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January 5, 2009
As proof that we’re really shunning resolutions and bettering ourselves in any way… I offer up our latest obsession… the commercial for those creepy blanket suit thingys.
The people in the commercial are so pleased to be on their couch, snuggled in their creepy cultish blankets-with-arms. The cowl collars and three (three!) colors are displayed on people who can watch tv! knit! eat! play games! and chat on the phone! all! while! warmly! snuggled!
Towards the end they introduce the booklight! that opens with a simple push! of! a! button! It retails for $15 in the store where idiots go to buy other, over-priced things. The snuggled lady is so enchanted with the opening of the booklight. Apparently, her poor, useless body under the blanket-with-arms thingy is unable to perform such difficult tasks as opening a regular booklight. One that might sell for $7 at Borders, say.
We were more careful this Christmas than we have been in the past. Our recession Christmas excluded the marvelous idea of buying a blanket-with-arms joke for everyone we know.
Though we haven’t ruled out the keychain thing that helps idiots remember three things at a time. (Oh! how I love that lady who never can remember her grocery list, “Eggs! Butter! Milk!” Her relief is so great.)
January 6, 2009 at 12:13 am
That is our favorite commercial to mock right now. I personally like the way they market it to people who “Hate it when the blankets fall off” and how the red one makes you look like a priest. I personally would high five any parent that showed up at their child’s athletic event in the snuggy. As if school isn’t hard enough. Amen to you for pointing out the ridiculous!
January 7, 2009 at 10:14 pm
What? You don’t like the snuggley? We have a dozen! They’re the best! Nothing like looking like a monk in blue! We laugh at the family at the sporting event; like anyh hetrosexual male would ever where one, especially out in public. He would rather freeze to death.
January 15, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I have one, but it’s a bit shorter, made of terrycloth and I wear it the other way around. I call it a “robe.” I do love how the white-haired guy looks like Cardinal Ratzinger, though.
January 26, 2009 at 4:53 am
ROFL… “her relief is so great”… excellent. I also love the way they film those commercials with the BEFORE scene all grainy-colorless where normal and frighteningly simple tasks prove so overwhelming. Just exactly how the world looks through my eyes during PMS!
January 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Oh, I have something for you on my blog.
January 30, 2009 at 12:10 am
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-27-snuggie_N.htm?se=yahoorefer