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From a commercial I saw on the tube this morning...
(For you youngsters, televisions used to be large, heavy things with an image display device called a "cathode ray tube" in it, and the jobs of the main board and CPU were handled by transistors, and earlier than that by "tubes" larger than your cell phone. Hence the moniker, "tube." Got it? Groooovy.)
Anyhow, the latest NutriSystem commercial comes on "the tube". It's the one where Dan Marino and all his retired sports star pals are hawking the product, talking about how great it is. One guy comes on (never heard of him, don't remember who it was) and his line is:
"Thanks to NutriSystem, my wife says I'm not as disgusting to her anymore."
I immediately thought, "So, the entire time you've been together she's thought, to varying degrees, that you're disgusting, and just now, it's less than it used to be. Good on ya, mate."
Someone really should read ad copy before putting it on the air.
Anyhow, the latest NutriSystem commercial comes on "the tube". It's the one where Dan Marino and all his retired sports star pals are hawking the product, talking about how great it is. One guy comes on (never heard of him, don't remember who it was) and his line is:
"Thanks to NutriSystem, my wife says I'm not as disgusting to her anymore."
I immediately thought, "So, the entire time you've been together she's thought, to varying degrees, that you're disgusting, and just now, it's less than it used to be. Good on ya, mate."
Someone really should read ad copy before putting it on the air.