Monday, April 09, 2007

Help me, Ronco!

I love Ronco products. You know, the spawn from the mind of that mad genius Ron Popeil. He of the pocket fisherman, the food dehydrator, the magic pasta maker, the dial-o-matic and a million and other must-have products. My favorite was always the bad spot coverage which essentially was a can of spray paint to coat the pate. I could write a whole dissertation about Ronco and the salesmanship of Mr. Popeil, but that's not the topic this evening. I was thinking that after the day I had today that surely Ronco would have a product that might extrude the clutter of the day so that I can simply forget it. You know, extrude it and forget it! I guess he hasn't conjured this device up yet, so the alternative is to extrude it here.

In order to make this even remotely interesting to you, I will bullet point highlights of the day and you can may arrange them in any random order you wish.
  • Cat vomit or cat shit?
  • Only clean underwear is confusing thong
  • GPS system speaks Cantonese
  • Albino sandwich
  • Family visiting from California for the week
  • Wrong turn leads to a half hour tour of the Bronx
  • Suggesting protocol change leads to meeting Armageddon
  • Glitter residue everywhere. I can't get it off my chin
  • Three inch heels on cobblestones
  • Got the finger on the FDR Drive
  • Oh! There's where the Bronx Zoo is!
  • Spicy pork tenderloin at Mesa Grill
  • Sales presentation on the pharmacy market. Lots of pretty pictures!
  • That root vegetable smell
  • Movie crew on West 153rd Street filming in the cemetery
  • Mister Softee
  • Teaching my niece a jab-cross boxing combination
  • Where's the damn wine?!

Have fun with it.

8 comments:

Jane said...

This hardly seems the time to say so, but I think you're objecting to the smell not of root vegetables but members of the brassica family, which give off a bit of sulphur when overcooked. Cauliflower = stenchy. Parsnips = less so. Can't help you with the glitter, though.

Karen said...

Whoa...Employee death threats?....
Armageddon?....Fuck the wine, where's the Belvedere?

Unknown said...

When I first bought my MP3 player, I accidentally set it to French. It's been 20 years since I took French. It took a very long time to sort through the menus and figure out how to reset it. Isn't technology just wonderful?

-jenfera

amynoroom said...

Did Ronco make Ayds? Do you remember those? They were like chocolate diet candies that you'd eat and lose weight?

And also Slim Jeans! Remember those? They looked like silver paper/plstic and you wore them and you were supposed to burn fat? Haa haaaaaaa!!!!!!!

Chicken And Waffles said...

McVittie: Damn girl! Thanks for the flashback! Ayds! I do remember those. The bad thing is you would buy them under the premise of a good thing (appetite suppresant) and then consume the entire box, therefore negating the purpose. I miss the 70s.

amynoroom said...

Oh yeah!!! My father in law bought some Ayds and did the samething...ate the whole box. Bwaa ahaaaaaa!!!!!

amynoroom said...

OMG, C&W! I found the Slim Jeans Video!!!! Go here:

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2731034

Chicken And Waffles said...

McV: That IS hilarious. Slim jeans! Foil pants! And if you order now, you can get the matching top! Why didn't I buy them?!