Chuck out your old pants!

You're walking down the street, feeling good and minding your own business. The air is fresh for a change, and people in the neighbourhood are saying "Hello". It's the start to a beautiful day, and you're take it all in your stride. That's until you get 'splat' square in the eyes by a piece of clothing. Slowly, you remove the piece from your eyes and come face to face with (dramatic musical theme: "DA-DA-Dahhhh!!") : a pair of granny pants. What the?!?!?! Is this some sick joke supposedly celebrating the emancipation of women, and the flying pants double up for victory confetti?


Ladies & Gentlemen, that's the image the copywriters have come up with to promote new tampons from a well known brand. Now, before you all jump on the "Sacrilage!! let's crucify him for being sexist about not understanding female issues!!", hear me out: The premise to the ad is that users of said brand would feel more comfortable and librated by using the product in order to use their sexy underwear rather than using (and this term was coined by a female friend of mine!) 'Elephant pants! That's all well and good, but the idea that you should then proceed to chuck out your 'granny pants' through the windows from above to unsuspecting members of the public just isn't right! Can you imagine if mothers had found a better diaper for kids and chucked out 'jumbo diapers' to an unsuspecting audience? Better still, picture the scene if you will: There's a fashion campaign for men to remove the shackles of 'Y-Front' briefs and take to wearing sleek designer boxer shorts. Imagine the disgusting sights!!

Here's an idea: Use a bin! There's a reason there's the saying, "Don't air your linen!"

arrrgggghhhhhhhh..........

***Final note*** : I've just been corrected by the missus that the product is actually a pad, not a tampon. You learn something new every day!

How to survive boredom at meetings.

I'm at a mandatory training course that is boring the life out of me. I feel my life-force slowly being sapped out by the monotonal (is that even a word??) voice of the co-ordinator, and the rambling wafflings of one of the participants, whom I have nick named 'Mighty Mouth!'. My eyes are glazed over and I'm in a trance. They say that the mind is a terrible thing to waste, and being at this course is just going to prove that saying.

So, what does one do to pass away the time? Well, apart from exhausting out playing 'Nowts & Crosses', or Counting sheep; the next best thing to do is improvise. And that's exactly what I've done. Do you realise how many useless/useful facts you pick up when you observe people in your group. In the course of 1 hour and out of sheer boredom, I noticed that there are:

19 people on the course
5 are women
5 wearing white shoes
10 are wearing jeans
5 are bald
7 are wearing trainers
6 have their arms folded
ALL are bored (including the co-ordinator!)
1 is a major chatterbox
22 posters are stuck on the wall
2 people have the flu
5 people are perpetual interrupters
8 are half asleep
1 blond
5 people wearing glasses

and such irrelevant information like that. Inspite of the boredom, you have to project the image of 'alertness and enthusiasm!

Thankfully, this is the last day of the course!!

Hallelujah!

If you have any tips on how to pass the time during boring presentations and courses, please share!

New Year, New Year!!

So, here it is: another year in our very existence. T'is a time for resolutions that never really make it past New Year:Day 5. We applaud ourselves for making it this far in our lives, and make a promise/pact/pledge (you get the idea!) to better ourselves in whatever way we can. It's not going to be easy, but with resolve and determination, and belief in ourselves, anything is possible.

However, here's what I think: If you propose to do something, why wait for the new year? why not the new day, or the next minute? I don't get new year resolutions. It's all well and good if you have a business plan to execute, but resolutions for a yearly basis?? Nah.. it's an idea that needs to be revamped, if you ask me.

Whatever your plans are this year, here's to success, however tough it may seem!