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{{quote|"Head On! Apply directly to the forehead! Head On! Apply directly to the forehead! Head On! Apply directly to the forehead!"}}
** To be fair, the first week the ad ran, it actually just said "APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD" about twice while saying it relieves headaches, which apparently brought some FDA trouble, so it ended up being shortened to the mind-numbing mystery it is now.
** This is, of course, true of all homeopathic remedies... they're all essentially placebos designed to bilk the gullible. Books with catchy names, videos with condescending explanations, elaborate bottles (filled with, essentially, water) are all designed on the idea that the person seeing them is an idiot who can't figure out that most homeopathic remedies ''admit'' to being bunkem. The fact that homeopathic remedies have become so popular is a testament to the fact that this trope is true sometimes.
* Video-game themed ads for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwlE1aASc4g&feature=related Collin's College.] "Can you believe we get paid to do this?" No, I ''can't'' believe you get paid to sit there mashing on a controller and misrepresenting the hours and hours of mind-numbing work that go into making the simplest games, and the marketer who put you up to it should be fired!
** I can believe the actor got [[Comically Missing the Point|paid to push buttons for the commercial.]]
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*** ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' even did a strip about this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/3/24/
* A kitchen appliance repair company has a radio ad that says "you wouldn't perform your own root canal, and you wouldn't change the brakes on your car, so ''why even try'' to repair your kitchen appliances? Call the pros at [...]" The italicized portion sounds like it's being said sarcastically, but nope, they're being sincere.
* Ads for [[wikipedia:Song poem|Song Poems]], lyrics set to music for a fee, frequently avoided using the term "lyrics" because it was assumed that most of the audience wouldn't know what it meant. In fact, "song poem" became what music made in this manner was popularly called because it was usually the term the ads would use instead of "lyrics".
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