I'll be honest -- the TV has been on more during the day than I'd like to admit. But when you've spent ten minutes in front of an open blog window trying to come up with a post topic, it can be helpful in just churning something out.

Since Consumermas is just around the corner, we're getting a lot more commercials for toys during mainstream adult programming. I try to let it go, but more often than not something catches my ear. Like the ad for the Thomas the Tank Engine Wheels and Whistles Sofa (which apparently has its own blog).

It's not often in the modern age of advertising that you'll see a commerical with a jingle that actually tells you how to play with the toy. But here it is, a commercial about a glorified toy box that you can climb in with your friends, make its wheels move and whistle blow by pressing a button, and drag your other toys around the house.

The best part is at the end, when the singers instruct on how to put it away:


Of course, I usually can't resist mentally altering that last line to "And your friends will all go, 'Holy shit!'"