Man, now I have to think of a new Christmas present.

Damn, she is hilarious.

LOL hilarious. I really don't get jewellery. Then again, I'm about as anti-vanity as they come... It makes me sick thinking about the kind of money people pour into this kind of crap just for looks, status, and gifts of "love", knowing full well the money could've been spent much more wisely or not at all.

Nothing is more special than the look of relief on your boyfriends face when you tell him you hate diamonds and don't want any.

I have a feeling jewelry is not selling too well in this economy...and with gold over $800 per ounce...

@bohemian: Thats called "poor face". I know it well.

I never did get that sign language commercial: I can barely talk to you so here's a tennis bracelet

I loathe jewelry. I'd rather have books. You can buy a lot of books for the price of a couple of shiny rocks.

Also, is it just me or does that one diamond pendant thing look like a sparkly spinal column? Bleh.

Saw the HP wireless printer commercial after the main thing. Why would anyone have a wireless printer in their kitchen?

My father owned a jewelry store so when you're surrounded by that all day as a child, you grow up wondering why the hell is a piece of carbon mined by dying Africans special in any?

I try to avoid the type of girl who likes diamonds, that type of placement of importance on something material is just not the type of girl I can trust.

Nice jewelry makes me nervous. I have nothing to wear it with, and I'm sure to lose it. I'd much rather have something funky, unique, and cheap enough that when (not if) I lose it, I won't mind so much.

One of the better thing I've seen on Current TV.
I really hate these commercials. I thought she missed Jareds up until the end. I speak from personal experience that jewelery does not make up for your shortcomings. I am really grateful that the artificial diamond technology is improving. As soon as they hit the 1 1/2 to 2 karat marquis, I have just the ring for the future possible Mrs. SteveDave(last applicant ran screaming from the audition). [www.titaniumrings.com]
And have we learned nothing from Oprah giving out cars? They're usually a curse. And where do you get those big ass ribbons?

I don't see why she's criticizing that guy's sleepy, boring delivery when she seems to have attended the same school of acting he did.

I. Love. This. Woman.

1. She's not funny. I don't know if the pearls on her neck or the studs in her ears are supposed to ironic or something, but whatever.

2. She's just pissed that she already knows she's not getting jewelry for Christmas - because she has no boyfriend.

I'm a girly girl when it comes to this, I like jewelry. However, I hate diamonds (they're kinda ugly, and they don't work with my complexion). But I'll buy my own jewelry. I'm picky and guys have no taste.

@ArcanaJ: I think for Christmas I'm getting enough books from the family to fill two shelves. I'm extremely excited about the books...and I'm so glad no one is buying me jewelry. Not that I don't like pretty shiny things, but expensive jewelry is impractical. I wear jewelry...my biggest jewelry vice is earrings. But I don't understand wearing $1,000 of it on a day to day basis.

@applesanity: In the interest of full disclosure, shouldn't you have told us you work for De Beers?

@applesanity: You just keep telling yourself that...

HAHAHAHAHA, love it. My wife loved it too. I'm so glad she's not materialistic and actually sees humor in this :)

See, I like sparkly things, but I loathe spending more money on them than I do on my groceries. Solution? Tell my husband to buy me FAKE jewelry. Everyone is happy!

Besides, if you're the type of person who will (a) know the difference and (b) judge me on it, then I don't want to know you.

@goodywitch: When I got engaged, I did have a diamond engagement ring. That I wanted because I didn't find any other stone that I loved and wanted in the art deco style I found my engagement ring in. And my now-husband thought it was kind of bizarre that I went around to stores to actively try to pick out my own ring, but he was practical - he wanted me to have what I truly wanted, instead of giving him hints and then him going to stores to guess (hard for him, since I don't wear fancy jewelry. Ever). It turned out to be the perfect decision when I called him from the store and told him "I want this one." and it fit perfectly inside his budget, it was exactly what I wanted (no one could've helped him find an art deco style. I went to at least six different stores to find it).

I keep buying my wife with all kinds of jewerly mind you they are not cheap and she appears delighted by it but seldom wore them even on those occasional gala that we attend to. Instead she wore those Avon pendant ($20 a piece)... I asked here why and she couldn't seem to give a straight answer. At least she still wore her wedding ring and engagement ring. This year I think I'll buy her a shoe or bag instead.

@scoobydoo: Finally someone has articulated how i feel about these god damn commercials. Bless her..

Im off to buy her a ring now.

Loved it!

Jared is spreading like a disease. It's ALMOST as annoying as the "I hate Stephen Singer" ads you see all around Philly.

The only good thing to ever come out of Jared's commercials... is not on YouTube, so I'll transcribe this highlight from NFL Live's coverage of a December 2007 game between the Chargers and Chiefs:

(Damon Huard throws touchdown pass to Jared Allen)
Trey Wingo: "He went to Jaaaaaared!"

@snowburnt: I agree. Something about that commercial always left a bad taste in my mouth. Like the end of a Hallmark movie or something.

@silver-bolt: Clearly, its so that the husband, from his upstairs office, can print out a lovely message to his wife in the kitchen reading:
"Remember all that expensive shiny jewelry I bought you for Christmas?
Now MAKE ME A SAMMICH, WOMAN!"

@24/6_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: from the ass ribbon store of course

This video is the most awesome thing I've seen all week.

@slymaple01: Are you absolutely sure she's delighted by getting expensive jewelry? Perhaps you're not tuning into what she actually wants as a gift? For a lot of people, getting a gift is cause enough for happiness, but hen it is the type of gift you get them... personally, expensive jewelry would put a smile on my face, but I wouldn't truly be happy with it because I wouldn't have a use for it, and I wouldn't wear it because it's impractical. Maybe she's finding it difficult to explain to you why she doesn't wear the expensive jewelry, but because you put so much effort into the gift itself, she doesn't know how to tell you she doesn't want more jewelry.

And instead of getting her shoes or a handbag, ask her what she would like. And being happy you got something isn't the same as being happy with what you got. I think it's great my parents think of me during Christmas...but I'm not really jazzed at some of the things they get me.

I'm just being practical, really. Getting something you don't want and didn't ask for, and something that isn't your style is the same as that person not considering your personality at all. Frankly, it's more of an insult.

@applesanity: Did she kill your puppy?

I'm glad to see other people dislike jewelry. Right now I still get people questioning if I'm married because of a lack of a ring. I got things much more useful than jewelry--a fantastic camera, desktop gaming PC, laptop, and best of all: a loving spouse!

The ethics of the diamond industry irk me the most, and the price doesn't help. If we ever decide to get wedding bands they'll likely be silver with actual precious gemstones, or just simple plain bands.

@24/6_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: I used to work at my mom's flower shop and they make those big bows for cars. I never realized how many people actually buy cars as gifts until I worked for my mom. I thought it only happened on TV.

@slymaple01: You should really buy her at least 2 shoes. A shoe is just cruel... :)

My husband has it easy -- I'm a metalsmith. I make my own jewelery; if he wants to give me a sparkly gift, it's sheet metal or ground enamel.

@Ratty: Well there's a difference...I LOVE jewelry. I really love jewelry. But the most expensive thing I wear every day is my wedding ring (carved white gold bands), and after that it's probably a $10 pair of earrings. I definitely don't walk around wearing really expensive jewelry. One of my favorite necklaces is a square diamond pendant that was about $200 and it was a gift one birthday years ago. I just don't enjoy expensive jewelry...the necklace I wore with my wedding dress was svarovski crystal that was about $150.

Now for Christmas and birthday and Valentine's Day I get comic books! Nothing makes hubby happier than me running amok in the house (not that much house to run amok in, though) because I've got a new book.

@Ninjanice: You win all the shiny baubles of the world with that one.

@Liam Kinkaid: He got his marching orders from Jared!

@24/6_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: Those are really gorgeous rings. Wow.

I have no love for diamonds, but thought a platinum ring was cool - of all the metals you can make jewelry out of, imo it's the most interesting. You need it for nuclear reactions, hydrogen cells - and it has a lovely weight. But then I found out how morally problematic (for me) it is - worse than the diamond cartels and environmentally terrible (something like 20,000 tons of rock for an ounce of platinum). So I started thinking that any significant ring I ever got would make me feel ethically icky..... but those titanium rings are great!

And what a nice variety of settings! And - according to some quick reading I'm doing now - titanium is used in desalination plants, which is a very fun fact to share with anyone who admires my ring. And rubies also contain titanium, and a ruby would look particularly interesting in these.... synthetic ruby, of course.

/off to look at more rings.... now look what you've done.

@applesanity:
She's the one you let get away, huh?

Diamonds are forever, just like the herpes you got from that &*#! you cheated on your wife with!

I worked for a jewelry auction. Not that I was a big jewelry person beforehand, but afterwards it made me realize how much people will pay for rocks.

No one buy me diamonds (not to mention they're bad luck in my family) but srsly, they're price-rigged (you know HOW MANY DIAMONDS there are in the world? REALLY?), terror-funding, pieces of coal.

@slymaple01: Why don't you ask her what she wants instead of getting her knick knacks?

@RichasB: It really bothers me when people look for the rock on my finger and think the worst of my husband when they don't find one.

For the last damn time, I DIDN'T WANT ONE. I wanted an Xbox 360 and a plain gold band. He's not cheap. He just has ears and good taste in women.

I feel for you, RichasB. Though few and far between, we are out there somewhere.

I asked for a kitchen cabinet. No clue if I'll get it. My husband knows better than to get me jewelry.

Thank you for saying what I know sooooooo many woman think. The only diamond I own is on my wedding band & I had to fight the hubbie over the size of it. He thought I was insane because I said a 1/4 carat, nothing more.

He did learn though. For our tenth, he had a band custom made for me out of titanium, no diamonds, but it is beautiful. I wear that now more than my orginal wedding band. :)

Heehee!

I do like the Mervis commercials they air on the radio in the D.C. area. They are so ridiculously dramatic and over-the-top.

Sounds like a lot of commenters may find the book Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair interesting.

Hmm...Sarah Haskins, eh?

Boy, she's cute, acerbic, and probably a cheap date who appreciates efficiency and utility.

Can I have her number?