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March 22, 2007
not the post it was supposed to be
I have like 4 unfinished/ unwritten posts that I just haven't gotten it together on for the last week.
So, I'm on my computer now trying to put off studying by generating you some new content, and I'm finally watching the History Channel's program on the Battle of Thermopylae, and in the middle of this progam about manly manliness and courage and not giving up and whatever, is a commercial for Viagra. And not just a commercial for Viagra, a commercial advertising the new Viagra punch-card. Oh yeah. Every fourth prescription is free. Just like when you get every tenth coffee or every eighth ice cream cone or every so many car washes. Every fourth prescription. Not making this up.
Three, possibly inappropriate, observations here:
1) This is fantastic product placement on the part of Phizer. This is like advertisements for face cream appearing during the Miss Universe pageant. I just wonder if the ad people even had to think twice like, hey, don't you think this would be a good idea? And one dumb guy is like, no, and then he gets fired because, duh, this is the best time ever to sell men this product.
2) Every fourth prescription? So, how many free prescriptions do they plan to give away? Because every fourth seems like kind-of a lot, right? How many of these cards do they plan on printing? Or am I grossly overestimating the geriatric population's libido? And are you grossed out right now that I just mentioned geriatric libido?
3) The guy in the commercial looks like he's in his late thirties, early forties. Is this really the target population for Viagra? Or are they now trying to break into a new market - insecure-younger-men-who-probably-don't-really
-have-erectile-dysfunction-yet?
Ok, so, now I'm going to go finish the other posts. I promise they don't have anything to do with libido.
*update, I just realized that there might be like a large number of pills in a prescription. Which would make a little more sense. For some reason I was thinking like every fourth dosage. Ok, will stop now.
Posted on March 22, 2007 8:42 PM
Comments
"are you grossed out right now that I just mentioned geriatric libido?"
This just made me laugh out loud, and maybe spew bits of apple across my monitor. Maybe. :)
Posted by: andrea at March 23, 2007 2:42 PM
When my grandpa died we were cleaning out his place and found several different stashes of Viagra. And all this from a man that only had 1/2 of one lung!
One of the best things he ever told me was when we both were checking out a girl while going into the store. He turns around and says, "I can't do anything about it [hooking up with the girl], but I sure like it."
The mind never really changes, the body just grows weaker.
Posted by: Otis at March 26, 2007 11:53 AM