging (Meridia), old folks playing tennis (viox) and depressed eggs singing in a park (Zoloft). My favorite part of these commercials are the long list of POSSIBLE side effects, which include: dry mouth (I can deal with that, have a drink) headache (no problem, have them now) nausea (well, ok, I'll lie down and not make sudden movements) vomiting (ok, that is pretty bad, but you always feel better after you throw up, right?) loss of appetite (no problem! I'll drop a few pounds!) sexual side effects (uuh, like what? Am I going to be attracted to stuffed animals or something?) oily/leaky anal disharcge (WOAH! That can't be good.) blurred vision (again, no problem, I can pretend to be drunk!) fatigue (no problem, I have that now...snore...) What if you get a weird combination of side effects? I mean, if I am horny and have a headache, that is very counter-productive. Or, if I am drepressed, but have anal leakage, I am pretty much going to look for a gun to end it all. And what if I am losing weight, but sleep 14 hours a day, when will there be time to show off my new hot bod? sigh...I think I need to go take something for my headache that I have now. Hopefully I will be 'leakage free' for the evening...