Just as a warning, I’m going to be talking about me in the shower in a minute. You’ve all been warned! Abandon hope, all ye who enter here …
Today I was getting ready for work, and I took a shower for the second time in roughly 9 hours. I was thinking that this is probably a waste of water, why am I in here? I had just showered after I worked out the night before; I’ve got to still be clean, right? But then I rationalized it by saying, no this is waking me up. That’s got to have some value. You know the way my mind works, and immediately I recalled the commercial from the 80’s, which I’m embarrassed to say, I not only remember the words, but the tune.
For some reason, it finally struck me how absurd this entire advertising slogan is. Are you kidding? A bar of soap is going to make you feel alive? Um, ok!
Ok, so the scary thing for me is not that I remembered this slogan, but that in my old age I’ve turned into some Andy Rooney want-to-be. I am now the type of person who actually listens to the absurd words in a song or slogan and realizes how absurd they are. It’s a bit funny, because the whole ignorance is bliss thing really comes into effect. I was so much more tolerant of TV when I didn’t pay attention to these details. What do you think it is about growing older that would actually turn you into this crotchety old complainy person? Here’s to reversing the aging process…
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Coast, the scent opens your eyes Coast lather, and you re-aliii-iize That Coast is the way, to make you feel alive! Coast, feel alive with Coast!