Sunday, October 30, 2011

Am I dreaming?



Have you ever been peeing and suddenly think, 

"Am I just dreaming that I am peeing but I am 
really still sleeping and am actually wetting my bed?"




Me either.


Monday, October 24, 2011

Have you ever been driving around and you see one of those signs posted to the light post or a telephone pole that says, 

"Queen Mattress $170  
Call 555-1212" 

I always wonder who these people are that are selling the mattresses.   Why are they advertising on street corners in that way?  I have to assume that it isn't Art Van or Sealy running around trying to sell their overstock.   It just doesn't seem legitimate. 

Queen Mattress Sale - Everything must go!


But then I also have to wonder about the consumers who are buying the mattresses from these people.  I wouldn't trust even calling the telephone number, let alone actually driving to a dark alley to climb into the back of the abandoned semi trailer to see their stock.   This isn't a fruit stand or those velvet paintings being sold out of the back of a van on a Sunday afternoon.  This is a mattress.  You have it for 10 years, it is as large as the car you intend to strap it to in order to get it home, weighs 400 pounds.  You know - a mattress.  Yet all they could use to advertise their product in order to get the buyer's attention was a yellow piece of plastic and a Sharpie marker?   

Buyer Beware!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

What's Your GPA?

My husband and I were driving to the Detroit area last weekend.   I was bored so I passed the time reading all the billboards.   Several of the them were promoting an area university.  The advertising money was so well spent that I can’t even remember which college it was (Lansing Community, Michigan State, I don't know).   

Anyway, the ad showed a picture of a smiling high school graduate and their corresponding fantabulous grade point average that apparently helped get them into the mystery college.
 
What caught my attention was that several of these GPAs were over 4.00.   One of the ads said the girl graduated with a 4.75.  Not having a grade point that high, I didn’t realize they could go over 4.00.  I thought a 4.00 was like 100% or like bowling a perfect game. 

So to me, telling someone you graduated school with a 4.75 grade point average is like telling someone you bowled a game that scored 315 points.  

I don't know, maybe its just me.