Wednesday, July 14, 2010

When Teens Become Homeowners



Here's a little nugget from Lowe's new ad campaign, which I believe is entitled "you are an idiot and can't screw in a lightbulb without our help, so plan on living at Lowe's." Two gawky 14-year olds who you can't imagine doing anything more intimate than holding hands have inexplicably put together the capital and credit required to buy a pretty damn substantial-looking house in the suburbs. Hilarity ensues, as the two refugees from Kraft Mac' n Cheese commercials attempt to play Grown-Up and "do it themselves." At some point, I imagine, all that yappity-yap they got from their smothering parents about "using a licensed real estate agent" and "having a thorough inspection done before you sign" as they updated their FaceBook accounts with "OMIGOD TODD AND I R BYING A HOUSE LOL!" will come back to haunt them. Probably around the time winter sets in and they flee to Lowe's to ask what all this "insulation" stuff is about- "we've heard it's pink, and there's this cartoon panther that sells it, or something."

It occurs to me that if you are calling Lowe's in response to your washing machine going bezerk, or finding four feet of water in your basement, you really aren't ready to move out of your mom's basement anyway. Every consider renting, kids? No? Well then, let me put on my Middle Aged Man cape and give you some practical advice- if your washing machine is on the fritz, consult your warranty information and call the dealer for service. If you have a lake of water in your basement, call an f--ing plumber.

Tomorrow, I'll show you how to make toast without killing yourselves, ok?

(I'm so proud of myself. I got through the entire post without even pointing out the girl's bizarre forehead which, if these arrested-development troglodytes on YouTube are accurate, has it's own FaceBook page. Good for me!)

4 comments:

  1. Will Freddie, Fannie and Barney Frank ever learn? This is what got us in trouble in the first place. I imagine their next call goes something like "Dad, what do you know about a short sale?"

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  2. The odd thing about this is that I expected them to be a lot younger. It says something about me I don't like that I'm so used to being bullshitted that I expect to see eight-year old children talking about their new house to the doof in the apron.

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  3. Good point, Dreaded- it's only a matter of time before some network tries to sell us a sitcom starring the eTrade Babies.

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  4. thepapers, you forgot to blame Chris Dodd and Bill Clinton! What would Sean Hannity say?

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