Originally Posted by Ditter43
I guess they think they will wear us down eventually. My DH said last night he wouldn't buy anything Billy Mays was screaming about. Heart disease was listed as the "primary cause of death" and cocaine was listed as a "contributory cause of death." His commercials were so irritating I would mute the t.v. when they were on.
I muted my tv too when he came on. After he died, his partner (an Australian? lol) said he shouted during his infomercials on purpose.
And I must be getting older than I realize. Some of the things they are selling now were "new" 30 or 40 years ago. The slap chopper was out in the '60s! I had one when I got married...but it was called something else back then.