Commercials get on my nerves. Too many of them begin with the word "because." For instance, McDonalds: "Because you don't have a lot to spend. Because you have a taste for a classic. Because you want to treat your kids. Because your kids are undisciplined brats that won't stop screaming until you go to McDonalds. For whatever reason, McDonald's is the place ." Our poor elementary school teachers. They drilled it into our heads, over and over again, "never start a sentence with the word because." All that hard work for nothing.