Take a laughing break!

This Sunday I was practicing yoga in my living room while my other half was watching some movie on a TV channel that claims that all the movies aired on it will have just one break (but what it doesn’t mention is that, that one break will be like two movies long).

Thence the commercial break started- while Shampoo commercials were promising to turn your hair back to black, thick and long like Rapunzel’s, soft because rough doesn’t sound very classy, silky since it sounds classy, strong so you can hang cast iron dumbbells on them and yes minus all the dandruff and split ends, the deodorant sprays on the other hand were claiming that it might just take precisely two and a half sprays of their product that contained some mystical Pheromones which would immediately summon a bunch of fairies from the heavens above to fall in an assault line upon the aromatic source that was mesmerising them and giving their olfactory sensors a “radar lock on”.

Health Drinks for children were no less offenders as they claimed to contain “memory chargers” (seriously! Man) and “proteins” to boost your kid’s stamina and his exam marks up to over five times besides making him “taller, stronger and sharper”. But in reality the only thing getting taller, are the tall claims of these companies. I guess rather than concentrating their milk with some powder made out of DHA stuff, the parents and kids would be better off concentrating more on studies.

Then there was some oat meal with a Special ‘K’ that could supposedly after a certain number of serves make the ladies skinny and their husbands more mushy like love sick puppies whenever the missus is around them. Also there were the multigrain biscuits and multigrain noodles… the lesser said about them the better.

Now came an ad for a sliming oil of a very popular brand. Its disclaimer said “This unique oil helps to fight stubborn fat, its effective formula reduces flab and firms skin. Results may vary from person to person. Regular and continuous use along with a strict, sensible diet plan and daily exercise blah... blah...blah gives desired results. Massage daily on flabby areas like stomach, upper arms and legs for 30 to 45 minutes then cover the massaged areas with a hot towel for an hour blah blah blah.” After hearing all that I was left wondering that even if the oil did not dissolve the flab, all the dieting and exercising and the rigorous massaging would surely do…I wonder if writing reduces any calories too.

Finally, I saw a mosquito repellent advertisement which claimed that its product contained more MMR. I wondered if MMR was being extracted from some rare eucalyptus oil or something. I had an urge to Google it and soon found out that MMR was nothing but an acronym for Mosquito Mortality Rate!! I took a deep breath and immediately start doing my pranayam.