# Commercials that we can go ahead and retire from television...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-we-can-go-ahead-and-retire-from-television/312455>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 14, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-we-can-go-ahead-and-retire-from-television/312455 "2005-07-14T02:32:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-we-can-go-ahead-and-retire-from-television/312455/81 "2005-07-19T23:59:31Z")

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> [@neofishboy](#):
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> Hmmmm. Are you sure you’re wearing them right-side-up?
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> I’m sorry, that was terrible.
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> I am filled with shame.

Damn you! There is now tamale all over my keyboard. Damn you!

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-we-can-go-ahead-and-retire-from-television/312455/82 "2005-07-20T00:13:46Z")

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> [@Anne Neville](#):
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> Oh yes! And let’s retire their smug commercials from the radio, too.

Umm, a small problem…Welch’s adult market consists entirely of teetotalers, who tend, as a group, (let’s face it) to be on the smug side. Those Larry King “forget the wine” spots probably ring them like a bell.

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