sass and sensibility

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."

Oct 8, 2007

Someone at Dove needs to be fired...

Okay, maybe firing is too strong of a response to this, but really.

I just ate a Dove Promise, you know, the chocolates that have the cute messages inside like "Chocolate makes you happy, buy more." (Fine, they don't usually say that, but you know that's what they're thinking.) This was today's message:

Fly kites in an azure blue sky.

Now, being the nerd that I am, sirens went off in my head when I read this. Merriam-Webster.com confirmed for me that "azure" means one of three things:
1 archaic : lapis lazuli
2 a : the blue color of the clear sky b : the heraldic color blue
3 : the unclouded sky

Please note that NONE of these make sense in this context. Sort of like when Qdoba advertises "Three Cheese Queso."

If I need to be corrected, let me know, but from the way I understood it, azure stands alone, like cerulean...hmmm...though I guess people do say "navy blue" sometimes...


And also. That wasn't a promise. It was a suggestion/command...

1 Comments:

Blogger Nathan said...

"Hello, Department of Redundancy Department, how may I help you?"

6:19 PM  

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