billy's mum
competition for the most annoying ad on TV is always pretty steep. and telstra's "sixiest" ad is right up there. but just at the moment my least favourite would have to be the one that's advertising some cough syrup or other. this educational masterpiece shows "billy's mum" asleep on her ironing board, "billy's dad" asleep in a board meeting, "billy's sister" asleep on her school bus and billy himself sitting in front of the TV coughing like a chain smoker. according to the (male) voice over the solution to all this, of course, is that "billy's mum should buy some cough medicine so everyone can get a good night sleep". f air enough i suppose. after all she can pick it up while she's getting the dry cleaning, paying the phone bill, replacing the broken car key, providing telephone advice to students thinking of dropping out of uni; picking kids up from soccer, school and work and shopping for her mother-in-law's birthday present. cause she was going to the shops anyway right?
posted by Leonie +
comments: 2
At 9:52 am,
Mark O'Meara said…
actually I saw that ad and wondered who was at home watching the kid watch telly. And as for students thinking of dropping out I think encouragement is needed there. I find it much harder to drop out of things than keeping going and it is just possible other people are the same.
Or, alternatively, I sometimes hear people I don't like talking about dropping out of my course so I always try to be supportive of their idea.
At 10:12 am,
Leonie said…
I thought about suggesting that they should drop out cause then they would have more time to spend with the obviously neglected chronically ill children who are populating the world and leading to over eating, bullying, and the destruction of the ozone layer but i was too busy trying to find a parking spot at the chemist to be bothered...
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