Real Life Models, Charm School for Cabbies and Designer Toilet Paper
What do they have in common? Absolutely nothing, except that we have a few
totally inane thoughts on these topics that are rambling through our brains.
Yes, as you can tell, The Three Tomatoes are having one of those scattered thought days, prompted no doubt by out of control
hormones. So bear with us.
Random thought #1: How real do we want real to be?
Okay, so we’ve seen all those Dove ads featuring “real women” in their undies
and real women celebrating their wrinkles. And now Nike is coming out with a campaign
that celebrates “thunder thighs” and “big butts”. Hey, we applaud their efforts.
It’s definitely better than the constant celebrating of the Hollywood anorexic/botox
crowd. But this did get us thinking about how real we want real to be. So picture
this…Victoria Secret catalogs featuring real women like The Three Tomatoes whose boobs have lost the fight with gravity, wearing a Wonder Bra that’s somehow
managed to get their boobs up slightly above their waistline. And here’s another
image you’ll immediately want to erase…real stomachs hanging over the bikini underwear
and butts that look like cottage cheese. Can you image the shock to all those
guys who can’t wait to get a sneak peak at our Victoria Secret catalogs the second
they arrive? It would probably send thousands of guys into instant cardiac arrest.
Or Revlon make up ads with untouched up close ups of women’s faces who’ve lived
a few decades with headlines like, “Hey, you never know, it could help”. Kind
of makes us think about nude beaches in the Caribbean and Europe where the people
who actually take their clothes off are the ones who make you want to shout, “put
it on, put it on! “ So maybe a little illusion is not a bad thing.
Random thought #2: Charm School for New York City Cabbies.
Hey you can’t make this stuff up. One of the yellow cab companies is sending
it’s 700 cabbies to charm school where supposedly they’re being taught to actually
acknowledge you with words instead of grunts, say thank you, turn the air conditioning
on when it’s 100 degrees, lower the volume on their radios, and not eat foods
with high garlic content while you’re riding in their cab. Imagine that? And
while they’re at it, The Three Tomatoes suggest adding a few other things, like lessons in the geography of the City
so, for example, you could tell a cab driver to take you the Chryser Building
and not have to tell him it’s location ; and maybe a few lessons reminding them
that the streets of NYC are not the Indy 500 so we wouldn’t actually have to
kiss the ground every time we arrive safely; oh and wouldn’t it be nice if they
didn’t actually go off duty at rush hour; and what if they actually helped you
get things like luggage, baby strollers, and large packages in and out of the
cab? Yes, we know you’re now thinking The Three Tomatoes have hit the vodka bottle again and are totally delusional. Actually, we’d
be happy with a simple thank you once in a while.
Random thought #3: Designer Toilet Paper.
Yes indeed, luxury toilet paper has already made its way to Europe and Japan. Renova Negro
is a new luxury brand from Spain that’s all black and costs about 10 times more
than the average roll. And the Japanese are enjoying extra thick, aloe moistened
and pineapple scented toilet paper. And in Germany, Charmin comes in black
and charcoal gray described as a “Gucci look and feel.” Pretty amazing considering
it wasn’t that long ago that you actually brought you own toilet paper with you
to Europe! So stay tuned…it’s probably just a matter of time before you’ll be
buying designer logo toilet paper at $10 bucks a roll. Crazy you say? Hey, who
would have thought we’d pay $2.00 for a bottle of water and $7 for a cup of coffee.
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You know you’re a tomato if…you remember a time when cabbies talked your ear off, knew every landmark in
New York City, and didn’t need you to give them directions.
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What do you think of marketers using real women in their ads?
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Grey Goose is the premium vodka choice of tomatoes by a long shot (over 80%).
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