From time to time I see ads on the
airwaves that I find interesting or odd or just plain bizarre.
Like one I saw for a product called
Stacy's Pita Chips. I'm sure you've seen them in the stores. They are
chip-shaped things made of what appear to be dried-up pitas. I always kind of
thought of them as like middle eastern croutons or Beirut biscotti.
Turns out they're not just dried.
At least according to the commercial I saw. They're baked that way. The ad
says, "There's an art to the perfect pita chip." Then they say that
batches are "freshly prepared." Um, I'm not sure there's any other
way. If you're preparing it, at that point it makes it fresh. They go on to say
that after the batch is freshly prepared it is "gently rested"
overnight, halved, cut, and baked again.
So. Obvious question here. Can you
vigorously rest? How is it one goes about "gently" resting things. I
would hate to think the dough or whatever is harshly rested. Forced to toss and
turn through the night like an insomniacal pita chip wannabe. Wracked with
nervousness that it won't make the final Stacy perfect pita cut.
The other ad I saw was when I was
watching a program on my computer. It was pop-up ad. And it was for Spam. The
food. It's tagline was "Spam Can," which I thought was a clever play
on words since Spam comes in a can.
But then I tried to X out of the ad
and it wouldn't let me.
It stayed on my
screen against my will; unsolicited, unasked for, and very annoying. The Spam
ad actually became spam.
Last time I make Spam dip for my
pita chips.
America, ya gotta love it.
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