Monday, January 29, 2007

Cliché…

All of us watch television.

The inevitable part of watching television is advertisements.

So here I am giving up to fate and watching, for the millionth time, the same ad about some product that’s supposed to be ultimately good for you.

I immediately had to have it.

Good advertisement, I thought.

All of a sudden I was struck with this sudden realization.

I had seen this ad somewhere before.

Recollection was bound to happen.

That’s when it suddenly dawned upon me, the obvious treachery involved.

Picture this…

Every product comes out with the punch line that, it is officially the ultimate commodity that has ever been made by mankind, and that beautiful girl and handsome, slightly gay, looking dude manages to convince you that you have to have it.

All this in under 60 seconds.

So what is wrong with this?

Well for that, let us go a little deeper into the specifics.

Take for example a face crème.

Chances are it comes out with a punch line that goes something like, Revitalizes the skin, cleans pores, softens skin, makes u look a million years younger, and basically the one crème that is going to solve all your skin problems.

Oh… btw… its all herbal as well…

What is wrong with this picture is that, it’s the same thing that was said about some other crème right before this one…

And again the same thing said about the crème before that one.

So my question, Ladies and gentlemen, is this…

What is the difference?

Why am I paying an obscene amount of money for this product?

Why do I suddenly feel like a sucker?

1 comment:

Sanar said...

i thought i saw ur cupboard filled with all this....hmmmmmmmmmm...and some tiny black balls ;-)