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The Green Light Banana Trick

I was at my neighborhood grocery store just routinely shopping when I decided I wanted some bananas.

As I approached the produce section, I could see the jewels from afar.

“Wow, those look green!” I thought to myself.

I love buying green bananas because then I can keep them for a while and I’m not forced to eat them fast before they spoil.

I was amazed at my luck. The last time I had bought bananas, they were already too ripe.

But upon closer examination, the bananas weren’t as green as I thought. Surely my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me!

I looked up, and I could see two green lights shining brilliantly upon the bananas.

Now I’m not one to berate marketers, but this is just outright trickery. And it makes me wonder how long I’ve been buying bananas without noticing.

So next time your shopping, keep a look out for the marketing trickery. I’m almost positive there is a “red light” shining on some tomatoes out there.

Dominos Pizza Doesn’t Trust Me After 8 p.m.

It was about 10 p.m. last night when I had a common human feeling: I was hungry. And lazy. So naturally I just wanted to order in.

I was over at a friend’s place and found the number to the neighborhood Dominos.

After waiting on hold for about five minutes, a human finally answered.

“Thanks for calling Dominos.” the lady’s voice said.

“Hi, I’d like delivery.”

“Phone number?” the lady asked.

“256-555-5555.” I responded.

The lady gave a slight sigh on her end and asked, “Do you have a different phone number?”

Confused by the question, I replied, “No.”

“I’m sorry sir. We don’t have a record of you as a customer.”

“Okay?” I wasn’t too worried at this point because they could just take down my information over the phone.

“Sir, we don’t deliver to customers after 8 p.m. unless they have done business with us in the past.”

The lady continued, “You can pick up your order if you wish sir.”

“No thanks.” I said hanging up the phone. My laziness was much to high to actually go out and pick up my pizza.

After hanging up with Dominos, I called a place called Donatos.

After absolutely no waiting time, someone answered, “Thank you for calling Donatos. Will this be for take out or delivery?”

“Delivery. By the way, do you have a stupid policy of not delivering to un-registered customers after 8 p.m.?”

The guy laughed, “No sir.”

The Luck of the Pillow

Yesterday I attended my first Super Bowl party in several years.

When I was in college I never watched the Super Bowl because I was always working that Sunday. Or I had church that evening.

And while out of college, I never really watched TV. I didn’t (and still don’t) have basic cable. And I was too lazy to get an antenna and see if I could pick up local channels.

So at my friend’s house, someone asked me, “Who are you going for?”

“Nobody in particular.” I responded.

“Oh, you have to go for someone. Pick one.”

I looked around and spotted a small pillow.

“Okay… I’ll spin this sucker in the air. If it lands on black, I’ll go for New York.”

I threw the pillow up and it spun several times. It landed black facing up. So I was going for New York and there was no turning back.

For me, football is no big deal. I could never get into football while I was in high school (and I lived in a very small town). I also couldn’t find myself enjoying college football either. The sport just wasn’t for me.

But when the Giants scored the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter, I was screaming with and high-fiving all the other Giants fans in the room.

And it was all thanks to the luck of the pillow for telling me which team to root for.

The Return of the Ghostbusters

Via Mike I learned about an independent fan film entitled, “Return of the Ghostbusters.”

I’m not a big fan of fan films. Most have cheesy over-acting, bad special effects, and a horrible (or incomprehensible) plot.

However, Return of the Ghostbusters really surprised me as far as the quality of the movie. The acting was okay, there was a cute girl in there, and the special effects weren’t too bad.

I never really was a big Ghostbusters fan, but watching this movie brought back some childhood memories of when I watched the cartoon series.

I only expected to just watch a few minutes and turn it off, but I stayed for the whole eighty or so minutes because the plot intrigued me. And the ending is hilarious as well (I guess you’ll have to watch to find out).

So if you have an hour and a half to spare, give Return of the Ghostbusters a try.