It's Laundry Day!

I was randomly perusing the endless wonders of the television today when I came across an advertisement for laundry powder which, for all intents and purposes, was stupid.

You see, it starts with two little girls playing dress ups, their mother quickly enters the scene and remarks at the makeup stains the little girls had left on her blouse.

That was the believable part!

Seconds later, a laundry powder saleswoman appears in the house, totally unannounced, product in hand and the family treats this like something completely normal.

Note to Advertisers: In the real world, when random sales people appear in your room, you become slightly alarmed.

So what makes this different from any other ridiculous ad? Probably the fact that it tries so hard to be ordinary.

Or maybe I was just cranky today.

Here's how it should have played out: