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Originally Posted by MysticCat81
How does my 8-year-old know to tell his sister not to believe everything she sees in advertising? Because we let him spend some of his valuable money on something he saw an ad for and had to have. We told him it didn't look worth anything, but we let him decide. I'm glad we did -- he was very disappointed in the product and learned not to trust commercials.
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I refer to this as "The Mouse Trap Corollary."
Stupid !#$@ing Mouse Trap never @$^$#^%%$#ing worked. I didn't even pay for it myself, and I'm STILL pissed about this.
Although sometimes I wonder if we ever really do learn (see: $40 lipstick and superexpensive golf clubs).