From a commercial I saw on the tube this morning...

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(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.

Comments

I saw that ad also...

[hurricanedeck.livejournal.com]

... and thought that his wife must be a real b*tch.

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

I get irritated with the other NutriSystem one that starts out with the girl saying, "Look at me! I'm a size TWO!" But she says "two" as if she's a cat, sneezing it out. (tee-oo)

I want to choke her every time it comes on.

[iarraidh.livejournal.com]

Seems reasonable to Me...

I find football players, in fact most professional athletes to be rather disgusting.

[dragonsbane69.livejournal.com]

I thought the same as well. I wondered if his wife was any relation to mine. She constantly thinks i'm disgusting. She tells me so at least 3 times a day. Once in the morning when I try to kiss her, once after {or while} I eat dinner, and once before I go to bed when I try to put my arm around her {just so I know she loves me}. Married life couldn't be better. Thanks Nutrisystem.