Life...With a Side of Sarcasm
Life is funny, sometimes unintentionally. It's these moments that my sarcastic nature absolutely adores. Follow along and share the funny side of life.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
My Blog Has Moved!
After a short time here at blogger.com I have decided to move my blog to a domain more suitable to my needs. On Blogger, readers of my blog are required to have a Google account and become members of my blog in order to leave comments or interact with my content in any way. This basically defeated the purpose of even having a blog, so I moved to WordPress, which is much more reader-friendly.
Please visit my new blog at http://lifewithasideofsarcasm.wordpress.com/
I hope to see you all there!
Thanks for your support!
Lisa
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Commercials That Miss the Mark (Part 2)
A few days
ago, I posted about several commercials that didn’t make sense to me for some
reason or another. Here are some more
commercials that four out of five psychiatrists agree you’d have to be
certifiably crazy to enjoy.
And while we’re
on the subject of singing…
Nationwide
Insurance – In this
vomit-inducing series of ads, Nationwide shows their self-proclaimed “The World’s
Greatest Spokesperson in the World” explaining various features of insurance
products. Then he starts crooning the “Nationwide
is on your side” tune, often challenging his victims to sing more out of tune
than he is. Awesome.
My heart
dies a little bit every time a commercial comes on that features a warbly-voiced
woman screeching out a tune in the background.
The two biggest offenders lately are the Truvia and Citi
card ads. There isn’t enough Clorox on
the planet to brain-bleach those craptastic renditions out of my head.
Even the guitar-strumming
lesbians at Starbucks on Tuesday nights sing better songs than this.
Since somebody left the gate open,
take your lame voice and ass through it and leave.
Amazon.com – A woman is walking, presumably
home from work, down a street in what appears to be a large city. Surprise #1: There’s a package from
Amazon.com clearly marked with the Kindle logo leaning against her front
door. Surprise #2: It’s still there
after being out in the open in a busy urban area all day. Surprise #3: She pulls her Kindle Fire out of
the box right there on her steps, magically boots it up without benefit of
charging the battery and surfs through apps that she’d have to download to
get.
Rice Krispies – If there is anything more fun than
eating Rice Krispies Treats, it’s making them.
Now both things are unappealing to me after seeing the commercial where
the Mom is helping her kids make a batch of Treats. Little kids are notorious for not always
washing their hands after using the bathroom or picking their noses, and
watching these waifs simultaneously eat handfuls of Krispies and mashing the marshmallow
mush between their fingers makes me sick.
I’m not the only one. At one
point, the little kid touches a
particular treat and proudly states, “This one’s for Daddy!” I hope Daddy enjoys diarrhea.
Another
cereal commercial that makes me shake my head is for Cinnamon Toast Crunch. One piece of cereal stands on the edge of the
bowl and eats another piece out of the milk.
Cereal cannibalism, anyone? Even
stranger, this Hannibal Lector of cereal has its own Facebook page.
“But
Wait, There’s More!!!!!” commercials – First, the voiceover excitedly explains what the product
is and how amazing it is that you have lived your life this long without it. A price is given. But Wait, There’s More!!!!! Now you have the
opportunity to own not one, but TWO, products! Just pay separate shipping and
handling! If I didn’t want one Lint Lizard or Pasta Boat pasta strainer, why
the hell would I want two? Especially if
I’m paying separate shipping and handling – translation…send us an additional
$11.99 so we can send you your free gift.
Sign me up for that.
As hard as
it may be to believe, there are commercials out there that I enjoy watching (or
ones that don’t irritate the crap out of me).
I’ll explore those in a future blog entry. Stay tuned.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Commercials That Miss the Mark (Part 1)
We can all
agree that there are plenty of annoying commercials on TV. Some are irritating because of their content,
others because of the number of times they are shown. In fact, there are so many stupid commercials
that I can’t possibly discuss them in just one blog entry.
ATT U-verse Home Bundle – On Career Day, a cable guy has taken
time out of his busy schedule to perform a community service for a local school. How is his generosity rewarded? Some snooty brat tells him how inferior his
service is to AT&T’s and argues with him when he tries to explain what he
offers. The teacher not only tolerates
the brat’s disrespectful behavior, but she also joins in to ridicule the guy. I
get that AT&T just wants to compare and contrast their bundles with those
offered by cable companies, but watching smug kids embarrass an adult doesn’t
sell me anything.
Check back soon when I dissect commercials from Nationwide, Amazon.com, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and others.
So here we
go with Part 1. These commercials have elements that distract me from whatever
product or service they are shilling:
Totino Pizza Rolls – At least I
think that’s what they are selling. I’m
too distracted by the kid talking to his mother on the phone to know for
sure. First, he can’t find the pizza
rolls in the freezer, even though they are two inches from his face. Second, he nods at the phone like his mom can
see him. By the time this moron leaves
the phone in the freezer, I’m wondering why his mother trusts him to safely use
the microwave at all.
ATT Wireless Internet – I’m not picking on AT&T, but they
have another commercial featuring a child getting all high and mighty on an
adult. This time, a father is looking
for his computer cord. The mother very
nicely explains that they now have wireless internet at home and on the
go. The daughter’s only contributions
come in the form of two snarky remarks to Dad (“It’s an invisible cord, Dad!”
and “The cord’s really long, Dad!”) Dad ought to remind her who pays for the
internet service and take it away until she can learn some respect.
Temptations by Jell-O – Kids aren’t the only ones misbehaving
in commercials. Here, a mother is telling her children a story about a
chocobeast monster or some such nonsense that attacks children who steal
Temptations from their parents. The
chocobeast (Dad) suddenly appears, scaring the poor kids senseless. It’s ironic that a product marketed directly
at adults is using such juvenile means to do so. Maybe Mom and Dad should have spent time at
the grocery store buying snacks for the whole family instead of scarring their
children for life over Jell-O.
Check back soon when I dissect commercials from Nationwide, Amazon.com, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and others.
What commercials
do you love to hate? Let me know in the
comments and they might appear in a future blog entry.
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Hunger Games, Starring Local Moviegoers
This
weekend, my Princess and I went to see The
Hunger Games at our local theatre.
We showed up 45 minutes before showtime only to be told the 2:10 showing
was sold out. We then bought tickets to
the next showing an hour later. Fast
forward to 30 minutes before the 3:10 showing when we entered the theatre that
was already over 1/3 full. We selected a
row that had 5 empty seats on the aisle.
Princess left an empty seat next to the person already sitting there,
and I sat next to her, leaving two empty seats between me and the aisle. Since I didn’t want cinemuck on the bottom of
my purse, I placed it in the seat next to mine instead of on the floor.
Right before
the previews started, I decided to visit the restroom since the movie is nearly
two-and-a-half hours long. As I was getting up, a woman in her mid-thirties asked
me if the seats next to me were taken. I
said no, moved my purse into my seat and left the theatre. When I came back, the seats were still empty.
Princess said, “That woman who was here when you left was rude to me.” As I was processing this information, said
woman, a.k.a. “The Bitch”, known from this point as B, appeared beside me with
her hands on her hips. She loudly
stated, “So is she going to move down or WHAT?!?” I responded with an “Excuse me??” B responded, “I asked her to move down a seat
so me and my three friends could sit here, and she said she wouldn’t move until
you got back. So is she moving or what?” After I smirked and rolled my eyes at B, Princess
and I moved down one seat while I wondered how they planned to fit 4 asses into
three seats.
B plopped
down in my old seat, then whipped around and said, “Why do you have to be like
that?” I considered her for a second, then said, “Look. We moved down like you
asked, even after you were rude to my daughter. Have a seat and enjoy the
movie.” Her reply was, “Well, she said she wouldn’t move down until you got
back, which I thought was rather ODD.”
Oh B, you don’t want to insult my daughter twice. My response? “Well, I think it’s rather ODD
that you and your friends come into a popular movie right before it starts and
expect everyone to accommodate you. If
you and your three friends wanted to sit together, you should have gotten here
early like the rest of us.” B, clearly
flustered, started blubbering about their busy schedule, when one of her
cronies said, “Let’s just find somewhere else.”
Maybe she had figured out the 4 asses:3 seats ratio. B and her posse left
in a huff, brushing rudely against an older man and woman who asked if the
seats next to me were taken. I said, “I
would be HAPPY for you to take those seats!”
At this point, the six people sitting in the row directly in front of us
turned around and applauded…I kid you not.
I’m guessing they had heard how rude B was to my Princess because they
all said I did the right thing by standing up to an obnoxious person like her.
I know Miss
Manners would never approve of my behavior, but nobody disrespects my
Princess without the Mama Bear in me coming out, claws and all. Fast forward to the end of the movie –
Princess and I were waiting at our seats for the theatre to clear out so we
could leave. A man who had been sitting
a couple of rows back walked up to me and said, “I just wanted you to know how
much I admire you putting that spoiled brat in her place. People like her need to be taught they can’t
always get their way.”
For a
moment, just for a moment, I felt a little like Katniss, unwillingly placed at
odds against her peers, protecting Rue, and winning not only the Game but the
respect of the people.
Only
kidding. I just felt I needed to at
least mention something about the movie since its name is in my title. J
Friday, March 16, 2012
Public Display of Affection
Okay, so my
DH, the Princess and I were enjoying dinner yesterday at a local casual dining
establishment. We were enjoying it, that
is, until a couple of teenagers sat in the booth next to us. After a few minutes, the young girl kissed her
boyfriend on the cheek and gave him a cute smile. His response was to give her a quick peck on
the lips. Awww, young love.
“Awww” quickly turned to “ewww” as those sweet kisses morphed
into an all-out tonsil-tasting never-ending grope session. Since Mommy clearly didn’t teach you any
better, please consider the following:
In the event my Princess one day forgets this lesson, DH and
I are prepared to deliver this friendly reminder:
Remember, kids – PDA is not OK.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Men's Fashion...Um, Yeah
Once upon a
time, men’s fashion looked like this:
If current trends are any indication, “cringe worthy” doesn’t even begin to describe the new definition of men’s fashion. For your consideration:
If current trends are any indication, “cringe worthy” doesn’t even begin to describe the new definition of men’s fashion. For your consideration:
Mantyhose – What has long been the bane of
every woman’s existence is now trending for men? They can have them. Apparently, mantyhose are
all the rage in Europe, where men wear them under their clothes for added
smoothness and additional warmth. I’m guessing these are not control-top hose.
That would make things quite challenging at the urinal, no?
The Man Bun – Men’s hair styles, just like women’s,
are ever-evolving animals. In the case
of the man bun, the species should have become extinct before this creature was
spawned. I can almost understand it for
athletes like Tom Brady and David Beckham, who need to keep their long hair out
of their faces, but as a fashion statement, it’s just plain silly. Still better than a mullet, I guess.
Chris Jones of Bravo’s Top Chef - Texas
The Cowboy Tennis Shoe by Adidas© – What dark corner of hell did these come from? Clearly the person who was able to talk this
atrocity past Adidas© executives and into production made a deal with the devil.
Meanwhile,
back on Earth, who would wear these?
Imagine walking onto the basketball court or into a country/western bar
with these on. You’d have your ass
handed to you at either place. But hey, what do I know? Maybe forward-thinkers
like Mark Cuban and Jerry Jones will have their respective teams sporting these
next season, perhaps with mantyhose.
Yeehaw!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Jolie Redux
My good friend Robyn sent me several interesting articles today regarding Angelina Jolie and her right leg. This one made me laugh the most.
If both of Angelina's legs were showing:
If both of Angelina's legs were showing:
Thanks, Robyn!
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