I wonder if you actually have to be sick to get those free antibiotics.

Here’s a shot of an ad for one of those random “IQ Tests”. This question is reasonably compelling, so I took a few minutes to figure it out.

Clicking on the ad, I landed on a page where you could take this test, for I was hoping the rest of the exam would be fairly interesting. At the bottom was a list of four answers to choose from, although there was the minor issue of the correct answer not being listed. (Click to see the choices.)

And while we’re on the topic of race, thanks to Annie for this awesome find:

Seriously, like the people in the boat couldn’t go back to give the guy back his keys????

I hestitated to put this up. The humor relies on people being familiar with the World of Warcraft TV commercials and the David Hasselhoff hamburger incident. Which is probably less than half of you.

: There’s something I don’t get. You know those “$5 footlong” Subway commercials?

: Sure. Pretty annoying, right?

: Yes, but not only that, they’re ambiguous.

: What do you mean?

: For example, if I were a gigolo hard-up for work, that’s exactly the slogan I would use. You don’t think people get confused?

: Probably not.

The closest thing I have to a phobia is to voluntary self-starvation. I can’t interact with an axorexic in any sort of normal fashion very long, and even TV programs or articles will throw me off-balance. It takes me several readings to finish stories dealing with voluntary self-starvation. Yet the subject’s like a moth to a flame for me, and invariably find it interesting. Like this story about a diet called LighterLife. You get 500 calories a day. That’s it.

The rapid weight loss is not arguable, but there’ve been stories of severe side effects, including vision problems, rotten teeth, and death. One lady’s death has been attributed to a weakened heart due to lack of protein.

Source: Dying to be thin: The diet craze sweeping Britain that allows you just 500 calories a day

If you need a few minutes to do something stupid, Cotton Incorporated has this “Do You Know Green?” game show styled quiz. You try to “win” a prize package of stylish female clothing (made out of cotton, naturally) by answering true/false questions about what’s good for the environment.

The prize package ended up being doubly useless, as it’s virtual, and well, I don’t wear any female clothing anyway.

The whole quiz show experience may not be quite as odd as the picture of the woman wearing a traffic cone. But by the time you finish, you’ll be wondering why such a thing should ever have been summoned into existence.

QUIZ HINT: Any question where cotton is good for the environment is true. As well as any questions asking whether synthetic fibers are bad and use oil. Not that you couldn’t figure that out already.

I went 9-1 in round 1 and 6-2 in the lightning round. Can you top that?

I write this post with a heavy heart, especially remembering that KFC has endorsed LEP before as a bastion of compelling blogging. However, a recent advertisement was too much to deal with, a blow against those of us who appreciate home cooking. No matter how often we burn our grilled cheese sandwiches to a crisp.

So KFC’s ad is the $10 challenge, claiming that we can’t do what KFC does for that price: provide a meal of 7 pieces of fried chicken, 4 biscuits, and a large side dish. You can view it here.

It’s a terribad commercial: the challengees didn’t seem to realize you don’t need a 5 lb bag of flour to coat seven pieces of chicken, for example. I was actually going to take up the challenge myself, but someone’s already done it with $2 to spare.

On some Sundays, I like to cook a meal of fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, and mixed vegetables. Might cross the $10 mark, but boy is it an upgrade from fast food!