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We covered the best commercials of the decade, so in the name of due diligence, now we're divulging the worst. It's tough picking contenders when you've got ads for bladder control, erectile dysfunction and tampons, but we've done our best to choose a cross-section of the dumbest and most annoying commercials of the decade.

Read on for our picks, including Quiznos rats, depressing Skittles, and freaky Santa stalkers. We hope you'll share your own favorites in the comments below.

Those FreeCreditReport.com guys have been on my snark radar for a long time. But I deactivated my head-mounted quip laser and turned the sarcasm cannon over to "stealth mode" when the ads came up because it seemed like a little, heh, overkill.

Sure, the ads are designed to be hokey and cheesy so they'll get your attention and get guys like me writing about them, scoring tons of free publicity that only a corporate-sponsored puppy flood could replicate. If anything, they should be applauded for being ridiculously short.

But the latest song from the FreeCreditReport.com "band" has been playing more frequently than the others and its incessant tune feels like a cheese grater being rubbed against my ear drum. So I turned on the sniper scope and aimed directly for the spot between each of their glazed-over eyes.