Today, I had no idea what to write about this morning. I was completely stumped. Then lunchtime came along and there my blog topic of the day simply sprung to life. The conversation around the table sprung up to the idea of Billy Mays and Vince the Sham Wow/Slap Chop guy, and the technique of the in-your-face yell-and-sell approach. Both have infomercials that are very aggressive in their selling. We then figured that, truthfully, they were actually holding back at how much their products could do. Sham Wow does more than soak up 20 times its weight in liquid. That’s why it is very dangerous to leave it sitting around somewhere, because if you drop it on some papers, your car keys, your furniture, or your pet, the Sham Wow just sucks it right up until you wring it out again. It’s the same thing with Billy Mays’ Mighty Putty. It is more powerful than he advertises (for liability reasons). I feel confident that you should be able to hang up an entire shelf full of your 100 collectible china plates using only Mighty Putty. I also think that, with enough funding to buy Mighty Putty in mass quantities, you could actually build your home using only Mighty Putty. The public needs to know that Billy Mays and Vince are holding back with their claims on their infomercials. The answer to the world’s problems are in the palms of their hands (well, not Mr. Mays because he has passed on) and they are being selfish by keeping these secrets to themselves. I’ll show them. I’ll show them all!
Quote of the day:
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
-Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)-
Word of the day: aesthete:
\ES-theet\ , noun:
1. One having or affecting great sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
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