#36. What's in a Commercial?

Have you ever wondered why companies pay millions of dollars to purchase TV ads? I have! But it never made any sense to me -- unless, of course, commericals do effectively influence large masses of people to purchase their product. And the bottom line is -- they work! I am perplexed about this because I almost never respond to a commercial, thinking, "I'm gonna go out and buy that brand of soap!" Obviously, millions of people not only think it, but they go out and buy that slippery stuff.

Could it be that there are two types of people: 1) those who are rather easily swayed by something or someone outside of themselves, and 2) those who are not. What do you think? Which category do you fall into? Or, is there a third category of people?

One other thing, do you think that slippery stuff could improve my social life? Just wondering . . .