Sunday, July 10, 2016

Picture This 
      You’re idling along across the Serengeti Plain, riding in the back of an open-topped truck along with about a dozen other people who want to look at and photograph the wildlife that is all around you. The bed of the truck is high enough off the ground to discourage all but the most determined wild animal from reaching you. Of course the giraffes and elephants have no problem getting to you if they want. And of course the cats can climb in to join you, like I said, if they are determined, hungry, or pissed off enough. 
      You and your fellow travelers are enjoying the sights and sounds and the photographic opportunities. You’ve been traveling together for about a week, and gotten to know each other, so there is a certain amount of casual camaraderie. 
      Then, one of your fellow travelers, a woman to be exact, stands up in the front of the group, holds up a bottle of ‘Extreme Unplug’ and asks, “How many of you are having or have had a problem with constipation? 
       Now, in your wildest imagination can you see this group ignoring all the natural beauty around them and getting into a serious discussion about the state of their possibly uncooperative bowels?    
     Or more likely, can you see this group getting to their feet and pitching this laxative purveyor over the side to hopefully get eaten by the local fauna. 
      What brought on this scenario is a current ad, which follows the above script, give or take. And since I’ve not watched the whole ad, I can’t attest to what happens to this lady and her laxative. I know what I would have voted for if I had been on the back of that truck.

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