Alarmin’ Charmin
I’ve never really been a huge fan of the Charmin Ultra Strong/Soft commercials showing cartoony bears cheerily waving their poopy-bottoms with bits of toilet paper stuck on them. I mean, really – who does that?
When I take care of my Nature business on my porcelain throne, I quietly clean up after myself and go on with the day. I don’t rush outside with a goofy grin, bouncing my bare ass around like a sugar-high Pac-Man and inviting everyone to check it out for stray toilet paper bits.
Granted though, the commercials are cartoons so I cut them some slack and merely thought of them as “lame”. Recently, however, I saw this new commercial that made “lame” jump to “disturbing”:
(Video courtesy of: Charmin1928 on YouTube.com)
I can understand the importance of sanitation and it’s great that Mama Bear is making sure Little Bear is nice and clean. But there’s something disturbing about the particular combination of checks on the inspection list:
- Paws
- Teeth
- Bottom
Paws, teeth, and bottom? All on one list? What’s the implication here?
That – that’s just…wrong. I’m not going any further.
