The lyrics to the R.E.M. song ring in my head… “It’s the end of the world as we know it.”
On my regular Sunday journey known as the “Grocery Store Odyssey” (4 stores in 1 hour, you try it!) I encountered what could possibly be a sign of the apocalypse. It is hard to describe what I witnessed, so I will let the photos do the talking.
(my shots from the camera phone did not download well, so I swiped this off an advertising site… same stripes, different locale)
Yes, those are parking space designator stripes. Yes, that is an advertisement. Yes, it is for the show “Desperate Housewives”. No, you are not hallucinating.
In what could possibly be the end of Western Civilization as we know it, ABC has decided to not only bombard our television screens with this drivel, but force us to park between and walk upon advertisements for their “darkly comedic suburban” evening soap opera. Whatever.
Now let me be the first to admit, I do not watch Desperate Housewives. It is not because my evenings are so full of quality television shows that I cannot find time for ABC’s fun-filled programming. My inability to watch this show has nothing to do with my busy social schedule or the stacks of papers I need to grade. Clearly, only one fact prevents me from tuning in… IT IS UNWATCHABLE.
I have two words for ABC’s advertising “crew”:
STOP IT!
Stay tuned for further updates from the front lines… our next segment will feature interviews with the actual apocalypse horse-riders as they make their way through LA. The signs are here ladies and gentlemen, we just need to read them…
