Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Just Another Wednesday Night At The Ryan’s

Author: Administrator
Category: What?!, We Are Family, Commercials: Viruses For Your Brain

(The phone rings. It’s my parents.)

My dad: “Jennifer! I need to talk to you RIGHT! NOW!”

Me (sitting down, just in case): “OK.”

My dad: “Are you familiar with a product called ‘Vera Mist’?”

Me (realizing that it’s OK to relax, yet not entirely sure where this is going): “Um, no.”

My dad: “Well, your mother and I were just watching TV and we saw a commercial for it. Apparently it’s a new nasal spray.”

Me: “Hm.”

My dad: “And you know how they have all that small print at the bottom of the screen, like ‘Not for use for children under 12′ and things like that?”

Me: “Yeah.”

My dad: “Well, one of the disclaimers said-and I swear, this is exactly what it said-’It is not entirely known how Vera Mist works.’

Me: (now in dire need of some Vera Mist myself, due to all the snorts of laughter.)

My dad (imitating a marketing executive): “Yeah, we don’t actually know what our product does. But why don’t you just go ahead and squirt it right up your nose anyway? Near your brain!”

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10 Comments so far

1.

Ade
September 27th, 2007 at 4:09 am

And that is what they call truth in advertising. Yeah, I can’t think up of a funny reply. Thanks for dropping by my blog.

2.

JAM
September 27th, 2007 at 12:54 pm

Ha! Sounds like Dear Ol’ Dad knows you pretty well.

3.

Mary
September 27th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

heehee! That’s hilarious! I love that your dad knew you would appreciate this.

4.

friendinme
September 29th, 2007 at 2:06 am

I actually saw this commercial tonight… on ESPN. There it was in print at the bottom of the screen… “not known exactly how this works.”

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. there’s a confidence builder for you. Anyhow, I thought of your blog post when I saw it. Thanks for posting it.

Those drug ads are a hoot. Remember the “little purple pill” and they didn’t even tell you what it was for? I work with doctors and people would ask for it without knowing it was for heartburn. Some of the ads are for a very minor problem, and have a list of side-effects scary enough to curdle your blood. No thanks!

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David
September 29th, 2007 at 5:34 am

OK, get back with your dad. FInd out where I can get some of this stuff. I don’t care what it does or how it works; I just want to do something to stuff near my brain… Coffee and beer (no, not at the same time, although I did run across a recipe for coffee beer) aren’t doing enough for me right now.

;-)