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.

I know it puts me in the minority, but I've always loved TV commercials. Sure, the bad ones are bad, but the good ones are art. The Clio Awards (for excellence in advertising) last week, and here's the list of winners. After the jump, some highlights from various categories.

Well, I posted information on the campaign to keep Traveler on the air, as well as the send-in project to get Katharine McPhee back into the good graces of American Idol next season, so why the hell not post information on a new petition. I mean, its summer . . . what else to I have to do anyway?

Today's campaign is to renew the CBS comedy The Class. According to the campaign's very plain and easy-to-read website most people have been mailing in erasers and/or Moroccan Chicken recipes to CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler and Executive VP of Programming Kelly Kahl. They have also been sending in packs of Skittles because of a line mentioned by one of the characters ('I ate so many Skittles I peed the rainbow').