and speaking of children...

Today was Inane Answering Messsage Day.  Obviously this is a day created years ago when people enjoyed creating 'fun' messages on their phone answering machine.  It really was like playing with a new toy.  Usually these involved one of their darling children lisping a sweet but basically unintelligible message that droned on so long that I forgot what I was calling about.  Sometimes they even sang to me. These days (perhaps it's an age thing) the recorded messages I hear are typically short and to the point.  "You have reached )insert name or phone number). Please leave a message after the tone."  So, my question for the day is, if people of a certain age (who, by the way are the people who can afford to buy stuff) like crisp, short, easily understood messages, why do local advertisers seem to think that we will buy a mattress or a car because it's being pitched by a three to five year old with (you guessed it) a sweet lispy voice?  Actually I love little kids, but not on TV trying to sell me stuff.  Even the advice to file for bankruptcy is being promoted by a childish voice.  Just maybe I'm turning into a grumpy old lady, but I am still a lady who shops.  Pay attention advertisers.