Super Dad

Super Dad, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

From the Department of Confusing Commercial Utterances.

Yesterday, I finally got myself hooked up to DSL. In the box with the modem and the disk, Earthlink included a bunch of ads for additional products and services.

This one, for a wireless router, featured photos of a very fairskinned family, all enjoying wireless computing in different venues about the home.

It's Dad that's bothering me. Check his hair, that swirled pompadour action there. Where have I seen that before? DC Comics, that's where.

Dad here is obviously a middle-aged version of the Man of Steel, and oh, look, Superman's got WiFi, and a cordless phone! Now, isn't that nice!