Honey, I shrunk the actors in the sofa spots

Oh, those sneaky British ad guys! The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority has just banned TV ads for the country's largest furniture chain, DFS. Turns out the retailer not only slashed prices on sofas, it shrank the actors hawking the stuff in an attempt to make the furniture seem bigger, more luxurious and of better value. (The people were filmed against a green screen and then superimposed on the images of the sofas.) The retailer, known mostly for shrill, never-ending sales pitches, has long been suspected of deliberately using shorter actors in its ads.