# Things you see in TV commercials that never happen in the real world **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [February 18, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112 "2020-02-18T15:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/142 "2020-02-20T23:46:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Women at a cocktail party discussing feminine hygiene products and laughing about it. You would know about this—how? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/143 "2020-02-20T23:55:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Lightning burnt down the che-chier she shed The what? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/144 "2020-02-21T00:16:53Z")
I was confused by the word chi-chier and the concept of a she-shed (didn’t look big enough for anything she-related other than reading a book). Once I figured it out, it was clear the guy had burned it down. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/145 "2020-02-21T00:39:25Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > The entire family sitting down together for a healthy breakfast of juice, toast, milk, and delicious sugar bomb cereal before going to work and school. As if all those carbs won’t cause a sugar high and a terrible crash in 3 hours. And the orange juice is always served from a fancy glass pitcher, not poured directly from the carton like at my house. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/146 "2020-02-21T00:44:54Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > The what? 😕 I don’t know either. I get she-shed, but the “chier” part I don’t get. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/147 "2020-02-21T00:50:07Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > The what? 😕 I don’t know either. I get she-shed, but the “chier” part I don’t get. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/148 "2020-02-21T00:57:03Z")
> **[Definition of CHICHI](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chichi)** > > frilly or elaborate ornamentation; affectation, preciosity; chic… See the full definition ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/149 "2020-02-21T01:45:54Z")
The 2 squirrels in the middle of the road laughing/high fiving about the wreck they caused. Oh, wait. They do that here. The deer wait to hear your car coming to jump up on the road, too. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/150 "2020-02-21T02:24:32Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > [Chichi Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chichi) Ah, thanks. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/151 "2020-02-21T05:54:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The 2 squirrels in the middle of the road laughing/high fiving about the wreck they caused. > Oh, wait. They do that here. The deer wait to hear your car coming to jump up on the road, too. What assholes those squirrels are. The driver has the decency to try to avoid hitting them when a lot of drivers would run them over without a thought. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/152 "2020-02-21T08:13:51Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Someone surprising their spouse with a brand new luxury car with a giant bow on it. I’ll double down on this. 1. The husband that buys TWO vehicles: a giant pickup for him, an SUV for her. 2. The wife lays dibs on the pickup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/153 "2020-02-21T08:15:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Sports stars hawking testosterone supplements and women asking him would it help their husband. He’s not a freaking doctor and he doesn’t know if your husband is a 90lb weakling or not. > > And of course they mean ‘stamina’ in the gym. And the wife referring to the 50 something grossly obese retired sports star as a “hunk” right in front of her husband. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/154 "2020-02-21T09:07:54Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What assholes those squirrels are. The driver has the decency to try to avoid hitting them when a lot of drivers would run them over without a thought. I remember when I was little and my dad was driving on a narrow road flanked by tall trees when a squirrel ran onto the road right in front of us and proceeded to stand there until I heard the inevitable bump against the tires. Shocked I looked at my dad and he said calmly “It was either him or us.” I think he made the right call. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/155 "2020-02-21T15:33:07Z")
A pack of five cars of the same make being driven in a V-formation down the interstate. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/156 "2020-02-21T19:46:16Z")
Men having a wet shave where the razor just glides effortlessly across what is probably five days growth. Pretty lady in striking dress in a nightclub in the crowd - yet she has maybe ten feet clear all around her while everyone else is dressed in dark clothing and crushed together. People being able to discuss stuff at normal voice levels in nightclubs. People betting and smiling all the time, or playing bingo in their homes online with crowds of neighbours all kicking balloons and tinsel up in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/157 "2020-02-21T21:22:42Z")
People who know what the ingredients are of any medicine the first time they hear about it, and whether or not they are allergic to them. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/158 "2020-02-21T21:57:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > People who know what the ingredients are of any medicine the first time they hear about it, and whether or not they are allergic to them. > > Regards, > Shodan I’ve noticed lately that drugs are telling you not to take them if you’re allergic to… the drug. Seriously, they’re saying \*“Do not take Prednocyclaterra if you are allergic to Prednocyclaterra.” \* ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/159 "2020-02-22T00:09:22Z")
Grandparents buying a birdhouse you can stick on the window, which actually attracts birds, and their grand-children are \*fascinated \* with this. And ecstatic. For days. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/160 "2020-02-22T00:11:31Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > [Like this?](https://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html) Without the Dope I would never have seen this. Not sure if ever seeing that is better or worse, but there it is. Ignorance fought. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112/161 "2020-02-22T00:15:15Z")
Women washing soap off their faces like to cup a bunch of water in their hands, then pop up from the bathroom sink and throw the water directly into their smiling faces. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112.md?page=9)