Back in college, I had a roommate who would actually watch the home shopping channel. Not just oops-I-was-channel-surfing-and-the-phone-rang. No, she would turn on the TV, go to that channel, and plop down for some tube time. Not only that, but when her family would visit they would all sit around our apartment watching QVC. I know people joke about what you have to put up with for the sake of family, but family-time around the television watching QVC?? Come. On. I would sit in my room listening to the insipid hosts with their overly-perky voices urging watchers to "just use Tootie!" and my eyes would practically get stuck from rolling so far into the back of my head.

Don't worry, it's not like I was scarred by the event. It's a memory that was refreshed the other night when I was channel surfing and saw this:



An entire show devoted to TAN TOWELS! Tan! Like, the most boring color ever. And a whole show on the most boring product they could possibly pair with the most boring color. What's next? "101 Uses for Wheat Germ" on Food Network?

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