# Stupid Farce Ads of Local Moms Who Just Happened to Discover Health Secrets **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716 "2009-10-05T19:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/21 "2009-10-06T20:23:32Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I’m sorry, but until a Mom in your town discovers the secret, you’re not allowed to know! well, there is \*one \*way to know… ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/22 "2009-10-06T21:32:33Z")
The ads that particularly chap my cheeks at the moment are the ones designed to look like the front page of a local newspaper: **[YOURTOWN] DAILY NEWS** Local man makes $31,000 a month on the internet [Yourtown] resident Charles Madeupname, 34, is using high-tech internet technology over the World Wide Superhighway to make $31,000 a month. Yes, 31,000 dollars, and never mind that [Yourtown] is not even in America. And so on… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/23 "2009-10-07T04:07:34Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Personally I don’t mind ads as long as they don’t move and keep their mouths shut. So instead of invoking ad blocker, I use Firefox + Flashblock. For the few times that a moving gif is delivered, I use Nuke Anything Enhanced. > > I don’t mind unobtrusive ads: they support the sites that I visit. Agreed. I dumped adblock for flashblock and feel much better. I do use Nuke Anything Enhanced too, but you can stop animated gifs with just the ESCAPE key (even works in IE). ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/24 "2009-10-07T07:20:35Z")
The woman who discovered the trick HAS OFFSPRING? WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY SO BEFORE? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP! Fuck anyone who that ad would work on. “The American Dental and all their dentist stooges have no idea wtf they’re talking about with teeth whitening techniques, what I need is some folksy mom who discovered a secret! See, she’s a mom, and I’m a mom, and sure, the majority of women may be moms but somehow this is a unique bond that we share that makes me know this is legit” If I was ever running a scary totalitarian state, rather than rounding up certain ethnic groups or what have you, I would put out ads like these on the web, and whoever bought my product would be snatched up by the secret police. What’s next? “A person from your region with a nose discovered a secret cure for aids!” “What? He has a nose! I have a nose! This common bond we share certainly makes me relate more to him than some egghead scientist” ---
**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:** [October 8, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/25 "2009-10-08T08:20:47Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > [OBEY!](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2006/11/they-live-obey.jpg) OBEY THE [KITTY!](http://baublestitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cat_art.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/26 "2009-10-08T11:28:00Z")
Sadly, my business partner (we co-own a small, local paper), sent me a link and was all excited about a person from the town which our newspaper serves, who had made all sorts of great money. “Shouldn’t we do a story on him?” she asked, all happy to have found this great lead on a story… I took one look at it. “Hey, now he’s from [my hometown]. How cool is that?” And promptly burst her bubble. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716/27 "2009-10-08T11:29:05Z")
Sadly, my business partner (we co-own a small, local paper), sent me a link and was all excited about a person from the town which our newspaper serves, who had made all sorts of great money. “Shouldn’t we do a story on him?” she asked, all happy to have found this great lead on a story… I took one look at it. “Hey, now he’s from [my hometown]. How cool is that?” And promptly burst her bubble. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-farce-ads-of-local-moms-who-just-happened-to-discover-health-secrets/512716.md?page=1)