Ghost of a flea

I saw this for the first time not long ago. It had me wincing all the way through it...being unable to put my finger on exactly why.

Okay... at first I chuckled, but, it also made me wince. Don't quite know why.

That was so...hmmmm...yeesh...disturbing, yes, very disturbing...

Never saw this ad before, but it will be added to the long list of TV ads that I "don't get" in the least. That having been said, THIS ad leaves me feeling very uncomfortable. I mean, if it was a man's FINGERS that grew like that, women's groups would be up in the air protesting about how the advertiser is "facilitating" or "condoning/endorsing" male sexual aggression. But elongated male nipples....?

Nope, I don't get it...

"it will be added to the long list of TV ads that I "don't get" in the least."

The gum is really 'cooling'. We have a similar TV commercial in Canada, where a guy's head freezes and snaps right off his neck.(totally freaked out my 3 year old) ... Get it? 'Cuz only the 'hip' crowd 'gets it'... Whatever.

I saw the freezing head/decapitation gum commercial for the first time this past weekend. I had to laugh out loud. It's amusing in a morbid way, but utterly fails as far as advertising goes -- the name of the gum totally escapes me. And who wants gum that's going to make your head snap off and fall into your girlfriend's lap?

I just want gum whose flavour doesn't expire within the first 5 minutes of chewing it. I don't care if it's the latest disgusting mix of faux-citrus and faux-spearmint.

I'm not usually party-pooper as far as morbid jokes are concerned...
One particularly good commercial extolled the virtues of the Suburban's anti-theft devices. It portrayed a car thief who, in the process of hot-wiring a stolen car has his brains bashed in by a chimpanzee hiding in the trunk. The chimp drives to a bridge and dumps the body into the river. My wife couldn't understand why I laughed every time I thought about that monkey...
Anyway, I saw the same commercial that Rue and Chris saw, and my reaction to it was just "ugh". Gross and weird, not funny, and no, I don't remember what the name of the gum was either. Chacun a son gout, I guess.

I guess I'm the odd man out here, because I thought it was hilarious. Mind you, the guy reminded me of one of my school pals (minus the foot-long nipples, of course).