I'm Just Sayin'

I started baking early this morning. It's Sunday and I am helping a friend...she needs baked goods...I'm baking them. Normally, the TV is off. I have morphed from a TV addict into a non-watcher or rather a seldom watcher. Today, my wife has been home and she likes to watch Sunday TV. She starts with "Sunday Morning" and sometimes watches various shows well into the afternoon. I think this is good for her because it forces her to go brain dead for a few hours a week...her brain needs the rest.

Today, I heard a very familiar voice booming from the TV. Yes, yes...it was a commercial and guess who was getting on my nerves? Billy Mays. I just have to get this off my chest. That guy's voice is as irritating as any I have ever heard.  I mean it just drives me nuts. The only vocal sound that irritates me more is that shrill, blood curdling scream that little girls make. Now Billy seems like a really nice guy and I'm sure he sells his products  like no other could. He probably sells billions of dollars worth. But damn...that tone....that shouting, whinny, nasal tone...I just can't stand it. Here is a partial list of the products Billy  sells: OxiClean, Orange Clean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Hercules Hook, Ding King Auto Dent Remover, Gopher Reaching Tool. Zorbeez Absorbent Towels, Lint-B-Gone Lint Brush, Samurai Shark knife Sharpener, liquid Diamond Car Wax, AwesomeAuger Ground Auger, Weed Auger, Power Extender Gardening Tools, Simoniz Fix It Scratch Remover, Grip Wrench and Turbo Tiger Vacuum Cleaner. Whew! Billy, Billy, Billy...I know I have left out a few products and I know there will be more to come.

There is no way to stop this guy. My choices, if I want to avoid his sales pitches, are simple and limited . Turn him off (or mute his ass) if I hear him or don't turn him on in the first place. The only other possibility of stopping Billy is that everybody...all  TV watchers... ban together and refuse to buy anything he pitches.  This isn't going to happen. As long as products need pitchin', I suppose ole Billy will be available to pitch them.

One last possibility....maybe Billy will become so rich that he will just go away.  But, I know...I know that others will follow.