One of my favorite calendars it The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said. Each day, this gem of a calendar provides me with examples of idiotic statements that are truly jaw-dropping. Every so often, when I'm in the mood, I think I'll quote from past editions for your amusement. Today's stupid quote originally appeared on the calendar back to April 1999 (I've been buying this calendar a long time). It was so monumentally stupid that I actually saved the sheet from the date. The quote comes from an advertisement in the Pittsburgh Press, c. 1954:
The [hydrogen] bomb's brilliant gleam reminds me of the brilliant shine Gleam gives to floors. It's a science marvel.
Nothing like comparing your product to the instrument of thermonuclear holocaust. Even better, it's done in a totally nonironic, gee-whiz sort of way. Man, I'd love to see the illustration associated with that ad.
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This picture (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/Cackalacky/BeaconWax.jpg) shows that the product is called 'Beacon Wax', not Gleam, and the illustration's nothing special.
Where can I find that calendar? I say something stupid probably every day.
Richard
Talk about tough on dirt. Youza!
I think Gleam was a toothpaste brand.
The most inaccurate remark I ever read on the internet was in a usenet sports' discussion:
"Nobody in Asia is interested in cricket".
Since there are approximately a billion cricket fans in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh combined, that
sentence is actually about 100 times more inaccurate than outright holocaust denial.
The population would be around a billion, but that doesn't mean all (or even a majority) are fans.
Nonetheless, I do agree, that is an amazingly stupid claim.
I am not sure this is going to come out right but...
If you look at your floor in the glare of the H-Bomb it might be a little difficult to remove the spot caused by your shadow - not that you'd care.