Every once in awhile I find a TV commercial I appreciate. It's not often, but it happens. But TV commercials seem to go in waves, occasionally with streams of ads that would seemingly insult the intelligence of most Americans. We've all seen the ads that leave us wondering what he hell they were advertising in the first place. But sometimes the ads where you KNOW what they're selling are just as bad.

The Geico ads notwithstanding (though I think the "Energizer bunny" people should sue), there are a few that really boggle my mind. The first is the Morgan Stanely guy, who has appeared to be the participant in a polyandrous relationship, as well as the creepy stalker of a recent college graduate. But then there's the tampon ad where the woman plugs the leak in the boat with her tampon.

If we were riding in a boat, and the woman plugged it with a tampon, I think that would pretty much kill the date at that moment. While it does lead one to question why the Exxon Valdez and the Titanic didn't simply store large quantities of tampons, it's pretty much a guarantee of a gross out for anyone with a "Y" Chromosome. I'd like to counter with a condom ad where a guy consoles a crying child by blowing up a condom and handing it to him. I don't think it would go over that well.

But while I think these ads insult the intelligence of most Americans, I can't escape the nagging fear that they don't. I DO hope we're better than this, really!