This post originally appeared during my participation in the 2016 A to Z Blog Challenge.
Here's where all my time wasted spent playing Words With Friends pays off. Stumped for a topic for a troublesome letter like Q and what do I do - gnash my teeth and grub around in the closet for my hair shirt? Nope! I hit up the cheater Scrabble page and find a Q word to riff on. And this one is a dandy.
Scams via infomercials and email are just the latest iteration of snake oil salesmen/women. They have a fine tradition in print media long before the Internet came along. Preying on an unsuspecting and uninformed public is their stock in trade. Take for example:
I don't know about you, but I'm totally not wearing anything on my face that has the word 'toilet' in its name.
And where was this little beauty when I was looking for a topic for P??
Know someone who drinks too much booze? Get them addicted to cocaine instead!
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'hat hair'
So let me get this straight: it's advertised for a male condition; and, you 'buy it for your husband'? Genius! Probably comes in a brown paper wrapper to boot.
I vote we bring back both the condition known as 'hysteria', as well as this cure for it. Are you with me?
I see quackery advertised every day online. It's a dead giveaway if they promise something in X number of easy steps, or magical results if you share with everyone you know. But none of them come close to being this artful, or this funny (even though they didn't intend to be). Thanks, quacks, for the best laugh of the day.
Fun page dividers from clipart.co