Auto Insurance

You've all seen them - the Gecko, the Allstate guy with the deep voice, that distressingly ubiquitous Progressive chick, the "General" - there seems to be no end to insurance ads.

Must be an astoundingly profitable industry to afford such non-stop TV and print advertising.  My own benighted state once had some sort of government insurance regulator board that mostly served to drive insurers out of the state, rather than have to deal with clueless bureaucrats, but now that the board is deservedly gone, EVERY insurance company can save me an average of $1500 a year.

That's not particularly hard, given New Jersey's insurance rates, but the non-stop advertising has to stop.  I'm thinking of doing violence to someone - anyone will do - the next time I see Ms. Progressive, which will surely be within the next hour...