The last straw, perhaps (not)

My God in heaven, I have just seen something that defies my notion of pathetic. On my way to bed, my roommate was watching TV and a commercial for a Japanese 1-900 number comes on. Now calling a 1-900 number USA style is bad enough, but this is just beyond anything I ever imagined. Pathetic Factor 10, yo. No Fake. You call this number and then a supposedly naked Japanese girl reads the female part in your favorite sexy comic book, while you read the male part and, well, you know. The commercial shows a young Japanese lady sitting on a bathtub with a comic book on her lap, sitting perfectly and emotionlessly still, while emphatically and (what I assume is) sensually reading the book panel for panel. I love comics, and I probably always will, but this kind of lovin' is a bit extreme I think. Anyhow, I need to get to bed, but I thought I would share that bit of strangeness in real time. Until next time, true believer, Excelsior!!