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We all have our pluses and minuses. One of my strongest attributes, I have always felt, is what I call “A Firm Grasp of the Obvious.” It has always helped me realize and understand real important stuff.
My lesson for today — my firm grasp — is that “Men and Women Are Different.”
You scoff. Bear with me.
Since about all I watch on TV is sports, I am witness to a host of commercials aimed at middle-aged and older men. I see a lot of beer commercials, too many installments of “Messing with Sasquatch,” and way, way too many Viagra vignettes.
A commercial for Gillette razor blades, I believe, is quite instructive. Have you seen it? Some doofus is looking at his razor blade, hoisted up on some sort of lift (the razor is about 400,000 times larger than normal), and some technician or razor-blade mechanic is explaining to this doofus that his razor blade isn’t working right because the blue stripe is almost gone.
“Oh,” the doofus says. He seems to have no clue.
I am willing to bet my collection of logo golf balls that you will never ever see such a commercial aimed at women, instructing them that their razors need to be replaced once in a while.
It’s definitely a guy thing. It’s a sport ... how long can I make this razor blade last? It might scrape and scratch, it might pull my whiskers, I might have to shave twice to get rid of all the stubble, but by golly, I bet I can get another week out of it.
Oh, but there’s more. I challenge you to get another drop of toothpaste out of a tube a typical man has thrown away. I probably smell a bit ripe for a few days as I empty out a can of Right Guard. And a disappearing bar of soap needs to be nurtured into the new.
And that blue stripe? We all — us guys — we know it’s just a marketing gimmick.
It’s obvious.
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