he yogurt is hitting
the fan, my friend!
I woke up this morning to one of the most annoying commercials I’ve
ever heard. I’m tempted to send a nasty letter to the radio station, saying
that every time they play that commercial I boycott their station for the
rest of the day – it’s that bad.
This guy with an annoying voice – kind of like Rush Limbaugh on uppers
– comes on and starts yammering about what I think is a career guidance
service – I’m not sure because I never leave the radio on long enough.
He says, "For the last hundred years, the productivity bazooka has been
aimed at the blue-collar worker, but now it’s pointing at you and it’s
pointing at me." Now, in my case, he’s basically gotten it right, since
I’m an engineer, which is supposedly white-collar, although I haven’t worn
a white collar (let alone a tie) to work in years. But how can he assume
who’s listening to him? How does he know he’s not talking to a refrigerator
repairman (cue "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits…)? Or to the Senior
Fry Engineer at McDonalds? (Although I can say from experience that he
does
have the productivity bazooka pointed at him, especially during the lunch
rush….) And then he spits out the stupidest line I’ve ever heard, the one
that makes him lose and credibility he may have once had….
"The yogurt is hitting the fan, my friend!"
You know, I wish the yogurt was hitting the fan. I’ve been waiting
five
years for the yogurt to start hitting the fan. My yogurt is just sitting
there in smelly lumps, turning a putrid green and festering.
