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February 15, 2007

Ten Seconds Once a Week is Just Too Damn Hard

“My girlfriend and I were talking about osteoporosis, and she told me she has to set aside time one morning every week to take her osteoporosis pill. I said, ‘I take once monthly Boniva. It’s my routine.’ And she said, ‘THAT I CAN DO.’”
~Sally Field, hawking Boniva, the first and once-monthly medication for the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis, in a television commercial

Ms. Field, please tell your friend that she is the laziest human being on the face of the planet. Also, Mrs. Doubtfire is five times the woman you ever could be.

Posted by fool on February 15, 2007 12:44 AM

Comments

Maybe it's a really large pill? Like, a pill the size of a badger.

Posted by: Meg at February 15, 2007 05:17 AM

Hilarious!

Posted by: Law-Rah at February 15, 2007 09:19 AM

Wo! unto them that do not see Sally Field for what she truly is: A martyr and a saint! Sally Field, she of the perpetual verging on tears. She of "Smokey and the Bandit 2" and countless Lifetime specials. SHE, the Flying Nun herself!

I say, Go Sister Bertrille and bring strong bones to the slothful. Go, you Mother Theresa of brittle bones. Bring them Boniva. Bring them Boniva for all of us.

Posted by: Trevor at February 15, 2007 10:51 AM

That is truly a pure expression of laziness. While we're on the issue of drug peddling commercias, I've always found the Enzyte commercials extremely disturbing. Why is "Smiling Bob's" face locked in that maniacal smile? Also his wife has a crazy smile, but hers belies fear... perhaps an indication of domestic violence.

Posted by: wiseazzz at February 15, 2007 12:48 PM

Sally Field's labia's probably hang pretty low.

Posted by: CM at February 15, 2007 01:27 PM

Sally Field is a great actress. I'm not sure why she is doing commercials. But, I like her a lot better that Diane Keaton.

Posted by: CM at February 15, 2007 01:28 PM

I strongly agree with the Diane Keaton comparison. I was stuck on a bus that played "Something's Gotta Give" a few weeks ago. Buses, unlike planes, don't offer the option not to listen to the movie. Needless to say, those 128 minutes - not making the highlight reel. Its not entirely her fault, Keanu Reeves was also in it. In any case, I was as close to tearing my eyes out of my head as I have ever been. Diving out that window to the pavement speeding by at 60 miles an hour looked like an awfully appealing option. Evolution is pretty cool, but could it not have provided us with a means by which to close our ears in a manner similar to that by which we close our eyes?

Posted by: Trevor at February 15, 2007 02:30 PM

This reminds me of the people who don't want to take birth control pills because it's "too much work". Ridiculous yet hilarious.

Posted by: My So-Called Law School at February 15, 2007 11:43 PM

CM, your first comment took the words right out of my mouth.

Trevor, why were you on a bus?

wiseazzz, I'll try to keep my eyes peeled for that commercial.

Posted by: Fool at February 15, 2007 11:43 PM

My So-Called Law School, At least the too-lazy-to-take-birth-control-daily crowd has the excuse of having to remember every day. (Doesn't seem like an impossible task, but a missed day here or there can have bad consequences, yes? Once a week, on the other hand, give me a break! I guess Boniva is to that once a week osteo pill what Depo Provera is to normal birth control pills.

Posted by: Fool at February 15, 2007 11:46 PM

Dear Fool, This is exactly what I was thinking. Is this woman sitting at her kitchen table boo hooing because she has to set the time aside or is the pill like a huge porcupine and she is dreading the swallowing? I truly cannot imagine a more banal storyline than the one they have handed poor Sally to deliver. Hey Sally, if they try this again, hand the script back.
Fire the advertising firm!!

Posted by: Bonnie at April 10, 2007 07:37 PM