Asspostrophes.

[bronriel]

Behold the power of the apostrophe, as demonstrated with a line from The Safety Dance:

Case 1: ...we can leave your friends behind.
Case 2: ...we can leave your friend's behind.

Which presents the perfect segue to an item we sell at work that rather amuses me because...well, see what you think. Perhaps it's just my guttermind at work here.

Comments

[slightlyevolved]

Not just your mind the gutter. I think mine just got caught in a storm, dragged into a grate, and is currently floating away from an alligator.

Seems like something Richard Simmons would have in his house...

Obligatory pick icon.

[bronriel]

CRIKEY! Is it a BEAUT?

Richard Simmons isn't a beaut, although I'm sure he'd be happy to wrestle with you if you asked.

[houndoomdevil]

*falls over* xD

[bronriel]

Good, then it's not just me, then. :D

[wavebreaker]

What worries me most is that all those items you show from work are apparently actually bought by people. At least I assume that's the case, or they wouldn't be produced, right?

[bronriel]

Yeah, it's crazy, people buy ALL of this stuff! In fact, I think we have only one of those backdoor plaques left in stock, meaning that we've sold at least five of them. Eep! Our customers are generally retired women with a lot of disposable income, and I don't think they realize that what they're purchasing could be taken another way. To them, it's just a cutesy welcome plaque with a thermometer.

I have to wonder more at the companies that produce this stuff. Don't they realize the connotations of their products?!

[wavebreaker]

Either they don't realise it, or they have a sick sense of humour... ;-)

[patchcali]

Insert witty comment regarding the presence of a thermometer within the vicinity and context of that inscription.

(haha, I said "insert"...)

[bronriel]

LOL!! You wouldn't believe how difficult it was to write a description for that thing without saying something along those lines. :D

[starsaradia]

Don't know if you've seen the movie Josie and the Pussycats, but there's a boy band by the name of Du Jour (made up for the movie). Their biggest song is called Back Door Lover. If you ever get the chance to hear it, it's really funny (:

[bronriel]

Nope, I haven't seen the movie, but I'll try to find that song somehow. It sounds great! X-D

[tajessa]

Oh god, one of my friends made me rent the DVD of J&tP because of that (I had been practically avoiding it, because it looked like crap - it is, but it's funny crap). I nearly wet myself the first time I watched it. I can still scare the crap out of my boyfriend just by singing it. ("Backdoor Lover, comin' from behind with the lights on low...")
I may be too easily amused.

Additional: No, it's definitely not just you. My mind is so far down the gutter, it got flushed away in the last rainfall and is halfway to the Pacific. I can't believe that (a) people actually made this thing, without realising what dirty twisted little people (like you and me) could do to it and (b) people actually bought this damn thing.

[bronriel]

As soon as I get feeling better, I'm definitely going to rent J&P just for that song! It'll at least give me a respite from walking around singing "Sit On My Face And Tell Me That You Love Me" from Monty Python.

Hooray for another guttermind! You wouldn't believe what things I've found at work that look...wrong. I posted a bunch of them here, and it never ceases to amuse me when I see someone buying any of those items. Usually it's some little old lady who squeals, "OOOOH LOOK ISN'T IT CUTE!?!" which, of course, makes it extremely difficult for me to keep a straight face. :D