tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post301759017770052945..comments2024-03-16T05:34:13.675-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: "You set it up so well, so carefully....."-- The Eagles, "Lying Eyes"John F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-81966865047812740362013-02-28T08:37:55.189-08:002013-02-28T08:37:55.189-08:00Everything reminds you of Elly Patterson.Everything reminds you of Elly Patterson.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857362079455889314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-52158074274343665072012-08-23T08:47:21.546-07:002012-08-23T08:47:21.546-07:00Hey, yeah! It could be a new horror movie, like on...Hey, yeah! It could be a new horror movie, like one of those based on mirrors.<br /><br />"Honey, why do you keep cleaning the floors? They're already so clean they're blinding."<br /><br />"No, I have to get the people out. See? See the people under the floor? Until all the dirt is gone, they'll never be able to get out."<br /><br />"Sweetie, it's just your reflection. There are no people under the floor. Now, the kids are hungry. Isn't it time to make dinner?"<br /><br />"NO! NO! They're there! I see them! I have to keep cleaning!"<br /><br />"...Alright, kids. Mommy can't make dinner now. Let's all go to McDonalds and let Mommy....clean."<br /><br />Dad and the kids come home later. Mommy is sitting as the kitchen table, drinking coffee. She greets them with a smile.<br /><br />"Hi honey. How was McDonalds?"<br /><br />"Umm... great, dear. Uhh... you finished cleaning the floor."<br /><br />"Of course. It's all done now. See how shiny it is."<br /><br />"So... all the people under the floor are ok, now?"<br /><br />"What, dear? There are no people under the floor. Don't be silly. I was just working to hard and the cleaning fumes got to me, that's all. I'm fine now."<br /><br />"Whew. That's a relief. I was getting worried."<br /><br />"I know, honey, but it's all right now."<br /><br />"Mommy. I think I see someone in the floor."<br /><br />"Don't be silly, Billy. It's just your reflection. There are no people under the floor. Now, let's go watch TV."<br /><br />Billy walked away, along with the other children. They never did see their mother, silently pounding and screaming for them....under the floor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-59952362626412790762012-08-23T04:28:33.696-07:002012-08-23T04:28:33.696-07:00Considering the number of times we saw the mom in ...Considering the number of times we saw the mom in that strip holding a mop and bucket, with a stupid kerchief wrapping up her hair, she's probably consumed enough cleaning fluid fumes to see people waving at her from the floor, too.John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-61815692559934314252012-08-22T20:02:54.858-07:002012-08-22T20:02:54.858-07:00What about Family Circus? I can just see one of th...What about Family Circus? I can just see one of those melon-headed kids making an idiotic, kitschy metaphor about how clean the floor is.<br /><br />"I can see myself wave. It's like the floor is saying 'hi' to me."<br /><br />(barf!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-65400192179089859662012-08-22T15:49:13.079-07:002012-08-22T15:49:13.079-07:004) Lynn Johnston should have asked the people who ...4) Lynn Johnston should have asked the people who make Swiffer if they needed an animated spokes-moron for their product. That's because every last one of the dimwit wives in these ads remind me of Elly Patterson. DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-65817444995391642072012-08-22T09:51:36.146-07:002012-08-22T09:51:36.146-07:00I loathe all the Swiffer-makes-your-life-easier ad...I loathe all the Swiffer-makes-your-life-easier ads. Especially the one where she decides to read a book and the kid spoils it for her. Shows how selfish and thoughtless her kid is... mine would have asked if I'd read it first. But then, I raised my kids to be thoughtful and respectful and oh, they did chores too. <br /><br />I've also never had so much trouble with a mop and bucket that mopping took me hours. I will cop to the fact that we have a Swiffer Wet-whatever-thing because the spouse is disabled and it really is easier for him to mop the floor with it than a mop and bucket. <br /><br />You see that? He's disabled and he <i>still</i> helps out with the housework. Pahzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877861050356247528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-66292309796431023782012-08-22T08:42:20.393-07:002012-08-22T08:42:20.393-07:00I tried one of those things once. It got the floor...I tried one of those things once. It got the floor about as clean as letting a dog lick it.<br /><br />Also, that might be her youthful-looking husband on the porch. I have a hard time believing that a teenage boy would be out sitting on the porch doing what looks like reading a book, newspaper, ... something non-digital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com