tawk amongst yuh-selves...
"Tracheotomy is a surgical procedure that is usually done in the operating room under general anesthesia. A tracheotomy is an incision into the trachea (windpipe) that forms a temporary or permanent opening which is called a tracheostomy. Sometimes the terms "tracheotomy" and "tracheostomy" are used interchangeably. The opening, or hole, is called a stoma. The incision is usually vertical in children and runs from the second to the fourth tracheal ring. " is that what you're talking about?!? I've had my lazy saturday as well... but I don't think we get that commercial here... *shrugs*
and although I've got a cold from hell which is leaving me with nooooo voice whatsoever right now... (to the delight of most people... lol) I diiiid do my laundry! just no clean up my room... lol
and yes this part turns me on "It's almost 6:30pm and I'm still in my Curious George capri-length pajama bottoms and a t-shirt. I am the picture of sloth. I've been lounging on my couch watching TV all day with no regrets whatsoever." :P but that's prolly just me...
my lame movie was Paradise, Hawaian style... I'm a sucker for Elvis movies... lol *blushes* even though I don't recall having seen most of 'em entirely... lol :P
Wow, that was informative. Thank you, Madi. Actually, despite my aversion to all things medical, I do know what a tracheotomy is. I'm referring to that device that makes the person sound like a robot when he/she speaks.
Oh, and I LOVE Elvis movies without shame.
What a positively wonderful afternoon! (Without than damn commercial, yeah that q-tip stuff, YUC!) Smoking is stupid.
And I don't know the name of that contraption either.
Okay, you know what commercial totally grosses me out?
The one where that skanky guy sits in a chair and SNIFFS the empty USED packages from White Castle that his friend sent him in the mail. The skanky guy doesn't live near a White Castle so his friend sends him the used containers after he eats his burger or whatever.
I just find the whole thing so gross (even though I love White Castle) because essentially what this guy is doing is smelling GARBAGE.
I think it's a really bad campagin - why associate your product with dumpsters full of empty stinky containers???
Ew. And the way the skanky guy sticks his nose in each container and takes a huge sniff ...
It's VILE.
Aha something I can answer at last! The device is known as a speaking valve.
When I first learned about them I was suprised to find that they must be one of the only pieces of medical equipment without a very long name. Hooray for that.
Hope that helps 
I prefer cancer kazoo, frankly.
A speaking valve, really? I was totally expecting something far more clinical sounding. Thanks for the info, Debbie.
Sheila, would you believe I've never seen that commercial? Good thing because I know it would set me off too. Commercials can really fan the flames of my short temper. It used to REALLY bug me that people in commercials would always laugh after taking a bite of something. Unless that granola bar is jam-packed with nitrous oxide, there's really no reason to chuckle, now is there? I mean, what the fuck?
OMG, do you know what commercial I love though? It's for Continental Airlines and it has all the employees from pilots to the baggage dudes playing -- and soundly whupping -- the Harlem Globetrotters. A flight attendant blocks a shot with a pillow and it makes me giggle every time.
Most commercials, though, I have no use for. Fortunately I have a DVR so I can record most of my shows and zip through them. It preserves my sanity... mostly.
For some reason I like the Dunkin Donuts commercial where the kids in the minivan each say their activity, "Soccer" or whatever, and then the last kid says karate and goes "HIIIIYYAAAHH!" Just the look on their faces is classic. But the other dunkin commerical where they sing? Fingernails on a chalkboard.
And P.S. Just thinking about White Castle makes me gag.
I think the hole is called a stoma.
LOL, cancer kazoo.
I know whatcha mean, freaking out and shit. A friend of my father had to get one of those and he was never the same after that.
One night we were in a restaurant and I saw the most beautiful woman with one of those. She didn't have a kazoo, but some thingy she held to her throat every time she wanted to talk. I think that's the upgraded version from the kazoo.
Ok hears my guess for what you saw..a electrolarynx.
Speaking valve, stoma, electrolarynx... OMG, is this blog actually becoming -- gasp! -- informative?!?!
I'm with Sheila... I'm still kinda partial to cancer kazoo.
Curly:
I thought of you when I saw that icky squeeze bottle commercial for the condiment-which-shall-not-be-named. It's pretty gross, even if one enjoys said condiment. There is this commercial for a local hospital (I think) which is advertising that the has robotic surgery capabilities and the commercial shows a doctor behind a console and all of these little grasping robotic hands descending over a draped body in the operating room and it always makes me heave because I had robotic surgery in 2002, and I just do not want to think about what it looked like with the scary robot hands = rummaging around inside me.
I think this has been pretty well covered here, but I'm going to post more info anyway...cuz I'm a nerd.
A mechanical larynx is a device used to produce clearer speech by those who have lost their original voicebox, usually due to cancer of the larynx. The most common device is the "electrolarynx" which is handheld, battery operated and placed under the mandible producing vibration to allow speech. Along with developing esophageal voice or undergoing a surgical procedure, the mechanical larynx serves as a mode of speech recovery for postlaryngectomy patients.
This has been used by British actor Jack Hawkins following his throat cancer, and the character Ned in South Park. The device was also used to create the voices of the Cybermen in several episodes of the television series Doctor Who during the 1960s. It is also referred to as a 'throat back' or 'cancer kazoo'.
I'm tellin' ya - when that skank guy sticks his nose into what is, essentially, a piece of GARBAGE, ponders the scent, and then says longingly, "Garlic cheese" - it makes me never want to eat White Castle again.
Bad campaign!!
Ewwwww! That's nasty. And yes, VERY BAD marketing. That person who dreamt that up should be flogged.
This thread inspired a new post. Be sure to cast your vote for the grossest commercial on TV (write-ins welcome).
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