In non-political news: I look up a lot of stuff that is pickle-related. My son and his friends like pickle-themed novelties. I have bought socks, stickers, erasers, buttons, and stress squeezies. I have considered pens, pencils, plushies, and other fairly tame stuff. Phrases like "Dill with it" and "Kind of a big dill" are common.

This has been going on for years. If he had just come up with it now, I'd probably think it was a dong joke, but I don't think that's how it started (I fully expect it to morph now that he's going into the Jr. High School).

Anyway.

I get that there is a lot of ad tracking online. But dang it, if you're going to track me, can you do it correctly?

This ad showed up today and they missed the mark. I AM looking for pickle merch. I am NOT in the market for pickle-themed men's underwear, and certainly not in this design! This is NOT what we mean when we're looking for "kind of a big dill" pickle-themed party favors.

The Husband had a good chuckle at my dismay and I threatened him to shut it or he'd be unwrapping these on Christmas Day, preferably in front of his mother.

@AngelaPreston I don’t know your husband, but I think my wife would know that threat would backfire as seeing those shorts would cause her far more embarrassment than I to wear them. She’d soon be begging me to take them off. 😅

@scottmiller42 After giving it some thought, that's probably exactly the reason for this design.

@AngelaPreston You know they say these ad companies know us better than we know ourselves. 😆 😉 <tragically missing pickle emoji>

@moelassus Okay - they were right about the woman who started getting coupons for baby stuff before she knew she was pregnant, which is a scary and impressive use of the technology. But I just cannot accept that I might secretly crave these men's pickle pants.

@moelassus And yes, that missing emoji is a tragedy.

@AngelaPreston I had never considered pickles as a jokeworthy subject, but now I get what the big dill is 😀