Uplifting

I saw a commercial the other day that made me actually stop and rewind. It was for a shoe. For little girls. The Web site markets the shoe with:
"Give her look a lovely lift with the SKECHERS Pretty Talls-High Step shoe. Soft suede or smooth leather and mesh fabric upper in a zigzag strap casual sneaker with a wedge heel."
The commercial ends with a bizarre, jarring circus song. Appropriate considering how the whole idea of selling height (a la stilts) is a strange spectacle.

Today's Spelling Test Is Brought to You By....

I would totally sell ad space on tests if I were a teacher right now. Who wouldn't? After all, schools are already using students as little salespersons for their fundraisers. (And it works!)