I’m exhausted, but I just saw a commercial that made absolutely no sense, and so I’m provoked to write about it before it’s forgotten and shelved with differential equations as I sleep.
It’s a KMart commercial, where a man comes up behind his wife who’s standing looking at herself in the mirror. He runs his hand down her arm, and says, “Hmmm… cashmere.”
Then a look comes across his face, “Did we go over budget?”
“No honey, I went to KMart!”
Announcer voice: “100% Cashmere sweaters, now only 39.99!”
First order of business… didn’t KMart go out of business in my metroplex? And if this is true (which it is), why am I still seeing their cashmere commercials on my television?
Secondly… Actual Scenario Man is not going to rub his hand down his wife’s arm and instantly murmur, “Hmmm… cashmere.” It’s not going to happen. The real world scenario would be that a man rubs his hand down his wife’s arm, and says, “Fuzzy.” Maybe he says, “Hmmm… that’s fuzzy,” but it’s defintely a statement of texture, not textile. As much as I love Nick, I’m sure he can distinguish between cashmere and burlap, but only to the point of: “That one’s soft, and that one isn’t.” Cashmere and angora? No.
I just had to get that out. Socially innacurate commercials annoy me.
1 Comment
November 14, 2008 at 6:32 am
you can always buy online.
but yeah, that’s silly.