George W Bush's IQ is four points above that of the smartest Gorilla. Fact.
I got some more of my pet hates. This is my favourite one. I once saw on a bottle of hay fever nasal spray the disclaimer: Side effects include mild sneezing.
Huh?
It says it all really. I just cannot begin to express my… Aaargh!
Another one went just completely over the top. A skin cream, being sold on the Internet used a twisted barrage of scientific bullshit to try to sell it. There are many such products on the Internet, and they are so obvious it's a wonder anyone actually buys them.
It started by making the ridiculous claim that the world's oxygen levels were rapidly decreasing in the modern age. Excuse me? The world's oxygen levels have remained at a stable 21% of the atmosphere for the pass 3.5 BILLION years. It then went on to erroneously state that the skin needs to breathe oxygen to remain healthy. For those of you currently unaware, we are NOT amphibians, and as such do not use our skin for gaseous exchange. We have our lungs for that, and besides, for it to be true we would have to keep our skin moist 24/7. It was once believed that you needed your skin exposed to the air to survive, and this can be seen in the ridiculous, if classic, James Bond scene where someone is condemned to death by being painted with gold (I'm sure someone can remind me of the film and the scene). Of course, gold is poisonous, and blocking off the pours can do funny things to your body by preventing perspiration. But the real deal with the advertisement, is its "patented use of liquid oxygen" in the cream to deliver it directly to the skin. It also states that no other product uses liquid oxygen. I'm not surprised, I certainly would not want to apply anything at -183 degrees C to my skin.
It just really bugs me that these people think we are that stupid, and it REALLY pisses me off when I realise that some people actually are!
Oh, for the love of Odd.
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