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Posted 11/18/2008 5:33 PM (GMT 0)
Awhile back, I bought one of those metal utility shelving units to put up for storage. the box had a picture of the unit on it, and the shelves were filled with paints, battery chargers, toolbox, drills, etc., etc. In big print along side it was printed "Items on the shelves are not included". DUH??? You're kidding??? You mean all that isn't included in the $20 for the shelving unit, and isn't in this 8" wide box?????
Posted 11/18/2008 9:50 PM (GMT 0)
Oh frig, this is such a funny thread.  I need this laughter so bad!

 

The one commercial I absolutely can't tolerate anymore is the "Menthos" ad where the moron is sitting beside the water cooler and some tramp lifts his nose, rams her tongue into his mouth then pushes his nose back down and walks away.  Seriously, if I see that ad again I'm going to need more than my Zoloft to prevent an anxiety attack. Everything about that commercial makes me angry! mad

 

Posted 11/18/2008 11:24 PM (GMT 0)

Jeez...just reading some of these reponses mad me laugh so hard I peed my pants alittle.  Maybe I should ask the doc for that new drug for incontinence.  The only really bad side effect is 'hairy tongue.'

Oh yeah.  We bought a van last year and one of the items listed on the page of what was included in the price was 'steering wheel.'  Hubby and I decided it was just one of those accessories we just had to have.  You never know when you might have to make a left turn.

morons...

donna

Posted 11/18/2008 11:50 PM (GMT 0)

I read this earlier, then had to come back to it. You ladies are hysterical. I had a hysterectomy 5 yrs. ago, but NOT wearing white pants is so ingrained in me, I just can't imagine buying them. I used to tape a couple of shows that my DH and I liked so we could watch them on the weekend when he had time to see them. I loved being able to fast forward thru commercials, I can't stand most of them. The last one I really liked was the squirrels on the old Geigo commercial, they live in my neighborhood. lol

I always read the insert w/ the meds. The last med I was given lately was Lyrica (2nd time) I had such horrible headaches, clenching pain in my temple. I asked my ortho dr (he gave it to me) if it could be causing headaches. He said he never heard of it causing headaches. I told him it said it in the insert. He just smiled and said I should continue to take it. I also told my old PCP the prob I had w/ Lyrica, she said I 'should take it', I 'just don't want to get better'. That was the last straw w/ her. I have reactions to many meds, I guess I should take them, also, or I just don't want to get better from those illnesses, too. I have questioned drs. about different meds, to be sure they aren't related to my known allergies, I have had drs. change their rx. I get very anxious when they get glib, like I'm over reacting.

Too many ppl think that Lyrica is THE answer, THE cure. If it helps some ppl, I'm glad, but it isn't the answer for me. I have family members who can't even pronounce Fibromyalgia, tell me Lyrica is THE cure. They think they know what I should be doing, and can't understand why I won't take this med that will CURE me. There is a lot to be said for Distant Relatives. That was mean spirited of me.

God bless.  Alice.

Posted 11/19/2008 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
Donna......that is soooo funny about the steering wheel!! Pretty soon cars will be sold "ala carte". Then you won't have to buy a steering wheel, if you don't need one. ;)
Alice.........I've learned to pretty much ignore docs telling me that the symptom I have from a drug couldn't possibly be from that drug. That really irritates me too. Fortunately, the doc I have now is pretty open to things I say, and he's usually willing to try something else. But I know alot of docs aren't like that (and I've seen most of them!).
Posted 11/19/2008 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks a lot for starting this thread now I'm watching every stupid commercial on TV. The TV that I won't have as of Feb 17 2009 if I don't have a converter box. Unless you only watch TV once a year I think everyone is aware of that by now.

 

luv and hugs

Marlee

Posted 11/19/2008 4:04 PM (GMT 0)

Oh Marlee...you MUST get that converter box!  You have no idea what you are missing! Last night I woke up about 3:00 AM with the t.v. still on and there was an infomercial for some kind of enema bag and solution that would take forty years of petrified poop out of your colon!  I AM NOT KIDDING!  Did you know that John Wayne died with almost fifty pounds of ' toxic feces' in his intestines???  Neither did I!  How come that wasn't in his obituary, or final testimonial???  After that, as I am now so awake from the sheer wonder of The Bag, I can't fall asleep...on comes another magnificent product...a vaccuum cleaner that can  pick up three, yes three, bowling balls.  I wanted to get up and jot down the number for this one, as my house is just over-run with bowling balls, but I had a fibro-cramp in my leg and couldn't  jump out of bed fast enough!

Ask your family to get you that converter box for Christmas.  It's the gift that keep on giving!

donna

Posted 11/19/2008 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
Foggy again Donna??? I don't need a converter box I have cable, I was stating what they say in the commercial. smilewinkgrin I thought I needed to lose weight and all I need is the BAG, did you get the number for it???

 

luv and hugs

Marlee

Posted 11/19/2008 7:25 PM (GMT 0)
I KNEW your were full of something, Marlee!  devil

 

Sherrine

Posted 11/19/2008 9:21 PM (GMT 0)
I have to get a bunch of converter boxes. It ticks me off that we have to do this. Plus, the local TV station is on the radio, and I like to listen to the news while driving.......well, that won't be on anymore either.
LOLOLOL about the 50 pounds of toxic feces! No wonder John Wayne talked and walked so slow. hahaha
Posted 11/19/2008 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Marlee forgive me, It IS the Fog..the fog...the fog!  I didn't get the number for The Bag but I'll stay up all night so I can catch the commerical again for you.  I forgot to add that is was 'buy one get one free' week.  And at the end the man says, 'what better, than the gift of health for those you  love'.  I'm gonna get me a twelve pack so I can give these to my family for Christmas.  I can just picture them all, tearing off the paper and peering down into the box that has a big ole enema bag in it.  They would draw straws, then the loser would shoot me through the eyes with a deer rifle.

(if iI buy more than one, I can also get a free subscription of Colon Health so please consider this and I can order for all of us.  I REALLY want the magazine.)

donna

Posted 11/19/2008 10:15 PM (GMT 0)
What a wonderful, thoughtful Christmas gift for all your relatives! lololololololol
That reminds me of the "olden" days, when I was a nurse. Enemas were a pretty common thing, and it wasn't the little Fleets that you get at the drug store. Anyhow......we would read the doc's order for an "H3 enema". That meant "High, Hot and Helluvalot"!
Posted 11/19/2008 10:27 PM (GMT 0)

Oh Cathy...I remember those days well!  When I was in labor for my third child, I wouldn't sign the admission papers until they agreed I would not get one of those H3 jobbies you speak of.  I remembered how it was with the delivery of my twins...ye ole' rotor rooter was worse than the labor.

Ah, what a lovely subject.  What fibro?

donna

Posted 11/20/2008 1:23 AM (GMT 0)
It seems as though those were a remedy for whatever ailed us when we were little!
Kind of makes our mothers seem a little twisted. hahaha
Posted 11/20/2008 3:23 AM (GMT 0)
This thread is HYSTERICAL!!! ****

(this is a joke, but I thought it was appropriate for this thread.. lol)
Pfizer Announcement


Pfizer Corporation announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer.
It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.
Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink'.
Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.
Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.
Posted 11/20/2008 3:50 AM (GMT 0)

Oh Al..that is too funny.  Just picture a bunch of men in a break room swigging this suff down.  You could use them all for hat racks for the rest of the day...well, for at least four hours!

donna

Posted 11/20/2008 5:20 AM (GMT 0)
OMG - Donna - it's after midnight - and I'm so glad I stayed up and found your posts!!!!

You should be doing stand-up comedy my friend - I'd have paid for the laughs/snorts I got tonight!  I really needed them, too - been an awful day.   Lordy - I'm still smiling.  God bless you and everyone who contributed - what a treat!!!!!!!!!!!! tongue tongue tongue

Lucy

Posted 11/20/2008 5:56 AM (GMT 0)
NOt only the commercials make me angry about fibromyalgia cures. When we read constant claims that exercise and cognitive therapy will relive a lot of fibro pain I gag. I exercise every single day. I have also had the therapy. Even use the Lyrica. I am still in agony on many days.

I have a little devil inside of me who cannot wait until these folks turn 50 or so and start noticing what pain feels like. I know, I am mean... But, I cannot wait to offer them a gym trainer and a psychologist.

about the Erectile dysfunction ads, I have a female friend who is in her 80s and is still quite active. According to her, the stuff is not even worth having her partner buy it. this is sad but true. I wish some men would realize when they are being fooled.

Donnaeil
Posted 11/20/2008 6:00 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, the John Wayne and petrified poop story is an urban myth. Dumb, dumb, dumb. It has sold millions of dollars in colon cleansing products since he died. Could you imagine going to the toilet and discharging 50 lbs of petrified poo? Yuch, do not look.

Don't you like it when the ads say you can have a ballet body in six weeks. It took my son 10 years of ballet and other dance classes, to look like that.

How about losing 30 something pounds and getting rid of your tummy within 3 months. I have been exercising in water for over 2 years. I still have a pouch. lol

Donnaeil
Posted 11/20/2008 1:37 PM (GMT 0)
The Pfizer announcement is hysterical!
The "small print" in the announcement about "if you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours, seek immediate medical attention"..........would keep me from going near that stuff if I were a man! Our society can be sooooo silly!
Donnaeil.........we're a country of people wanting instant results mixed with capitalism, and I think people will promise anything to get some money. its sad.
I wonder how much fibro research is going on, in comparison to erectile dysfunction research?? I'm encouraged by the fact that I've been hearing more and more ads for requests for participants in fibro research.
We have to be careful to not ignore the fact that we live in an "advanced" civilization that ignores some of the basic things our bodies need. Then it sells pills to try to deal with the bad things that happen from living in this modern world. We're incredibly complex, sensitive organisms, and this modern world just has to be having a negative influence on us.
I wonder how many people really buy into some of these ads. I have considered some of them.........like cleanses, bracelets, bright light, etc. I think people with inexplainable problems can be so vulnerable to try some of this stuff.
Anyhow.........back to the funny stuff. All this laughing is increasing my endorphins and serotonin! Keep it coming! :)

Oh.....about the Cymbalta ad. I think that's a very good one. They make it seem that taking the med will make life a little more bearable......which is much more realistic that some of the other various ads.
I find it amazing the huge difference in commercials. It seems like some of them are the absolute best ones, and others are the absolute worst ones!
Posted 11/20/2008 5:11 PM (GMT 0)

Unfortunatley, there are those out there who will pander to the hopeless and still sleep at night.  I lived in VA Beach for 13 years...the home of Edgar Cayce and other New Age organizations.  I have seen it all.  There is a store there called the Heritage which sells organic food and other New Age products.  Upstairs, they have and auditorium where there is an endless intinerary of speakers, alternative medical treatments, etc.  One day a friend and I decided to attend a Women's Seminar on Alternative Health.  The first thing we walked into was a standing room only section where a scrawny looking geek with the head the size of a satellite dish was hawking a machine to amputees that would emit radio waves and re-grow their limbs.  The machine resembled a stereo speaker.  OMG.

Next, we wander over to a woman who could 'stretch your aura, energize your chakras and...the best of all...detect diseases in your 'flatulance'.  My friend and I just couldn't muster up a fart to blow into her bottle but I am still plagued to this day whether she could have diagnosed my fibro in all my stinky gas.  NOT!

Once during a rolfing treatment (NEVER EVER try that.  I swear I saw my dead grandmother) I noticed I was getting bitten by fleas.  My friend the rolfer brought her dog every day to work.  When I showed her the bites she said, "You must have gotten them someplace else."  I have the Golden Arches of Light in every corner of this office.  She points to these tiny, cardboard arches that are supposed to emit postive energy and reach a vortex in her ceiling...these arches also kill insects."  Again, OMG!

You could get a high colonic on any street corner.  Now, I'm all for massages, acupuncture, chiros...but I am appalled at what lengths some will go to to make a buck.

Fibro is a cruel and insidious disease.  Those who don't have it and say "just don't think about it, or walk it off...take a nap...Play bingo at the church, that always makes me forget my problems..."

Someone should take these people, wrap them in fiberglass, tie them with a rope to the backend of a Jeep then drag them down a gravel road at 100MPH.  Oh, then ask them if they want to play Bingo.

Different topic but when I was in labor for my twins that popped out a 6.5 lbs a piece, and after about ten hours screaming for Dr. Kevorkian, the nurse came in with a pain shot.  They did that back then.  My husband, now ex, was sitting in a chair reading a Sports Illustrated.  He looks at the nurse and says "Does she really need that?"  After the shot took off the edge, I motioned for the nurse and whispered, "Usher my husband into the hall, slam his dingus in an elevator door then press the 'up' button.  Come back in about 4 hours and ask him if he'd like something for pain."

Some people jsut don't get it!

Donna

Posted 11/20/2008 5:19 PM (GMT 0)

Plus..I would like to know what is in those pills that will melt away 10 lbs of fat overnight?  Citrate of magnesia?  You would be better off swallowing a grenade because that's the only way I can figure you could lose that much weight while you slept.

donna

Posted 11/21/2008 1:03 PM (GMT 0)

So sorry my dear friends, but I have just been informed by e-mail that due to the high demand of enema bags, my order cannot be processed until after Christmas.  I am so disappointed, and I know my family will be devestated for not receiving these as a gift.  On a good note, they offered me in exchange, a Gallbladder Cleanse.  Don't think that is anything I'd like to try.

donna

Posted 11/21/2008 5:43 PM (GMT 0)

Omgosh!  you guys crack me up!  I laughed so hard when reading these posts.  smilewinkgrin

Sue

Posted 11/22/2008 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
Oh what a bummer Donna! How disappointing. I suppose you could nicely wrap each family member a Fleets, with a candy cane stuck to it.......telling them that its just a hint of things to come............
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