Frightening Corporate Mascots

So, I'm watching TV (as I often do), and I'm struck by the frightening imaged some companies use to push their products.

Take, for example, Jack in the Box.

This is a six foot man in a business suit who has a perfectly round, cardboard head with a pointy clown hat and dead, dead eyes. Every time this thing comes on the TV, I find myself reliving some twisted, childhood nightmare.

And while I'm on the topic of fast-food mascots, am I the only one who comes close to vomiting when the "Burger King" comes on with his plastic face in unmoving rictus grin? I swear, he looks like he's getting ready to feast on the flesh of an infant.

I know for a fact that guy from Verizon Wireless is plotting my death.

Geico can't decide how to freak me out more: with a British lizard or with yuppie neanderthals. Both tend to cause flashbacks to Woodstock. For the record, I've never been to Woodstock (at least, not to the best of my knowledge.)

I suppose it's my own fault for exposing myself to this crap, but frankly, I refuse to let them win. I will NOT let them make me deal with reality.