Wisdom from the banana cult
Mar. 24th, 2003 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidMy banana has a sticker on it. Not one of the expected ones, like Dole or some other fruit brand, but a promotional sticker. There's a slogan: "5 A Day THE COLOR WAY [TM]" (phooey on their capitalization), and behind that colored grahics th at are supposed to represent a red apple, an orange, a yellow banana, blueberries, and some green leaf, presumably a vegetable of some high nutrient-y sort.
Of course, without that produce context, fruits and vegetables are not necessarily what I'd think of. Painting, certainly. Or performance art. Maybe some sort of self-help program.
The rainbow of fruity goodness does focus the attention in the appropriate arena, but I'm also left wondering whether spending time (and of course, money) coming up wit h possibly-catchy slogans actually helps anyone improve his/her diet, anyway. Heck, I'd be willing to give up any monies in the budget that go towards governmental slogan fruit-stickering in favor of almost anything else that's actually useful.
Later thought: I'm surprised there's not a lobby of color-blind people protesting this blatant colorism.
Note to self: ripe banana with bits of chocolate is good, but ripe banana with some form of thick melted chocolate would be better.
Of course, without that produce context, fruits and vegetables are not necessarily what I'd think of. Painting, certainly. Or performance art. Maybe some sort of self-help program.
The rainbow of fruity goodness does focus the attention in the appropriate arena, but I'm also left wondering whether spending time (and of course, money) coming up wit h possibly-catchy slogans actually helps anyone improve his/her diet, anyway. Heck, I'd be willing to give up any monies in the budget that go towards governmental slogan fruit-stickering in favor of almost anything else that's actually useful.
Later thought: I'm surprised there's not a lobby of color-blind people protesting this blatant colorism.
Note to self: ripe banana with bits of chocolate is good, but ripe banana with some form of thick melted chocolate would be better.
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Date: 2003-03-25 05:29 am (UTC)but now, even chicken soup tastes like cardboard.
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Date: 2003-03-25 05:35 am (UTC)(Ugh. I hope it passes soon.)
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Date: 2003-03-25 02:50 pm (UTC)Too late!
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