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I'm Sorry for the Impotence Ads....
Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 19 May 2007 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

Posted on 05/19/2007 7:31:38 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob

There are certain categories of ads on TV which offend me, and no doubt you, whenever they appear. There are the impotence ads. (Known as “E.D.” to its friends.) Plus the constipation/diarrhea ads. Plus the mobility (scooter) ads. The implication is that older men can’t get it up, can’t get it out, or can’t get it moving. Throw in the Alzheimer ads, and we can’t remember whether we’ve done any of that.

I say “we” because all these annoying ads are my fault. Yes, mine, and I apologize.

Yes, I am falling apart. It was only a month ago that I found out that gout is not an ancient disease that was wiped out shortly after Ben Franklin died. It’s a modern disease, with about the pain level of dropping a one gallon can of paint on your toes. Repeatedly. On both feet.

Fortunately, gout is also highly treatable and disappears entirely. That’s good, because both of my regular doctors are fellow sufferers, and therefore highly sympathetic. But that’s not the reason these ads are my fault.

When you go into Burger King or whatever, do you pay attention to the canned music playing in the background? It’s all generic; they pour syrup on the music and the instruments, so the result is non-offensive. With a little work, you can figure out what classic tunes are being kicked while they are down.

No matter where you go, most generic music is stuck in the sixties, with touches of the late fifties and early seventies. And all that musical boredom is also my fault. Sorry about that.

Advertising goes where the money is – of course. And people who are on the slippery slope to high-stakes bingo and budget cruise ships, spend more money per head than anyone else, because we are coming apart at the seams. But most important, there are more of us than any other demographic group.

I’m at the leading edge of the Baby Boomers. Sometimes, the definition of us starts at the end of WW II. Other times it is more generous, and includes me by adding all who were born during that War.

Think back to kindergarten. The kids whose names started with “A” always got the cold milk and the unbroken cookies. Well, that’s the way it has been for Baby Boomers every year since we first started to have disposable income.

We are the rat in the demographic snake. From music, to movies, to all forms of communication, our tastes have dominated over your tastes, regardless of which generation you’re in, other than ours. And now that we are falling apart absent chemical or surgical enhancement, these ads are the result.

I didn’t do this on purpose. And I didn’t do it alone. But all this is my fault. Right after a spate of ads for nursing homes and prosthetic parts, plus maybe a touch of elaborate funeral homes, we’ll be out of here and y’all can get the popular culture back.

Personally, I’m stubborn. I intend to stick around and see what comes next. Give it your best shot. I promise to be patient, and tolerant. Starting in about ten years.

Of course, there is the little matter that our retirement will destroy Social Security and bankrupt the US government. But that’s an apology for another day.

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About the Author: John Armor practiced in the US Supreme Court for 33 years. John_Armor@aya.yale.edu He lives in the 11th District of North Carolina.

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KEYWORDS: alzheimer; bobdole; constipation; genx; impotence; tvads
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Thought y'all would enjoy this.

John / Billybob

1 posted on 05/19/2007 7:31:39 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: Congressman Billybob


Smilin' Bob likes your column.
2 posted on 05/19/2007 7:34:20 AM PDT by Xenalyte (You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
You forgot:

Thanks for giving me someone to blame for this guy.

L

3 posted on 05/19/2007 7:35:02 AM PDT by Lurker (Comparing 'moderate' islam to 'extremist' islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

“The implication is that older men can’t get it up”

The Spanish do not have this problem... so uh, don’t bring us into to this .... um...... character trait?...


4 posted on 05/19/2007 7:36:01 AM PDT by Porterville (God is love and Dog is evol)
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To: Congressman Billybob

I had intended to post a swift rebuttal.......

But I can’t seem to remember it......


5 posted on 05/19/2007 7:37:30 AM PDT by labette (Money may not buy happiness, but it will buy politicians)
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To: Congressman Billybob

6 posted on 05/19/2007 7:38:59 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

I always thought Bob should run again... He has a perfect campaign slogan, “Bob Dole will stand up for you!”


7 posted on 05/19/2007 7:45:52 AM PDT by nctexan
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To: Congressman Billybob

I can’t decide between a Hoverround, a Jazzy, or a Harley!


8 posted on 05/19/2007 7:46:40 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: theFIRMbss

ROFLMAO!!

I don’t have any of those troubles. Well, maybe explosive diarrhea, but other than that I....oops. Be back in just a minu


9 posted on 05/19/2007 7:48:22 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

hah. :-)

I’m sure qam will get a kick out of this.


10 posted on 05/19/2007 7:48:26 AM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: Congressman Billybob

If Ron Paul had said the terrorists wanted to kill us because of these ads, then I’d be more sympathetic.


11 posted on 05/19/2007 7:48:45 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: qam1

Guess it would help if I pinged him. :-P


12 posted on 05/19/2007 7:49:22 AM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: Congressman Billybob

bump for later read


13 posted on 05/19/2007 7:51:37 AM PDT by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: Mister Da
"I can’t decide between a Hoverround, a Jazzy, or a Harley!"

Yesterday I saw a commercial with some boomers on bikes with "Steppenwolf" type music in the background.

Then the picture switches to a male incontinence "diaper" that offers the kind of protection you need for a long ride.

There is something about this that is just WRONG!

14 posted on 05/19/2007 7:53:45 AM PDT by nctexan
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To: Congressman Billybob
budget cruise ships

Don't blame me, I go first class.

15 posted on 05/19/2007 7:54:33 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Posted by Time's Man of the Year)
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To: kenth; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; InShanghai; xrp; ...

Xer Ping

Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

Freep mail me to be added or dropped. See my home page for details and previous articles.  

16 posted on 05/19/2007 7:55:17 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Congressman Billybob

I’m more offended by the communications company that decided to invent “connectile dysfunction”.


17 posted on 05/19/2007 7:56:37 AM PDT by Glenn (Someone in '08!)
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To: Congressman Billybob

LOL!

Good one John!


18 posted on 05/19/2007 7:58:17 AM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: nctexan

There is something about this that is just WRONG!

Yes, yes there is.

It should have shown astronuauts and the space shuttle,
then a crazed psyco biotch driving all night to florida.


19 posted on 05/19/2007 7:58:24 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
I figure that when God closes down one non-essential function, it's to keep the essential parts of the machine running well.
20 posted on 05/19/2007 7:58:32 AM PDT by bannie
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