Is there no way we can get a holiday without some health nanny do-gooder trying to stick his nose into it to push his pet agenda?

I couldn’t escape ads for Heart One Texas (warning: SLOW POS Flash site with unbidden sound and no way to turn it off) yesterday on either the radio or TV.  They’re pushing people to give heart check-up “gift” cards for Father’s Day this year.  The radio commercial is particularly obnoxious, as it has some guy going on about how Dads don’t always think things through.  Lovely.  More of the men as bumbling boobs theme.

I won’t deny that heart disease is a serious problem.  But these people don’t understand that not every holiday or special occasion is intended as an opportunity to push their agenda.  They get so caught up in the “seriousness of the problem” (You fool!  Don’t you understand!  It’s an epidemic!  We’ve got to do something!) that they don’t understand when to STFU and leave people the hell alone.

What ever happened to the tradition of ugly ties and Old Spice?  Won’t someone think of all the poor employees of the tie-makers?  And without Father’s Day, who would keep Old Spice in business?