How’s Your Backhand? March 7, 2015
Posted by nrhatch in Exercise & Fitness, Humor, Joke.trackback
Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of tampons and proceeded to the checkout counter.
The pharmacist at the counter asked the older boy, “Son, how old are you?’
‘Eight’, the boy replied.
The man continued, ‘Do you know what these are used for?’
The boy replied, ‘Not exactly, but they aren’t for me. They’re for him. He’s my brother. He’s four.”
“Oh, really?” the pharmacist replied with a grin. “How’s that?”
“We saw on TV that if you buy these you can swim, play tennis and ride a bike. Right now, he can’t do none of those things.”
Aah . . . that’s better!
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Ha ha! That’s great, Nancy! I remember, as a kid, being so embarrassed when those commercials came on, while watching TV with my father.
Yes! I also shared these boys’ confusion about certain claims made for products beyond my ken. “Huh?”
Call the Trade Descriptions Office! XD
[Do you have those in the States?]
In the states, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) keeps one eye open to evaluate claims of “false and misleading” advertising. 🙄
There are no words for funny how I find this. Have you seen the tea bag commercial? I have to find it for you, Nancy. So FUNNY.
Yay! Glad you got a chuckle. If you find the funny tea bag ad, shoot me a link. I don’t think I’ve seen it.
Thanks, Barbara!
Coffee . . . no tags to tangle with before we wake up.
Bwahahaha!! Love this one, Nancy. Thanks for the laugh. xx
I got a kick out of this, remembering how confusing some of these products seemed when I was 8.
I’m wondering if little brother was supposed to eat them. ?)
Your comment made me wonder how many kids have confused cotton balls with cotton candy? 😉
There is a TV commercial about a certain internet company, in which the people complain about service being “Half fast”.
I wonder if they think they think they’re “courageously defying” those of us who can always turn off the sound until the commercial ends.
Those half fast commercials are great.
“So half fast.” 😛
Cute!
Like adults who think that BUYING exercise equipment is all it takes to get in shape. 😀
Haha! So true!
To magic wands and fairy dust! 😎
I wonder if they work for playing golf?
Och, mon . . . why would the wee bonny lads want to chase a miscreant ball around 18 gopher holes?
Och, it puts a cool breeze up their kilts! And they do say it is an absorbing game …
Absorbing ~> good one! 😎
I hadn’t heard the joke or seen the advert before – both raised a chuckle!
Glad you’re rebounding from your run-in with that iron, Pauline.
Hilarious, thanks for the belly laugh. Can’t beat the innocence of kids, huh?
I think that’s why I loved this joke, Barb ~ it reminded me of days when I was naive and clueless.
OMG…I’m still laughing! And pondering about advertising. There are so many commercials that are equally misleading and assume so many things 🙂
What? Marketers are misleading us??? On purpose?
The Cads!!! 😛
I watch the constant, incessant, and unrelenting attempts to brainwash us with horrified fascination ~> “just say no.”
Reblogged this on I choose how I will spend the rest of my life and commented:
Just had to Reblog this one. Thanks Nancy for sharing this with us.
Thanks for sharing the mirth, Judith. 😛
Funny Nancy! They didn’t keep me from falling off a bike.. 😀
Cotton balls and cotton candy!
Good Morning! Checked your weather this morning.. looks wonderful!
Yes! It looks to be an award-winning day . . . with sunset at a suitable hour. 😎
Oh yes! Sunsets will truly be perfect now!
I am so happy to be on daylight savings time again ~> light at night . . . alright, alright, alright!!!
Love it!!!
Hi Granny! Nice to see you “out and about.” Hope that means that your connectivity is “up to snuff.”
I am connected NR but still waiting for my landline so I can visit more posts.
Soon you’ll be zooming through cyber space again!
Two for the price of one today! Now I know why I drink coffee!
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Ha ha, to funny 🙂
Glad you enjoyed, Anne!
Ha,ha,ha! I just read this to Mr. B who is sitting next to me on the couch and we both got quite the laugh! So adorable! We needed that laugh, Nancy, thanks. 🙂
Yay! I’m glad that you and Mr. B have reached Daylight Savings Time with sense of humor in good working order.
Very cute! I wonder if the boys will remember the episode when they’re old enough to understand. (I’m taking this joke way too seriously.)
Maybe that’s because we see this “comical misconception” playing out in real life.
Hehe, that’s too funny. Maybe I should get some.. I can’t play tennis at all 🙂
That’s the ticket!
I saw a wannabe chef on TV last night who proclaimed . . . “I can do anything!!!” Maybe she’s got these in her back pocket as a secret weapon . . . 😛
Hahaha
If only . . . 😎
Ha! Good thinking on the little boy’s part. At least he wasn’t as embarrassed as I’ve always been when I had to make that purchase. My father, however, never felt embarrassed about buying feminine products for me.
I had a tough time buying them until I realized that most cashiers didn’t pay much attention to what I bought.
And good for your dad!
Ha, love it! I caught my son and his friend (when they were about six) using my tampons as missiles with their GI Joe toys!
OMG! This might be my new favorite Suzi story ~ too funny.
My previous favorite ~> Dirtman’s deer pee!
https://suzicate.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/ewe-whats-that-smell/
Ha, I’d forgotten about that one. Not sure if I’ve ever written about the tampon missiles. One thing’s for sure, those males in my household have kept me on my toes!
Bombs Away!
Come to think of it…I haven’t seen any of these ads lately..I guess the bigger problem is wanger dysfunction rather than hygiene. How we’ve changed.
That’s a great observation, Barb ~> “be ready when the mood strikes” ads are ubiquitous these days, outnumbered only by car ads (e.g., Matthew McConaughey hawking Lincolns).
The girl power promotion can be quite troubling to little minds, I bet. This was so funny! I have to share a short memory of my brothers unpacking the groceries at our house. I was only 11 (not yet old enough to use the item in question, so Randy would have been 9 and a half and my little brother would have been 7.) They asked why the napkins with the clear wrapping went into the kitchen and the “Sanitary Napkins” went in the bathroom. My Mom had this funny look on her face, then she told us to invite our friends over tomorrow and she would explain. Later that night she called some of our neighbors and told them she was going to do a short lesson on the birds and bees, my Dad being home this week would handle the boys. Isn’t this the strangest thing? All the neighbors, knowing my Mom taught high school knew it would be helpful and not too detailed, while they didn’t know my Dad being a scientist divulged more than my brothers and boys needed to really know at the time! Smiles!
That’s a great story, Robin . . . your brothers sure got the ball rolling with their observant question.
Excellent, Nancy! 😀
Glad it gave you a chuckle, Dianne!
This is one of the best I’ve heard in a long time! As outrageous as it is it could be true. LOL!
I agree. So glad you got a kick out of it, Debra.