Have you seen the commercial where the swimmer leaps off the high dive straddling an inflatable dolphin?
Years ago I had a blog that focused on the mundane (as though this one is somehow more highbrow), and wrote about such things regularly. Perhaps you’ll forgive this regression.
I saw that commercial and immediately thought – here is a guy who hasn’t thought his actions through to the end. Sure, it looks great for the camera, riding a dolphin through the air.
But there is this thing called gravity.
And unless you have perfected some sort of shock-absorbing, impact-diminishing, crotch-protecting bathing trunks, that huge smile at the apogee of your flight is going is going to be long gone before your head goes under water.
Hello, impact.
The commercial (for whatever company – I’m sorry, I can’t get past the diving dolphin) reminds me a little of the Disney ad with the helmeted Dad launching into the air from a bent-back pine tree suddenly cut free.
Except – it’s obvious the Disney ad is a joke.
I’m thinking the joke was on that dolphin rider, who probably wasn’t laughing much at touch-down atop that inflatable.
Does everyone else remember the sponsor or am I the only one so worried about this poor fellow that I completely missed the ad?
Oh. Now I remember why I don’t write for that blog anymore… pretty silly stuff.
Not related in any way to books or Dustin’s outstanding lunch special for Wednesday. The Pony. It’s got his special recipe guacamole on it. Tasty. 11am – 2pm.
‘Nuff said!
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