underhanded
Am I the only one who's seen those hilarious "gold kit" commercials? Or am I the only one who finds them hilarious?
I saw one again the other night while I was rewinding my tape of "House" and "Work Out," and I was delighted -- it had been several months, and I'd thought maybe someone had thought better of the whole enterprise. But no, they're still out there, it seems.
Do you know what I'm talking about? Those great cheesy ads for something called a Gold Kit that will give you Cash for your Gold! You know, all that gold you have lying around the house, gathering dust! They show happy, mostly elderly people praising the success they've had with the Gold Kit and telling you to Call Now.
I don't know. Something about the idea of mailing off your grandfather's watch, your mother's earrings and your own gold teeth -- in exchange for what would probably be, like, a quarter -- just hits me in the funny bone. Do people actually do this?