December 7, 2010

Captain Awesome and other things that annoy the crap out of me...

The world, my friends, is a fascinating place. And by fascinating I mean annoying...

1- Werther's Originals, those hard candies my grandmother used to carry around in her purse, are now promoting their all-new gooey chocolate Originals. Uh, those aren't original people, they are all new, and that is crap marketing.

2- And more bad marketing from the Tassimo coffee people. I luuuuv my Tassimo. I hate their new tv advertising campaign, with the human barcodes, because it's annoying, and because the detail is wrong --- the cartridges are shown being inserted upside down. Wrong is wrong people.

3- Two And A Half Men makes me laugh. I am not proud of this.

4- The Amazon Associates thingamajig on this blog came up with George W Bush's book as the first one it linked me with. Bastards.

5- Michael Buble.

6- The Tim Horton's commercial with the young couple at a hockey game drinking totally fake-looking hot chocolate. If you can afford to make a commercial you can afford to make a good one.

7- Who the hell writes and self-publishes a how-to book for pedophiles? Now the subject of death threats and police investigation is author Phillip Ray Greaves for his 'seminal' work The Pedophile’s Guide To Love And Pleasure, available until last week on Amazon.

8- PBS edited out Tina Fey's biting comments about Sarah Palin at the Mark Twain awards, claiming it was because the show ran long and had nothing to do with Fey's or Palin's politics. And yet you found time to show people walking up to the stage and back, over and over and over. Uh-huh.

9- A woman called 911 about Subway burning her sandwich.

10- Inspired by the TV show Chuck, some dude in Oregon legally changed his name to Captain Awesome. Schmuck...

10 comments:

Clare and Gary said...

I agree, you should not be proud at laughing at Two and a Half Men... shudder.. I don't have a Tassimo, but might add one to my Christmas list, and I hate Werthers because they stick to your teeth everytime because I can't help but bite down... grr!

AbsolutelyPrimed said...

My mind is overwhelmed by things to say so needless to say I don't have a single thing to say. So I'll just sit here; nodding my head in agreement while sucking on another Werther's Original. Listening to Michael Buble...thinking about last nights Two & a Half Men...

RAD said...

I totally hear ya on many of these! ha! WTF huh! Happy Holidays anyhow bud! :-)

Jabacue said...

I agree!
Jim

Lauren said...

Ummm... what's her name... Holland Taylor is in that! She's funny... Everyone has a guilty pleasure.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

Ooh, Clare, get a Tassimo!

Lauren - agree, Holland Taylor is terrific! And yes though I agree that Two and A Half Men is past its prime, if it had one, it still does make me laugh.

TICKLEBEAR said...

#7????
that shit was on AMAZON??????
that sends me reeling....
the mere notion that something like this was even published is appaling. what's next? a pride parade for pedophiles??? their legal rights to enjoy life "their way"? i may sound prejudiced here, but i do have issues about such matters...
:(~
HUGZ

bmat10 said...

I used to like two and a half men. It recently jumped the shark.

SumSum said...

Hey, I was pissed...how do you burn a sub?

Junk Drawer Kathy said...

OMG. Two and Half Men? Now you said it out loud and everyone will know! I was just saying to my husband "I can't even believe this show is still on the air and the actors make so much money per episode. Who watches this thing?" And now I know at least one person.

Yeah on Michael Buble, too. I used to like him, but somewhere along the line he got all obnoxious.

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