Things that make you go "Whaaaa..."

Thing the first:

Burger King launches beef-scented body spray
Published: Thursday, December 18, 2008 | 8:27 PM ET
Canadian Press: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Looking to beef up your mojo this holiday season?

Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men's body spray called "Flame."

The company describes the spray as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat."

The fragrance is on sale at New York City retailer Ricky's NYC in stores and online for a limited time for $3.99.

Burger King is marketing the product through a website featuring a photo of its King character reclining fireside and naked but for an animal fur strategically placed to not offend.
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Is this a Sign of the End Times, or what? Anyway, don't wear this near the dog pound, all whiffing of stale grease....

Thing the second:

Seen on the bus to work: a sign for something called the "DIVA EUROWAVE ULTIMATE INCH LOSS SYSTEM". This looked like someone had just grabbed random words from advertisements, or perhaps it was the automatic product of some Marketing Buzz Phrase Generator. Anyway, on wasting a further 75 seconds on a Google search, it appears the sign was for a day spa that offers no less than four different types of psuedoscience and quackery to impressionable females.

Thing the third:

I'm resolving to drink more water during the day - I think the bad moods I get are due to dehydration, or at least aren't helped by it. So I throw in a little bit of Crystal Light or Emergen-C to make it more palatable. This morning I noticed on the Crystal Light packet the text, "To adjust the flavour to suit your taste, simply use more or less water."

"Snow, snow, bloody snow! I hate the sight of it!" (Vyvyan)

From the altfriday5

1. How do you feel about winter? Why?
I don't like it. It's cold. And normally rainy. And dark.

2. How about snow? Does it redeem an otherwise-gloomy season or just annoy you?
I like snow when it's falling, when there's that weird light in the sky. Of course, once it hits the ground I don't want it around anymore.

3. How does winter affect you physically, emotionally, etc? What do you do about that, if anything?
I hate the dark (short days) and the cold. February is my worst month. Not looking forward to this one.

4. Do you celebrate winterholiday(s)? If so, which one(s)? What do you like or dislike about them?
I take the holidays the law makes me take. I will be on vacation the next two weeks while school is out so I can enjoy my first Christmas with Aki in four years. Unfortunately, not much time to take it easy - I have to do some home repairs, pack up what I can of the house since we are moving in les than a month, and write two 3,000 word magazine articles by New Year's.

5. Do you have inherited or created winter traditions for holidays, foods, activities, etc?
Well, I tried to start the "Pole of Plenty" tradition in the house (we had a pole fan (can't find a picture) and I put a string of lights on it) but no dice. Some people are so hidebound.