The most egregious affront to a viewer’s intelligence in a TV commercial is the phrase: A, Don’t try this at home B, Closed course, professional driver, do not attempt C, Ask your doctor The answer is, of course, ‘Ask your doctor.’ They’ve got nothing better to do than sit on the phone with you to […]
Shocked diner finds toad in can of beans
Gloria Chubb, a retired nurse from Indiana described her horror at finding a toad inside a can of green beans she had been cooking for dinner. She found the experience so mortifying, she was nauseated for 2 days, and said “I don’t think I’ll have green beans anytime soon.” The food manufacturer, Meijer, has since […]
Circus clowns rebel, seek justice
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus won a $9.3 million settlement from the ASPCA. The ruling declared them not guilty of animal cruelty. They may need that amount and more to defend them-selves against a suit brought by the ASPCC, (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Clowns). That clown suit, brought by […]