I have made every attempt to avoid having this discussion, but tonight I decided I cannot put it off any longer.
I was hoping to turn this into a deep spiritual truth about how we are often sold things we really don't need, such as "fire insurance". However, I'm laughing too hard to write anything sensible. It really is just a BATHROBE you wear BACKWARDS. It's like a chia pet...it seems like a good idea at the time, but for the rest of your life you will be the person who was actually convinced enough to buy one.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
**If you live under a rock, or in a country that does not actually invent such entirely moronic necessities, the original Snuggie commercial/advertisement is here. And yes, people actually do buy these things. In the US, this commercial plays almost constantly.
I was hoping to turn this into a deep spiritual truth about how we are often sold things we really don't need, such as "fire insurance". However, I'm laughing too hard to write anything sensible. It really is just a BATHROBE you wear BACKWARDS. It's like a chia pet...it seems like a good idea at the time, but for the rest of your life you will be the person who was actually convinced enough to buy one.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
**If you live under a rock, or in a country that does not actually invent such entirely moronic necessities, the original Snuggie commercial/advertisement is here. And yes, people actually do buy these things. In the US, this commercial plays almost constantly.
Too funny!!! Thanks for the laugh tonight!!!
ReplyDeleteShut the EFF up with how awesome that was. bwahahahahah. Yes, please. :O)
ReplyDeletelol I wonder why people just don't grab a blanket!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, congratulations, you are the winner on Apples 2 Apples!
:)
oh, my . . . thank you, Erin. I was watching that thinking, it's all TRUE!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't seen the original commercial before so I had to watch that before the parody. But the parody actually made more sense :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad a few other people thought it was funny!
ReplyDeleteMy son has been convinced for two months that he needs one of these, and all along I've been telling him it's just like a bathrobe (which he does have). When I watched this parody with him last night, he laughed hysterically and said "Mom, you were right!" That was an awesome feeling!
Heart you!
ReplyDeleteErin, did you actually record him saying the words "Mom you were right"? If not, keep a tape recorder handy for next time they stop saying that during the "I Know Everything" years ;)
ReplyDeleteDon't work too hard, Stacy! Heart you too.
ReplyDeleteBarbara - I should have thought about that beforehand, but I didn't realize he'd actually say I was right. It cracked me up, though, that the parody said the same thing I've been saying.
ReplyDeleteWTF? WTF? W! T! F!
ReplyDeleteThat right there is just the example of how fucked up the world is. I'm almost tempted to buy one of those beautiful things just for the sheer postmodern irony of it. Instead, in the cold weather, I'm gonna try putting on some thermals, and a long sleeved tee and a heavy jumper. They're really cool inventions, you know? You wear them, and your arms are free, and you can answer your phone and pick up your baby and go about your stupid twat life with the freedom to move.
That guy lying on the couch. Yuk. I will never be able to erase that image from my mind :) What a fucking toolbag advert. Thanks for sharing :)
I'm laughing my nuts off here, because my mother actually gave me one of those as a Christmas present! My wife, sister and grandmother all got one each too. They're called Slankets over here. I actually put mine on to pose for a photo for Sam, looking like I was wearing a monk's habit (it's brown). What a weird concept!
ReplyDeleteSue - It's amazing that we can dress warm AND answer the phone. Modern miracles!
ReplyDeleteWhat, you don't like the sexy man in the backwards-housecoat-thingy?
But then, apparently there are men out there who actually own one, aren't there, Barry?
LOL Barry...you blew all the stereotypes...
ReplyDeleteAt least it's brown and looks like a monks habit, that's a semi-redeeming quality. It could be pink and look like a ball gown or something.
This feels like an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting!
ReplyDelete"My name is Barry ... and I own a Slanket."
In my defence, I didn't buy the thing. It was given as a Christmas present.
LOL -
ReplyDeleteMy kids are young so I can't quite call them dupes yet but every time this commercial comes on they tell me how we need that. My response has always been -- "that's why you have robes."
sheesh! lol
Barry - You're off the hook because it was a gift.
ReplyDeleteMichelle - Exactly.
ReplyDeleteKids believe everything they see on TV. It cracks me up how my 12 year old was so certain we needed one.
LOL, Barry.
ReplyDeletePlease post a photo on your blog. Please. So we can laugh at you and you can feel very small? Please?
:)
So that's what I miss by not watching tv. Well, I do watch LOST. And sometimes I stand in the kitchen for a minute looking into the family room while my wife watches Oprah or one of those shows where you make your house look silly by rearranging your crap and painting big stripes on your walls for $100.
ReplyDeleteNo time for tv when I'm online or reading or eating, etc. Plus, if I watch shows on my computer, I can still watch them in HD sometimes and suffer far fewer commercials. I have a 30" monitor, so it's not too painful.
Back to the parody . . . I cannot believe that people would buy these. But then again there are many clothing mysteries in life, like why people think they look cool wearing baseball caps sideways.
Even as little TV as you watch, Gary, I'm surprised you haven't seen this one. Feel fortunate; it seems it's on every 5 minutes somewhere.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, how about the hanging-off-the-butt-pants...THAT is a fashion mystery to me.
Sue: Of course I'll put a picture on my blog! (When hell freezes over, that is!)
ReplyDeleteOh, don't get me started on the pants. Don't. Was watching some of the young people genus walking yesterday and wondering how the hell their stupid bloody looking pants were staying on. It makes them look as if they have no bum at all. Just STUPID, MORONS! STUPID!!!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of bums, it's a bummer you won't be posting a photo, Barry :)
Sue, I don't get it either...I am glad to know that it's not just American stupidity, though.
ReplyDeleteI guess tho, when you think about it...in the 80's us American girls were wearing jelly shoes and fingerless gloves...and poofing our hair up 2 feet high...and... wait for it...dressing like Madonna. And the guys wore parachute pants.
And pink jumpers. Yes, and yea, we did doth look stupid.
ReplyDeleteBut at least we weren't in danger of our pants falling down. At least our stupid clothes performed the functions they were designed to perform. Okay, so our gloves didn't go all the way down to the ends of our fingers, sure ...
Oh, alright then. You win :)
Yay I win! I win I win!
ReplyDeleteOMG, at first glance I thought the couch in the pic was a giant butt crack!!! I think I've taken too much sinus medication!
ReplyDeleteKARI, LOL!! What a crack-up! :)
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