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I love the Super Bowl. I love how fans proudly wear team colors, I love how the stores sell out of beer, chips and deli prepared chicken wings. And, I love the commercials.
I’m not a sports watcher. I’m an ad watcher. I find myself gritting my teeth when people get up and start talking during the commercial breaks. In between kick-off, and the ending with the handing of the trophy, the commercials are the only thing that keep me sitting there.
Last night there were some winners, and some duds. In my opinion, anyway. (And, what was up with all the men in underwear? Was that this years unofficial theme?!)
The Best:
If you watch my vampire shows with me, you can drive whatever the heck you want.
“The bridge is out!” Loved the Bonanza theme music playing.
I don’t know how Letterman got Leno to play along, considering the animosity. But then again, maybe Leno is doing anything and everything to salvage his reputation?
The Lame:
Doritos usually has great commercials. Such as the “Play Nice” commercial, featuring Jalen, informing his mama’s date to keep his “hands off my Mama, hands off my Doritos.” This one just fell short. (I think it was the guy’s acting.)
I don’t get the joke. Can someone explain this Carmax commercial to me?
Shape-ups, Joe Montana… Just, awkward.
Aww-Worthy:
The last search made me tear up. Dang pregnancy hormones.
Budweiser was the overall winner in this years Super Bowl with the above Body Bridge commercial, the T-Pain Auto Tune commercial, and this one:
This Kia commercial is aww-worthy because of Blake’s reaction. (We have already watched it several times today.) The entire time he’s screaming, “SOCK MONKEY! YO GABBA GABBA! ROBOT!” (I love how when Sock Monkey gets his “Mom” tattoo, it’s being stitched on.)
The Year of the Super Bowl Underwear Commercials:
The homosexual ad was banned, the Tebow anti-abortion ad was “controversial”, but yet we had to see flabby men in their whitey-tighties?
What were your favorite commercials this year? Or, were you one of those who jumped up during the commercial breaks?
Pregnant ladies, soon-to-be daddies, and those who are trying to get pregnant… Stop reading right here. Go look at pictures of my cute puppy, or something.
Now, the rest of you: Let’s talk.
There are things that you should never say to a pregnant woman. Such as:
Are you having twins?
Oh my God, you look like you are about to pop/My God, you are enormous!
Were you planning on this pregnancy?
Are you planning on getting fixed? (What, am I a dog?)
Are you really going to eat/drink that?
Ad nauseam.
Those are to be expected in some degree though, and most pregnant women grimace, and go on with their day.
But, the following three morbid statements? No. Just no. I’m still puzzled as to WHY someone would think any of these were okay.
1. “How far along are you? Oh, I know someone who was that far along, and her baby died inside of her.”
I had this said to me. When venting online about it, another expecting woman told me of a friend who sent her an email with a link to a lady’s blog, explaining, “This lady just lost her baby. She was as far along as you. I thought you’d like to read the story of someone who was at the same point in her pregnancy.” Yeah.
2. “You need to see this video. There was a placenta with white spots and the placenta was calcified. This is what happens to moms with stress. Babies can die from that.”
I know I am under stress. I am going through a divorce, I am a single parent, I am busy working on launching my business. I get it. Pregnant women don’t need to be under stress. If I could change the course of direction, I would.
3. “Dr. OZ was talking about how babies that move a lot twist their umbilical cords, and I was thinking about how you say that your baby is really active, and you know, that baby could twist the umbilical cord so much that something bad ends up happening.”
You realize that I can’t control this baby, right? Yes, he/she is very active. More so than my previous two live births. If I could boss around the unborn, I totally would. I would start with demanding no movement during sleeping hours, that the baby has to promise me that he/she will come down the birth canal as quickly as possible, etc. But, I CAN’T CONTROL THE UNBORN. And for clarification, when I say active, the baby isn’t turning somersaults in there 24/7. If anything, he/she seems to be dancing or running sprints. Those legs are continuously moving, and the head is jabbing continuously into my bony structures.
Look. Anything having to do with fetal or maternal death should not be presented to an expecting woman (or couple). Pregnancy is an emotional rollercoaster, and women stress out enough as it is.
Consider this your public service announcement of the day. Mmm-kay?
It’s not uncommon for the following to happen in our house:
“You mind bringing me a coke?”
Considerate individual brings a Dr. Pepper.
All caffeinated-sugary beverages are considered “coke”, as long as they are dark. That includes: Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, and Pepsi. What can I say? It’s a Southern thing.
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