is it just me?

I have been watching the World Series, which means I get to see the same commercials about 90 skillion times. At some point I actually pay attention (though I am still yet to see the lead up to the ad that ends with a truck peeing - very very strange). Anyway, I find the 'siren' with the stupid Prison Break graphic very tiresome. Though, my friend did remind me that a couple of years ago we were watching an ad for the Bernie Mac show every five seconds. I think this is an improvement. Anyway, the Series is somehow sponsored by the sleep medicine Lunesta. So, in the ad they list the side effects (it certainly is unfortunate for drug companies that they make them do that - it really takes the bloom off the rose). But for Lunesta they say "it may cause drowsiness". Um...isn't that the point? I mean, it's sleeping medicine. That's just bad advertising. It had darn well better cause something more than drowsiness. Dummies.

I was surfing around today and I saw a banner ad for an online dating site. It said in the ad "We screen for marrieds." Ha ha. Of course I had to find out HOW they screened for marrieds, so I clicked on it. Right there at the top it has a little exclamation point in a triangle (you know the one) and it says "WARNING: Married People Need Not Apply". How funny is that? Apparently this is a big problem in internet dating, though I had not heard that before. It goes on to say that you can be found guilty of fraud and have to pay a fine and maybe go to jail. But if you are willing to portray yourself as married on an internet dating site, you probably don't have the greatest morals. Do you think people will care that it is illegal? Does anyone know if it is illegal if you are in a bar and you just lie to someone about it? (I'm not interested in trying it, I'm just curious.) I mean, reprehensible, a bad idea, sure. But is it illegal? I never thought about that. Very interesting.

And while we're on the subject of warnings, how long do you think some government office discussed putting the words "this is not a toy" on all plastic bags anywhere ever? Boy, that was worth it.

Along the lines of advertising prescription drugs (which I think is a bad idea) on the World Series they do an injury report sponsored by WebMD and then tell you to go there and "check your symptoms". Who needs doctors? You can self-diagnose and decide on appropriate treatment all from the comfort of your recliner while watching baseball.