Okay, I wrote this post a few weeks ago after I’d been sick, and then I never had the guts to post it. Now though, I just re-read it…and I don’t know what on earth is possessing me to post it now….except for I just saw the funny commercial I wrote about…and oh my…
Seriously….please after reading this, come back to HeavenlyHomemakers. This post will not offer you any kind of godly encouragement or homemaking advice…nothing about healthy eating or raising your kids for Jesus. I promise my future posts will be more edifying. Come back!
Hope it makes you giggle a bit….Here goes nothing….
I hardly ever watch TV. But when I’m sick, that’s what I do for a good part of each morning and evening. Watch TV.
So now you know what I did last week. All week. I watched TV.
I’d watched so many episodes of CSI that by the end of the week when I was outside watching my kids play, I carefully watched each car as it went by…trying to memorize the make, color and model of each vehicle so that when I was “questioned” I’d have some helpful evidence to help solve the crime. Yes, too much CSI. (And is it just me…or does Horatio need better acting skills?) (Oh my word.)
During all my TV time, I noticed this one commercial…have you seen it?
And, I don’t know why it hit me so funny, but in my sick state, I don’t remember seeing a commercial ever in my life that was so funny. Ever. (Could have been the fever.)
It came on just as I was drifting off to sleep one day….somewhere in between Regis and Kelly and The Price is Right.
Some guy had gone in for a job interview at this office. He’s interviewing with a woman. And the guy apparently had eaten too many beans the night before or something.
He was bloated and uncomfortable, yet trying to answer interview questions as though he was fine. And by all means, he did not want to ruin his interview by “laying a big bomb” on the leather chair in the office building in which he hoped to get a job. (Yikes the boys and their lingo are rubbing off on me.)
Clearly all the guy can think about is how uncomfortable he is. The lady interviewing the guy is looking at his resume and says, “I see you got your degree in flatulence…graduating first in your gas…”
And he’s clutching his brief case and…well…bless his heart.
And the whole first 20 seconds as I’m hearing and watching this commercial (which was, by the way, for Gas-X or something), I’m blinking and shaking my head and thinking, wow, is this commercial really happening? Seriously? I can’t believe they made a commercial like this. I’m so cracking up.
And THEN, they pull out all the stops.
Another guy comes in and hands the phone to the gal conducting the interview. And he says…
He says… “Your son, Rip, on the phone for you on line toot.”
And that, my friends is where I lost it.
Rip? Line toot?
Hahahahaha….
Oh, don’t make me laugh. I didn’t even really have the energy to laugh. And laughing made me cough. And coughing hurt.
But, line toot?
Oh someone please give this guy some Gas-X.
Please.
Okay, really, have I been living with all boys for too long, or was that a funny commercial?
Again, I ask you…please come back.
And please…for the sake of all of us…leave a girly comment to offset this post….
Candy Cook says:
I thought it was a funny commercial, too. Of course, I am the only gal, at our house. I have two sons, a husband and even the dog is a boy. So, I can’t offer any insight into whether it’s funny for someone who doesn’t hear “Beans Beans the magical fruit..” every time they serve chili.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Jennifer says:
We like that one. My husband always repeats the….Son Rip on line Toot part… as we all giggle. I think it is just a funny commercial.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Cassandra Stafford says:
My husband thinks this commercial is hilarious. so I definately think a guy or gal who has only guys in her home, like yourself, pitched this ad campaign lol
August 13th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Rachelle says:
I have to admit EVERYTIME I see that commercial and I belly laugh everytime!
Rachelle
Kansas
August 13th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Org Junkie says:
I’m highly amused by commercials as well. We all got to get silly once and awhile
August 13th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Debbie says:
Yeah, we cracked up on that one too. Of course half the time my girls think they are boys too….
August 13th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Julie Anne says:
Yes, it is a funny commercial. thanks for giving me another laugh over it.
and I promise I will be back!!
August 13th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Tracy says:
So, this is what I have to look forward to??? I am about to be way outnumbered at my house!!!
August 13th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
MaryBeth @ FourSillySisters says:
One of my sweet dainty little flowers who happens to be almost 2 years old has recently learned that she has the power to “toot” on command. How she learned it I’ll never know!?! What I do know is that it drives the other two dainty little almost 2 year old flowers crazy that they can’t do it too… I hear “mamma, it too hard ta do” over and over while they are really trying to force it, if you know what I mean! makes me LOL!
August 13th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Karen says:
We, too, laugh at this commercial everytime. I have two boys, one husband, two boy dogs and one boy cat, so it’s effect on the funny bone may be directly related to the “maleness” of your household!
August 14th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Melanie says:
I think that’s a funny one, too.
And I’m not even the only gal in my household!
August 14th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Julie says:
I have seen part of that commerical, but never that part.. too funny!
We don’t watch CSI that much but the few times I have seen the Miami one, dh and I wonder over and over again why its still on. Between Horratio and the blond chick we start gagging. LOL
August 14th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Michelle says:
I’ve never seen the commercial and probably wouldn’t find it all that funny but reading your commentary had me laughing outright-
Thanks for sharing.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
monica says:
Laura, as a mom of two teenage boys, we have to have a sence of humor! You totally crack me up! I am sooo glad you decided to post this. I love seeing the “real” side of people;) When I was weary with this last pregnancy, my favorite shows were People’s Court and The Price is Right! It made hours of being on the couch more bearable!
August 15th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Trixie says:
Hello!
I’ve seen this commerical too and every single time I see it, I think, “yes, this WAS thought up by a man” : )
Boys are different, that’s for sure:) I didn’t think it was all that funny but your write up was hilarious!
Take Care,
Trixie
August 15th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Michelle says:
If you have been living with boys too long, so have I because I had to laugh at the tacky commercial, too! I have 3 boys, and they seem to color your views on some things. I only had 2 sisters growing and ended up with 3 boys- talk about culture shock!
The commercial I absolutely hate is for a pregnancy test. I don’t remember the brand name of the product but I just have to think that someone in the marketing division of a major firm with gazillion of dollars for a budget could think up a better phrase to describe what happens to the piece of technology that is being used!
August 15th, 2008 at 10:47 am
care-in says:
My hubby and I laugh at Horatio too. The way he talks so softly while looking at you sideways…he’s so sly!!
August 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Tana says:
Well, I’d laugh, but I don’t want to tell you what might happen if I laugh to hard!
August 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm