# Again with the annoying commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089 "2017-06-28T22:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 266
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5306 "2024-04-17T17:37:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t think I’ve actively smelt a persons pits or package or any part of them out in the wild. You’re lucky. Wait, I assume you mean in passing. I didn’t have to sniff someone’s butt like a dog to encounter some strong odors in the wild. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5307 "2024-04-17T18:30:32Z")
I’ve experienced adult odors in the same manner as the kid in this commercial when I was young. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j0M_XRfYm6I/hqdefault.jpg "Commercial Little Caesar Conga line") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0M_XRfYm6I) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5308 "2024-04-17T18:38:00Z")
There is no doubt that sometimes people stink. Teens and pre-teens (boys especially) have some hormonal and emotional shit going on. Some adults too. Some people do, in fact, need to bathe more often. But Lume wants everyone to both be hyper aware of how much they may possibly stink and, at the same time, tell you you don’t need to bath. It’s the shaming that pisses me off. Actual tagline in one of their commercials, “I didn’t know how much I smelled until I started using Lume.” Did you know that right now while minding your own business, you smell bad and you don’t even know it? And also, at the same time, if you sit down and you do not like the smell you just gave off, the answer is also to not bathe so often? But really, never forget, you stink unless you buy Lume. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5309 "2024-04-17T18:42:53Z")
There’s the odors that our bodies secrete, and then there’s the odors from the excreting and decaying bacteria who feast on those secretions. Some people do not differentiate, either out of shame or simply as a matter of taste. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5310 "2024-04-17T20:25:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Teens and pre-teens (boys especially) have some hormonal and emotional shit going on There is nothing worse than a stinky teenaged\* boy that tries to cover up that stink with axe body spray. - Into middle 20’s And to me, honest sweat from hard work isn’t that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5311 "2024-04-17T20:32:59Z")
Lysol?? My girly bits recoiled in horror just reading that! 😨 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5312 "2024-04-17T20:44:16Z")
Sounds like trump at a feminine odor press conference. “I’ve heard Lysol can knock out odors. Is there anything we can do with that?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5313 "2024-04-17T21:13:18Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > My girly bits recoiled in horror just reading that! 😨 My work is done here. 😈 👹 👺 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5314 "2024-04-17T21:28:18Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > Lysol?? My girly bits recoiled in horror just reading that! For good reason. > **[When women used lysol as birth control](https://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/03/when-women-used-lysol-birth-control/)** > > A look back at shocking ads for the popular, dangerous, and ineffective antiseptic douche. > By 1911, doctors had recorded 193 Lysol poisonings and 5 deaths from uterine irrigation. All the while advertising claimed Lysol was “gentle,” “non-caustic,” and “will not harm delicate tissue.” [—Andrea Tone, _Devices and Desires_](http://books.google.com/books?id=Im8RdEyDX8cC&dq=andrea+tone&source=gbs_navlinks_s) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5315 "2024-04-17T23:10:02Z")
never listen to a manscape commerical lol and yes some of us need the extra help so other people around us can breathe and no amount of showering helps … ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5316 "2024-04-18T05:19:22Z")
Oh, yes, I remember FDS, and also Norforms, feminine hygiene suppositories. We learned in sex education that they are NOT to be used as birth control, and the package said it, too. I also remember some kids joking about FDR, Feminine Deodorant Roll-On, and another kid overheard them and said, “How about Tickle, with the big wide ball?” It even said so on the bottle. > **[Vintage Tickle Pink Roll-On Antiperspirant Deodorant Full Size Floral 2 Oz](https://simhq.com/store/Vintage-Tickle-Pink-Roll-on-Antiperspirant-Deodorant-Full-Size-Floral-2-Oz_255152013341.html#google_vignette)** > > Vintage Tickle Pink Roll-On Antiperspirant Deodorant Full Size Floral 2 Oz ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5317 "2024-04-18T05:22:06Z")
Jay Leno once had one of those ads in his “Headlines” segment, and in this case, it described a woman who “restored harmony to my marriage” by using - yep, Lysol. In the pre-antibiotic days, gonorrhea was often treated in women by dissolving an ounce or so in a gallon (or thereabouts) of the hottest water she could stand, which was then used as a douche. As for men, they had their urethras flushed with the straight product. YEEEE-OWWWWW! ISTR that this picture was in National Geographic. [https://www.psihoyos.com/image/I0000p05.t1BpUis](https://www.psihoyos.com/image/I0000p05.t1BpUis) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5318 "2024-04-18T16:48:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I kinda try to avoid putting my nose near these areas on strangers. That’s our Beck. Avoids strangers but snuggles up with wayward possums… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5319 "2024-04-18T17:15:19Z")
Is that what Norforms were? I remember the commercials but I guess I was too young for it to register. I had totally forgotten about Tickle, which is odd since I used it and IIRC, tried ever color / scent. Thanks for the blast from the past; sorry for the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5320 "2024-04-18T18:01:57Z")
Not a hijack at all! Those, too were annoying commercials back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5321 "2024-04-20T21:18:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [@Tony Hale.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hale) No, I’ve never heard of him either. I freaking love Tony Hale (from _Arrested Development_ and _Veep_), but I don’t love these ads. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5322 "2024-04-20T21:48:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > I don’t think I’ve actively smelt a persons pits or package or any part of them out in the wild. > > You’re lucky. > > Wait, I assume you mean in passing. I didn’t have to sniff someone’s butt like a dog to encounter some strong odors in the wild. Perhaps the answer is for them to market their product to the furry community? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5323 "2024-04-20T22:10:47Z")
If only you could’ve smelt Clarence the possums offending odors. But…by the time stayed a week close at hand I had figured a way to keep the odor down. Cat litter, sevin dust and baking soda in a cat tray. A nice treat and he’d jump right in. He rolled and rolled in the stuff. It scratched itches he couldn’t get to. As long as I gave treats he’d roll. When he got out I’d squirt him unawares with some crap perfume we had. He was fresh, I tell you. Fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5324 "2024-04-21T20:55:51Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > I hate everything about that commercial - from the way they call it the Colonial Penn program" as if it was something other than an insurance company … This always irritates me, too. Clearly they figure their targeted customer base isn’t capable of distinguishing a government program from a for-profit enterprise. The hope is that confused seniors will assume this company exists to _serve_ (instead of to rake in the cash). I have a lot of reading to catch up with in this thread, so my apologies if this has already been mentioned: there are a couple of commercials that always annoy with their apparent weird mistakes. One is the Ensure ‘living fridge foods’ one with the Sergeant (or whatever he is) claiming that the product will give you loads of energy, and then immediately, as though to demonstrate he’s lying, one of the living food items lets out a weak-or-pain-riddled groan. The other is the Liberty Mutual one with two women talking in front of the Statue, with an unseen toddler in a stroller saying her first word: “Liberty,” of course. The unintended weirdness comes from the non-mother’s oddly hostile/suspicious tone when she asks the mother “how many people did you TELL??!?!” I get that the idea is that the kid learned that as a first word due to the mother talking too often about her insurance company. But why the antagonistic tone of the question? These peculiar overtones make me wonder if the purveyors of the products in question possess basic common sense–which doesn’t lead me to want to buy their stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5325 "2024-04-21T21:16:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > One is the Ensure ‘living fridge foods’ one with the Sergeant (or whatever he is) claiming that the product will give you loads of energy, and then immediately, as though to demonstrate he’s lying, one of the living food items lets out a weak-or-pain-riddled groan. Isn’t that the one where the food is trying to lift and move the orange juice carton? The food is the staining to lift. Then Ensure says, “I’ll take that,” and easily lifts and moves the _living_ orange juice carton. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=267)