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12 February 2008

Yogurt On The Brain. →[More:] You know those ads for the digestive Dannon yogurt ("Activi-aaa!")? Does anybody besides me find those commercials incredibly annoying? They're right up there with the kickboxing herpes women in that prescription drug ad. Now, Yoplait has it's own line of have-a-good-daily-dump yogurt with a commercial featuring women riding old fashioned bicycles and swinging on swings and of course spooning yogurt as fluffy music plays in the background. I hope this trend dosen't continue, even if I'm not entirely sure why they irk me so much.

post by: jonmc at: 08:39 | 19 comments

Perhaps you are unnerved, as I am, that we now live in a world where bacteria can be good as well as bad. Once upon a time in a simpler, more innocent world, the only good bacterium was a dead bacterium. Now we learn that our gut-tubes are infested with these infinitesimally tiny fuckers, and, rather than being told to drink bleach to make them die, we must instead ingest special yoghurt-based confections to nurture rather than decimate their populations.

posted by misteraitch 12 February | 08:56

Nah. I like yogurt and I love cheese and beer, all of which are bacteria based foods. I'm all about the germ eating.

posted by jonmc 12 February | 08:58

Sounds like a tampon ad, minus the swimming and blue ink and with added yoghurt.

I find antibacterial products unnerving outside places where they're necessary (hospitals, cruise ships etc) - dishwashing detergent and the like. The human race has survived this far without antibacterial washing powder, I'm sure we'll continue to be fine without it. Bring on the germs!

posted by goo 12 February | 09:25

goo, I remember as a small boy being utterly baffled by tampoon ads back in the 70's, since I naturally had no idea what they were for and the commercials made it even more bewildering. Now I know better. Women are full of blue water.

posted by jonmc 12 February | 09:30

You know what's in Activiaaa? Vegetable Oil. Do the math. Other things are in it, too, but hey. Ew.

posted by rainbaby 12 February | 10:44

I can't back up my vegetable oil claim. That was probably in the yogurt that is marketed to reduce cholesterol. Still, ew.

posted by rainbaby 12 February | 10:53

Maybe you're thinking of Sunny D.

posted by box 12 February | 10:56

yeah, ew. Commercials on the top of my hate list are:
1. any of the Head/Active/Whatever ON ads,
2. any local car dealership ad,
3. the jeep commercial with the singing critters that drop in through the sunroof.

posted by chewatadistance 12 February | 10:57

I can't back up my vegetable oil claim. That was probably in the yogurt that is marketed to reduce cholesterol. Still, ew.

Now that commercial grosses me out- the one where people drink the little shot of yogurt or whatever it is, and then the word "cholesterol" comes tumbling out of some undefined orifice behind them. WTF??

Especially the one shot where the guy drinks it, stands up, and "cholesterol" is laying in his office chair. I remember thinking, "Surely I did NOT just see what I thought I saw."

posted by BoringPostcards 12 February | 11:03

The tampon ads lie. It's actually more like blue semi-congealed jello, which does not absorb half as quickly.

posted by casarkos 12 February | 11:14

That yogurt commercial where the two women are talking and the one asks the other, "Feeling better after the holidays?" and the second woman says, "Digestive system is back on track!" and does that weird little wiggle and waves her hands to simulate her bowel movements?

That one I hate. I don't want to be thinking about that woman's bowel movements.

posted by occhiblu 12 February | 12:27

3. the jeep commercial with the singing critters that drop in through the sunroof.

I kind of like that one, but I can't define why, or tell you what car/jeep model they are selling.

posted by rainbaby 12 February | 12:27

The only yogurt commercials I like are the lesbian ones.

posted by box 12 February | 12:28

Yogurt commercials don't have to suck, and they could be a lot worse.

posted by Hellbient 12 February | 12:31

That one I hate. I don't want to be thinking about that woman's bowel movements.

Excessive knowledge of anybody's bowel movements is usually contraindicated. Although the other day at work I was carrying the key to the employee restroom as I walked across the store (It's attached to a big peice of plywood). Our security guard Hampton stopped me and said, 'Uh, before you go there, I should tell you, I was just in there and I..blew it up, yo.' I went and used the public restroom instead. Pissing with the hoi polloi was a hardship, but neccessary. So his pooptalk was an act of good citizenship.

posted by jonmc 12 February | 12:37

Have a Happy Period!

*puke*

posted by deborah 12 February | 14:24

Those Gardasil commercials -- the herpes ones -- drive me fucking crazy. The repeated tagline of "One less! One less! One less!" is grammatically incorrect. It should be "One fewer."

My spine curves every time I hear it.

Morans.

posted by mudpuppie 12 February | 14:24

Excessive knowledge of anybody's bowel movements is usually contraindicated.

That belongs on a t-shirt.

And rainbaby, I liked that jeep commercial until the day it was on every. 5. minutes on BOTH games I was watching.

posted by chewatadistance 12 February | 15:41

Years and years ago they used to advertise Sweet Acidophilus milk, for your digestive system. Added the good bacteria in, it did. I'm not sure if it was just in NC, or more widespread.

posted by bunnyfire 12 February | 16:11

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