I saw a television commercial the other day that showed a man washing his hair in the shower while he listened to his wife talking. The ad was for a product called High Endurance from Old Spice, a combined shampoo and body wash. I was starting to think that this was a good idea. This was a product that I, as a lazy person, could totally get behind. But then, as the commercial ended, my lovely and talented wife chimed in, chuckling, “Did you notice that they only market 2-in-1 body wash and shampoo to grown men and babies?”

Hmph.

Comments

1. nikkirae on 2006-04-26 10:05:37 wrote: As a woman I’d love something like that! But yeah.. she’s right. No need to add to your er… misery? LOL -n

2. Aikidex on 2006-04-26 14:39:12 wrote: That must be why Johnson’s Baby Shampoo has always held such an appeal for me then…

3. Abigail on 2006-04-28 19:26:12 wrote: Hullo, I’ve had you bookmarked for a handfull of months now. Really enjoy your fresh wit and how you find the small important things to highlight. Also being an amature photographer I find many things to admire in your art. Thought it right to tell you that you are being read. Thank you.

4. christine on 2006-04-29 07:32:22 wrote: we love your blog, john. (the jeff and i) you crack us up!

5. Quint on 2006-04-29 23:40:46 wrote: What bugs me most about that ad is that the voices do not sync up with the actors mouths…However I agree we (meaning men) as a whole are lazy. My wife says the same thing to me

6. Drew on 2006-05-01 05:00:41 wrote: That may be so, but besides men and babies, what age is left? There’s teens (they have Axe) and old men (do they use body wash). Just a thought.

7. Mike on 2006-05-10 21:51:24 wrote: I used to use bar soap, shampoo, and face wash. Now I just use that Old Spice stuff. It rocks my socks off. Not that I’m wearing socks in the shower or anything.

8. myla on 2006-05-18 18:20:18 wrote: I can see where I’m going to become totally addicted to this blog. Please high-five the lovely and talented one for me. ;)

9. john on 2006-05-18 22:05:19 wrote: I passed on the high five. She’s over there looking smug now.

10. Jeff on 2006-08-22 14:51:56 wrote: That’s because if women ever switched from using 125 shower/bath/body products to just 1 it would utterly destroy a major portion of that industry, probably taking all the advertising companies on 5th avenue down with them… leaving huge numbers of people unemployed who have no useful skills whatsoever… imagine the horror!!!