Stupid commercials of the week:

• A dude in a Mercedes backs wide open down his driveway to the street. Gets out in his pajamas and retrieves his paper. (N.C. Lottery)

• A Jeep races down a dirt road into standing water (or a creek) and emerges on the other side. (Jeep)

A subtle endorsement of recklessness? The “land of the dollar bill” is turning into The Twilight Zone

— W.L. Poole

Salisbury