The Baseball Desert

Monday, April 19, 2004

I should be so lucky

This is baseball-related only inasmuch as it concerns the US commercials I get to see when I watch MLB.TV. There's one that keeps coming up (if you'll pardon the pun) on WGN for some product aimed at helping men - erm, how can I put it? - keep it up. OK, that's fine - there's nothing wrong with getting a little help now and again, but what's scary are the words of warning at the end of the ad - there are the usual warnings about not taking this particular product if you're already taking heart medication etc., but then there's a warning which says something along the lines of: "In the rare cases where an erection should last more than four hours, please seek immediate medical attention...".

I dunno, if it were ever to happen in this neck of the woods, I'd probably be more inclined to call the local paper ;-)