Ridiculous commercial claims

[SoCalDem]

I Just saw one for ionic breeze.. Claims to make "even a dirty bathroom smell clean"..

Instead of spending $100s of dollars for an air machine, why not just CLEAN THE DAMNED BATHROOM??

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. "reduces your chances of death"

Friends and I saw that in an ad for some medication. Can't remember if it was cholestoral reducing or what, but that was what they said, verbatim; "Reduces your chances of death."

Not "of death due to such and such". It actually reduces your chances of death.

[earthman dave]

5. Cool! Is that like a +2 bonus to your saving throw? eom

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. I think so!

Bloody weird thing to say, it is.

And heck, take a +4 bonus while you're at it. We've doubled the dosage.

[geniph]

8. Ever?

It reduces your chance of death EVER? Now, that would indeed be something.

[Tripper11]

2. And they don't work anyway...

apparently they are useless.
Besides if you clean everything in and around your house, whether it's the air, or anti-biotic soap, it will eventually weaken immune systems. Bugs travel with us for a reason. Our bodies are, for all intents and purposes, a perfect Eco-system of good vs. evil bugs.

[camero]

3. Reminds me of Carlin

And swimming in raw sewage. :)

[Bronco69]

4. I hate that commercial!

When you think about it only a small fraction of the air can pass through one of those things. The rest of the air just goes around it. Are people really that stupid to buy one of those?

[fudge stripe cookays]

7. Did you know that fat is caused by stress?

There's some new diet pill that's saying that your fat is not your fault--it's caused by stress....there's some substance that's generated...

ACK! I can't remember the name of it. But it's the most patent bullshit ever advertised.

[Djinn]

9. any "targetting" excercise machine/gimmick

all the endless variations of the abdominiser/ab-crunch/abs-away etc etc.

They always make out that you can get a washboard stomach by "targetting" muscles, that's total crap, you may end up with VERY strong ab muscles but if they're sitting under a layer of fat you wont see them, you can't tone fat - and these excersises usually wont make you loose weight as they're never aerobic enough.

Besides if teh LAST machine you bought was the "last one you'll ever need" why do you need another one?

[havocmom]

10. "Slices roast beef so thin your in-laws will never come back"

My favorite for those knives they advertised on TV in the late 70s.

But wait, there's more! If you order now you can also have this beautiful set of bamboo luggage and this elegant parachute steamer....
err, somthing like that.

[ComerPerro]

11. How accurate is the Amazin Laser?

It is so accurate that it could hit an object the size of a basketball in a car going 30mph from over 1000 yards away!

Disclaimer: Do not aim Amazin Laser at the President.


Amazin Laser can be used for good or evil. Please only use it for good.