Not Really Feeling Much Better...

But here are a few Youtube videos I've come across in the last little while:












And here's one that I thought was pretty funny, but none of my friends did:


Hope I'm feeling better sometime so I have something more interesting to say next time. Sorry.

Things That Just Occurred to Me

There's this commercial that's been airing for a little while -- couldn't say how long, but probably not more than a month or two -- with a bunch of twenty and thirty-somethings singing on buses and streets and whatever. Honestly, I rarely pay attention to commercials. Usually I read something or am on the computer during them, but I still hear them and usually when I see them I'm surprised by the product. So I finally see what this commercial is for, and it's for Smarties. For folks living outside Canada (because, as I've just learned, Smarties are only sold here), Smarties are a soft shell, colorful candy treat, not unlike M & Ms.

Which brought me to my realization: Why do they make Smarties when M & Ms are so much better?
It's not like anyone could possibly have an attachment to the Smarties product. They're smaller than M & Ms, which, by the way, come in a variety of different flavors too. You couldn't fit a nut inside a Smartie if you tried. And taste-wise they're really quite inferior to M & Ms, which have a harder candy shell, pack more chocolate, and top it off with their logo. Plus Smarties has had some of the most asinine advertising campaigns I've ever seen. "When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?" -- what does that even mean? Compare that and the recent campaign that really has nothing to do with a soft-shell candy until the logo comes up at the end of the ad to the long-running M & Ms voiced by Billy West and J K Simmons and you come up woefully short.

Don't know why it took me so long to come to this realization, but it seems like it's been a long time coming. If you actually like Smarties, sorry if I disagree with you. But I honestly doubt anyone likes Smarties enough to write in to argue otherwise.

Battle of the Insurance Company Spokes-Characters! Addendum

I forgot to mention this, but when I was looking for images for my insurance company spokes-off, I found a surprising amount of Erin Esurance pornography. Although I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised. After all she's a woman, and she's a cartoon character. All she needs are cat ears and a tail.

Battle of the Insurance Company Spokes-Characters!

You know, I was trying to figure out which recurring insurance company spokes-character I enjoy more.

The Geico Gecko.

Or Esurance's Erin Esurance.

I came the conclusion that I would watch a show featuring either of them before I'd watch that dumb "Cavemen" show. Although in all fairness, the Erin Esurance show would probably be full of action and adventure, while the Geico Gecko show would probably be dry and observational, so it isn't really fair to compare them.

And this is the kind of crap that goes on in my head. The next post'll be better. Promise.