# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/81 "2017-07-12T20:56:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s one where the mom finds her son mopping the floor with water from the toilet, and feels the need to bleach the whole floor. Jebus, lady, get a grip. What if the kid put an ammonia-based cleaner in the bowl to clean the floor? :eek: ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/82 "2017-07-12T22:01:25Z")
I think those Clorox commercials are kind of funny. Like the one in which the toddler proudly announces that he pooped on his own and then when the mother doesn’t see anything in the toilet, he points at the bathtub. Or the two boys literally having a pissing contest. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/83 "2017-07-12T22:24:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think those Clorox commercials are kind of funny. Like the one in which the toddler proudly announces that he pooped on his own and then when the mother doesn’t see anything in the toilet, he points at the bathtub. Or the two boys literally having a pissing contest. “I already made it from this line.” _slaps palms_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/84 "2017-07-13T13:27:10Z")
“Oh I hate this belt!” “Moooooooommmmm, we have a situation!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/85 "2017-07-13T14:14:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s one where the mom finds her son mopping the floor with water from the toilet, and feels the need to bleach the whole floor. Jebus, lady, get a grip. Years ago there was a commercial for Comet, or some hygenic sink cleaner. A kid dropped his apple into a spotless stainless steel sink, in some McMansion kitchen, and the mom freaked. out. Started scrubbing and de-germing the filthy filthy sink (and probably threw out the apple) to protect Her Precious from nasty germs. Drove me crazy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/86 "2017-07-13T21:50:38Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > “Oh I hate this belt!” > “Moooooooommmmm, we have a situation!” > > 😃 aw, I love that ad. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/87 "2017-07-14T04:14:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Or the two boys literally having a pissing contest. Yet another commercial that was pulled because boys of all ages were imitating it. :smack: Threadjack: I heard on NPR this evening that the NFL will no longer air ads for Viagra and Cialis, which will drastically reduce the number of uncomfortable conversations between parents and children who are watching football together. :o The main reason is because the NFL has seen dramatically reduced revenues in recent years; the other is because both drugs are about to go generic, if they haven’t already, and so advertising them will be pointless. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/88 "2017-07-14T12:26:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > aw, I love that ad. I can definitely relate to the kid! I had one of those belts when I was that kid’s age. While it never caused a “situation,” I did hate it because it was so difficult to fasten it so the rings would lay flat. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/89 "2017-07-15T16:25:58Z")
An ad for razors that is all about how you can order them online and they will be delivered. The scene? The guy is getting ready to shave, all lathered up (including both hands, who does that?) discovers he is out of blades, and proceeds to use his phone to order some more; one version he uses his nose to press something on the phone, the other version he uses voice ordering, because, you know, shaving cream. 1. I’ve never seen anyone use both hands to apply shaving lather to their face. It’s just stupid. 2. They can’t rinse off their hands before ordering the blades? 3. And now what? Are they going to stand there waiting for the new blades to arrive, one or two or five days later? This is just the most stupid \*stupid \*\*\*stupid \*\*commercial I can remember ever seeing. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/90 "2017-07-15T21:49:38Z")
I saw that one yesterday, **Roderick** , and I also thought how dumb it was. I’m not a man so I don’t know for sure, but I really didn’t think it took two hands to put on shaving cream. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/91 "2017-07-16T05:02:00Z")
Am I the only one who wants to skoosh Lil Sweet into the cement like a cockroach? Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/92 "2017-07-16T15:32:22Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > And how the fuck is he supposed to bone her from a separate tub??? 😕 It’s prehensile. 😉 (Ever seen Babylon 5? Ask Ambassador Mallari about that.) > [@pulykamell](#): > > To be honest, I may have let my 80 pound dog lick my kid’s face clean before. Oh well. Then again, he gets into practical make out sessions with me or my wife. You make out with your kid? :eek: > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > There’s the one where a momma is driving down a suburban street in a Nissan Rogue, racing her young daughter, who is dressed entirely in black (as one does) and riding a Big Wheel. Momma pulls in the driveway, avoiding some containers of black paint that are inexplicably sitting in the middle of the pavement. Daughter comes screeching in and slides to a halt, knocking over the containers and sending black paint everywhere\*. > > What does Mom do? String her daughter up by the ankles in the garage? No, she gives her a _high five_. > > \*actually, they use CGI to make the paint look like it’s forming some sort of curlicue design, which makes even less sense. Okay, so the point is that the girl is imitating the cool stylings of the “midnight edition”\* Nissan by painting her Big Wheel all black, instead of the expected girly pink. Thus, she rides by the neighborhood pink girls with her “whatsup?” nod while they look on in shock. Then she’s cruising next to her mom, who for some reason is driving next to her. They don’t explain why - maybe mom’s on her way back from work/getting groceries/saving the world and they happen to meet up and mom rides next to her cool daughter so they can look smug together. Anyway, the car is so cool, the paint doesn’t make a mess, it makes art. > [@simster](#): > > I thought the girl painted her big wheel black to match the Rogue - and the sliding in rubbed the paint off the tires. That, too. Because driveways are rough like sandpaper and the underlying plastic is still pink. > [@](#): > > Still an annoyingly stupid commercail - and apparently they are telling me that big wheels powered by gradeschoolers can outrun (or atleast keep pace with) the Nissan. No, they’re saying that mom is proud of her pre-goth daughter and they’re riding together to show off their two cool-mobiles together. Cars can be driven slowly on purpose. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s one where the mom finds her son mopping the floor with water from the toilet, and feels the need to bleach the whole floor. Jebus, lady, get a grip. So you don’t have a problem with poo-water everywhere? > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > 1. I’ve never seen anyone use both hands to apply shaving lather to their face. It’s just stupid. > > 2. They can’t rinse off their hands before ordering the blades? > > 3. And now what? Are they going to stand there waiting for the new blades to arrive, one or two or five days later? > > This is just the most stupid \*stupid \*\*\*stupid \*\*commercial I can remember ever seeing. I have to agree, and I haven’t even seen the ad. * * * - The “Midnight Edition” comes in 5 colors, not just black. 😕 They talk about the blacked out features like window shades, mirrors, and wheels. Whoopeedoo. I still can’t agree to a white car called “Midnight Edition”. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/93 "2017-07-16T19:38:40Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > So you don’t have a problem with poo-water everywhere? One hopes the kid is smart enough to flush and pour some sort of floor cleaner in the bowl before mopping. That’s how I cleaned my bathroom floor before being bent over mopping could put my back out. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/94 "2017-07-17T18:11:54Z")
I’m sure the kid want using actual turds, and likely used a preflushed bowl, but what little kid is going to add floor cleaner to the toilet water? They may not even know it exists. Also, just because you send the bulk of the solids away doesn’t mean you’ve eliminated the germs. Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/95 "2017-07-17T18:46:40Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The continuing saga of morons cooing over Chevy products while the “guy” shows them meaningless stuff. I hate “that guy” he defines the term “smarmy”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/96 "2017-07-17T18:49:52Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > 1. I’ve never seen anyone use both hands to apply shaving lather to their face. It’s just stupid. Fascinating. I would have assumed men use both hands to lather up - it’s more efficient that way and don’t you have rinse off the lathery hand before shaving anyway? I would certainly use two hands to apply shaving cream to my legs. Next you’ll tell me you don’t smack the aftershave on with two hands like in Home Alone. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/97 "2017-07-17T18:52:38Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > “WiFi. We LITERALLY cannot live without it.” (for Comcast or AT&T or something) > > That’s not what “literally” means!!! > > The overly-smug-sounding announcer even emphasizes the word “literally,” then somehow gets even more annoying as the commercial goes on. Yes it does. Words change meanings. Get over it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/98 "2017-07-17T18:56:27Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Fascinating. I would have assumed men use both hands to lather up - it’s more efficient that way and don’t you have rinse off the lathery hand before shaving anyway? I would certainly use two hands to apply shaving cream to my legs. > > Next you’ll tell me you don’t smack the aftershave on with two hands like in Home Alone. :eek: Nope, one hand for shaving cream, but yes, usually two hands for aftershave. Not always, ymmv. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/99 "2017-07-17T19:09:32Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Fascinating. I would have assumed men use both hands to lather up - it’s more efficient that way and don’t you have rinse off the lathery hand before shaving anyway? I would certainly use two hands to apply shaving cream to my legs. > > Next you’ll tell me you don’t smack the aftershave on with two hands like in Home Alone. :eek: To the first point, no. I hold the can in one hand and use the other hand to spread it around. Bear in mind that the face has a lot less surface area than one’s legs, so it only takes a couple of squirts of gel (in my case) to cover everything. I do rinse off my hand before shaving, but since I only have one hand with cream on it, I can turn on the water without messing up the faucet handle. And no, I don’t slap on after-shave with both hands, because I don’t use it. If I did use it, I probably would. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/100 "2017-07-17T19:20:40Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > what little kid is going to add floor cleaner to the toilet water? They may not even know it exists. Pretty sure a little kid would know Pine Sol exists and what it’s for. 'Course, that’s a commercial for bleach rather than pine stuff. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=6)