Creative Marketing

Apparently a furniture store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, thought that the best way to attract customers to their store would be to have a pit full of alligators. They failed to realize that people might be offended or their children might be traumatized when they started to feed the alligators mice and bunny rabbits. To give them a little credit, customers were given a warning prior to tossing in the little bunnies.

While I understand the alligators need to eat, and I'm no marketing genius, I would think that this may not have been the best idea.

Since this was a family-friendly event with rides and exhibits for the kids, they might have made it a little more kid-friendly.

This would have been a little more fun to watch. Run, bunny, run!!

Note: This little bunny was Photoshopped (is this a word?) into this picture of the weird man. No bunnies were  in danger at any time in the making of this demonstration. Now that I think about it, I'm really curious about this weird man and the story behind this picture.

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race just ended this past Sunday and I was thinking about a few things. I think I would like to try out for this show. I believe I would have a really good chance at winning.

Well, except that I am afraid of heights so I wouldn't do well at climbing buildings or zip lining over the treetops. Oh, I also wouldn't do well with eating anything gross so I wouldn't be able to stomach things like cow tongues, beetles or spinach. I'm not too good with directions either so there might be issues with getting lost a few times. Also, I probably wouldn't do well at running or doing anything strenuous because I hate to exercise and I'm really lazy.

Other than that, I would be able to handle everything else. I would do really well with getting on a plane, traveling all around the world and winning one million dollars. I think I would be perfect for the show! What do you think?

 

Happy Mother's Day!

Yeah, I know it was yesterday. But, I was spending time with my mother so I have a good excuse for the tardiness of this post. I just wanted to wish every mother out there a Happy Mother's Day!

It's days like this that really make me think about the important role mother's play in shaping one's life. It makes me think about how selfless my mother was for the sacrifices she made for her children. It makes me think about how strong she was for us after my father died when I was 14 years old. It makes me think about how brave she was to have to raise four children on her own.

It makes me appreciate that she was a strict parent, even though I didn't like it at the time, in order to raise honorable and decent human beings. It makes me appreciate that she grounded me for disobeying her rules (and I was grounded a lot!) because she was trying to teach her children right from wrong. It makes me appreciate all of her parenting methods, even though we butted heads on many occasions, because everything she did was for my benefit.

It makes me realize that she is now in her 70's and I need to spend more time with her while I still can. It makes me realize that I need to not let life get in the way of taking time to call her just to say hi. It makes me realize that I do not want to have any regrets when she is no longer here. It makes me realize that I need to think about all of these things more than just one day a year because it is Mother's Day.

Silly Sign Sunday - Watch Your Children!

Watch out for children sleeping in the middle of the road? Is this really a common problem here? What kind of a place is this? Seriously, I really want to know!

Wish List Wednesday

Have you ever stubbed your toe on your way to sneaking a midnight snack?

Have you ever run into the wall on your way to the restroom in the middle of night because you guzzled too much beer before going to bed? What? Just me? Yeah, whatever.

Have you ever stepped on your poor cat's tail because you couldn't see it while you were creeping around?

Have you ever been walking outside at night when you suddently fell flat on your face because you didn't see that huge hole in the ground? No? Just me again? Well, here is the perfect solution!

Teva Illum sandals

You can now have flashlights on your feet! These nifty sandals have detachable LED lights that attach to the straps. You will now be able to see exactly where you are going. They will be available to purchase May 11th from Teva for $60. You toes and your cat will appreciate it!

Silly Sign Sunday - Zombie Attack!

Watch out for Zombies? I'm not going there!

Chicken vs. Tourists

My husband and I ran into many different animals when we vacationed in Hawaii a few years ago. We had frequent birds landing on our lanai in the mornings looking for food. It might have been the pieces of bread and Doritos we left out to coax them but who knows.

At night, we would go searching for frogs around our condo. Mostly, there were adult ones but occasionally we would find a few little stinkers hopping around. Aren't they cute?

The other frequent visitors around the condo were snails. Huge snails! Look at the size of these things! Holy cow! I have never seen a snail that large before. We probably found about 20-30 of them every night we looked.

This beautiful peacock was one of many that we came across during a tour of a botanical garden. They were just freely walking around like they owned the place. They pretty much did though, since all the people would move out of their way as they walked around. When we tried to leave, there was one that refused to move out of the way of our car. After about 20 minutes, we realized that it was looking at itself in the reflection of our car. Talk about conceited!

We also saw this little guy there. Although, it did not look like he appreciated us being there. He was giving us a dirty look and watching our every move as we walked by.

This guy didn’t look to happy to see us either.

My husband and I are animal lovers. Not crazy animal lovers but we respect the fact that we share this Earth with them and don't do anything intentionally to hurt them. They can be fascinating to watch. However, on this trip, we ran into one animal that we were not too fond of.

We had pulled over to the side of the road along The Road to Hana and noticed a trail that we wanted to explore. As we walked up to trail, we noticed there was a chicken standing right in the middle of it.

The minute our eyes met, I knew we were in trouble. I can remember those beady, little, evil eyes like it was yesterday. As soon as we got within 15 feet of that satanic chicken, it started freaking out by clucking, wildly flapping its wings, and darting back and forth like crazy. We stopped in our tracks and so did it. We would take one step forward and it would start freaking out again. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Now, this trail was only about three feet wide so there was no way we could get around the chicken so we needed it to move in order to get through. I have seen too many “when animals attack” movies to know that I was not getting near that thing. However, I was ready to fight if I had to. I was going to get past it even if it killed me!

We really didn’t know what to do. It wasn’t budging and neither were we. We were expecting that at any moment, the chicken was going to charge at us and peck our eyes out! We didn’t have any weapons but my purse was pretty heavy and I was prepared use it if I had to. Like I said, we love animals but if it came down to me or the chicken, we were going to be eating well that night. (Just kidding, we wouldn’t really eat the chicken, it being possessed and everything.) Finally, about 15 minutes into the standoff, the killer chicken gave up and ran away. We were victorious!

I don’t think it actually went anywhere though. I could feel its beady eyes watching me the whole time we were on the trail. I think it was stalking us from the bushes. I swear it was!