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Pill Ads

Pill ads on TV are so very shrill

   They tend to make me nauseously ill

      First they tout their benefits

         Then warn you might hit the pits

            Named in obits for swallowing their pill

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Ralph Taylor

Date: 7/6/2011 2:51:00 PM

Awesome limerick, my friend. Enjoyed. Ralphie

Sidney Hall Mad Poet

Date: 7/4/2011 5:59:00 PM

I love your limericks you are the Shakepsear of modern time

Charles Smith

Date: 7/3/2011 12:05:00 AM

Hello mr. hinshaw, im glad to see your still an avid souper. i enjoyed this little limerick, and it brightened my day considerably. thanks again, charles

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 7/2/2011 11:13:00 AM

So true, Bob (and witty as well). I think the FDA forces them to list side effects, but it seems they spend more time doing that than they do telling you about the "benefits." Then the ads are followed by lawyer ads for class action lawsuits against makers of various pills. Argh! Who knows what to believe anymore? Love, Carolyn

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/30/2011 9:57:00 PM

yes,I hate that kind of ad. The possible side effects sound worse than the disease the meds are treating!!

Don Johnson

Date: 6/30/2011 3:35:00 PM

yep dem bloody adds ...they uses voice compression to make it seem louder when the adds come on too...8.30am friday is here .. have fun mate, Don

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 6/29/2011 3:21:00 PM

you have noticed those also....LOL I saw one ad for a pill I was taking and heard the side effects and quit it quickly.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/29/2011 12:53:00 PM

I positively enjoyed reading your wonderful poetry today Bob. I hope to be back again tomorrow to read some more. Love, Carol

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 6/29/2011 12:41:00 PM

hahahah enjoyed the humor and the wit, Bob

Judy Ball

Date: 6/29/2011 11:46:00 AM

Boy Ain't THAT The Truth! They say, Oh take this pill it will cure what ails you. However it may give you fits, heart attack, or you could have a stroke or perhaps have hallucinations at best. SAY WHAT!!!! THAT'S WORSE THAN WHAT I GOT NOW!!!! Great Job Here Robert. God Bless, JB

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 6/29/2011 11:09:00 AM

I wonder if the makers are takers. I know the rest of us sure are the breakers. Too good to be true Bob.

James Foulk

Date: 6/29/2011 11:04:00 AM

ran of of space to many words, but thankyou for commenting on zoo closed.

James Foulk

Date: 6/29/2011 11:03:00 AM

you know Bob my son-in-law and me are always making fun of those ads. they spend a few sec telling you what the pilll can do for you, and for every telling you the side affects. they did to get that taken care of first before they put them on the market. and do they really think anyone will buy them, but people do. I wish i would have written this first, but hey your the man. and you probley did a better job than i could have. I will put this one in my favorite..