Yep, Commercials Again.

Why? 'Cause some of 'em freak me right the hell out.

First on my list this time is the freaky swelling-head Sudafed commercial. First off, it ain't even realistic. Show a woman with a really bad headache brought on by sinus congestion, yes. Illustrate this fact by causing her head to swell to overfilled helium balloon proportions, no. Don't go there, man, please. If I saw someone like that in the really-real world, Sudafed is the last freakin' thing I'd think she needed. A really long, sharp hat-pin, maybe, or a mortician.

The next is the freaky Dairy Queen lips. Now, my son loves these, and imitates them incessantly. Torrrr-tilllll-aaah. Nailed it! Lord, I hear it in my dreams. But that's not the worst part. It's disembodied lips and teeth, for goodness' sake...that's just weird. And I gotta tell you, it doesn't make me want a luscious, sweet Dairy Queen treat the least little bit.

The last one is for a cold medicine, too. Alka-Seltzer Plus cold stuff. I'm sure it does what it says, but I'm pretty sure that the method of utilizing this stuff is not what they illustrate on the commercial. I don't think you put the tabs in a short glass of water, set said glass on the floor, and proceed to dive your shrinking, sniffling behind into said glass. I'm pretty sure you're supposed to drink the stuff, not shrink and dive in...

I suppose this displays a trend in commercials that I dislike - the un-natural shrinking or growing of a person and/or body part. Just don't do it, commercial-type-advertising people. It ain't right, I tell ya. Just don't do it. Let me drink my Alka-Seltzer Plus, no helium-balloon-headed women to show me sinus congestion, and for the sake of all that's holy, no more disembodied stuff. Please.