Speak properly, and be understood

Last night, as I was doing fifteen things at once, I had the TV on for background noise. My wife was upstairs putting the kids to bed, and I didn't want to sit and listen to the laundry do acrobatics in the dryer downstairs. Obviously, one doesn't pay full attention to the TV when in that mode, let alone listening 100% to a commercial.

Let's just say that I did not hear the word "snack" at the back end of this one. Oops.