Wednesday

Another day in paradise.

I noted a couple of points on my way home last night. 

As I pulled into Hy Vee, the radio was playing a commercial for the local riverboat casino, claiming that the place had "looser slots".  In the course of 30 seconds, the announcer was saying "looser slots" as often as the Big O has been saying, "Pass this bill!"  Really annoying.

Anyway, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself, "Is this guy saying looser slots or actually saying loser slots?"  I mean, really, that extra "o" is just for the advertising, right?  And these slots are looser than what?  (Be careful with that response; this is a family-rated blog!)

(I'm betting that this casino doesn't even have a ninety-nine cent breakfast.  Let alone a computer-programmed bear-carving machine.)

After processing that advertising delicacy, I moved into the store to pick-up my evening provisions.  On my way to the bread aisle, I randomly caught a glace of a display on the shelves for Log Cabin syrup.  I don't know whether they were running a special with some signage, or what it was that caught my eye (other than the fact that the display was on an eye-level shelf).  My comment?  It's an All Natural product...in a plastic container.  My internal oxymoron chip may have been on red-alert from the just previous looser slots barrage. But that natural plastic language speaks highly for the ad guys who most assuredly know the folks from the New Coke and the Drake's D+ campaigns.

If its Wednesday, it must be vegetable beef soup at the salad bar.  (Now that's the proper use of the loser term!)

Later.

BCOT