How to Gross Out Average Jane

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Yesterday I saw a television commercial for a chain of suite hotels that featured a man standing by the refrigerator in the kitchenette of his suite, audibly gulping milk from the carton. I wanted to leap through the screen and slap the milk carton out of his hand.

Of all the annoying things that can happen in commercials, eating and drinking noises cross a line for me. A few years ago some orange juice brand was running a commercial where a kid gulped orange juice noisily through a straw, and I lunged for the "mute" button on the TV remove every single time it came on.

Is it just me? Do eating and drinking noises amplified on TV bother anyone else? Is there some other TV commercial sin that bugs you as much as this bugs me?

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7 responses to “How to Gross Out Average Jane”

September 14, 2005

Keith

Hmmm, Jane, time to call your analyst baby… KP

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September 14, 2005

cagey

When people smack their lips while eating, I have to resist a strong urge to slap them. Seriously. It irritates me to the core.

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September 14, 2005

cj

Those freaky animal thingies that used to come on the Quizno’s commercials. Need I say more?

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September 14, 2005

Pharmgirl

Do you have an “analyst”? You certainly don’t need one for that. That truly IS the worst TV commercial offense EVER! Well, that and local car dealers putting their retarded hick kids in their commercials. Did I say that out loud?

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September 14, 2005

Keith H

That doesn’t bug me too much. Of course I PVR a lot of my TV these days, so it is rare for me to watch a commerical unless the one frame looks interesting.
On the other hand, all these commercials showing violent and disrepectful attitudes really bother me – especially when it shows kids doing it. It is like we are saying as a society that it is okay to be rude and mean. I teach my kids otherwise, yet they come home from school with some amazingly rude and mean stuff 🙁 🙁

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September 14, 2005

Goofy Girl

I hate the “dumb husband”/”clever wife” commercials that are on, oh, every 10 minutes or so. What decade are we living in? Why is the wife still preparing breakfast/lunch/dinner while husband sits at table reading the paper? Haven’t we come farther than this since the 1950s? Does this really happen in anyone’s home?
Oh yes, and the smacking lips too.

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September 15, 2005

Jane

cj – No, I loved the Quiznos spongmonkeys! Well, not in a “they really make me want a toasted sandwich” way, I guess.

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