Now you see it: This is an advertisement for a hearing aid. They’re advertising it on the radio, so I don’t know how effective that is, but the ad says, “It’s so invisible that some of your friends won’t even see it.” Um, are there degrees of invisibility? Seems to me, you’re either invisible, or you aren’t. Even if the gal in the bar is a little fuzzy, she’s still visible.

Spaced out students: After a debate over sexual assault on campus was scheduled, students at Brown University organized a safe space on campus with counselors, bubbles, Play-Doh and pillows. The space was designed to give students who might find the discussion troubling a place to recuperate. Now here is a college that really isn’t preparing its students for the real world. After graduation they will be headed directly for Mom’s basement.

Talk about optics: It’s important for politicians and celebrities and the like to visit disaster areas to show that they care. So even the biased press was forced to notice that President Obama was playing golf while Louisiana drowned. Hillary Clinton was in Hollywood raising $6.3 million for her campaign. You know what I would have done if I were Hillary? I’d have taken that $6.3 million and announced it was going to help flood victims in Louisiana. I’ll give Trump props for this: he actually toured parts of Louisiana, gave $100,000 to assist a small church that was destroyed, but never told anyone.

Golf bags typically have six, seven, eight or more pockets for balls, tees, clothes, etc. Some pockets are inside other pockets, some are on top of other pockets. Some clever golf bag makers have decided to label one of these pockets in large, bright letters, “Valuables Pocket.” Apparently the purpose of this label is to save time for thieves seeking to grab wallets and keys from unattended bags.

A shopkeeper in a certain town kept putting up a sign when she left the shop that said, “Be back in one hour.” Which isn’t very helpful when you don’t know what time she left.

A sign next to the elevator on the ground floor of a motel in Grand Junction says, “In the event of a fire, Do not use the elevator. Use the stairs.” Who’s going to get on an elevator on the ground floor of a building that’s on fire?

A marketing firm is advertising a $50 gold coin. Cost, $1,395. So why is it called a $50 coin? Why did the mint stamp $50 on one ounce of pure gold?