I am seeing...
As the November election day draws closer I am seeing more campaign signs being put up as I travel south Texas for those elections. Every possible position in local, state and federal government seems to up for election with the exception of the office of president of the United States.
How I intend...
I have made it clear here in the Daily Dose how I intend to vote this November Election Day and it is a very simple strategy, I will vote for no incumbents holding a current office. Offices that don’t have an incumbent running I will vote for the person I see as most fit for office regardless of political party. I am basically “tired of the same old shit” and that is exactly what we get by voting incumbents back into office.
Back when I...
Back when I was a teenager the family traveled over to the Carolina's for a vacation, and while I can’t remember if it was in North or South Carolina, where I came across what would become my favorite T shirt of my teenage years it was from that trip.
Plain old white...
The shirt was just a plain old white T shirt and was printed in red ink and was from a business named “Stereo World.” What made that shirt so special to me was the message that was printed on it.
In big bold...
The front of the T shirt, in big bold lettering, asked the question “Tired Of The Same Old Shit?” and below the question was a pair of hands holding a pile of shit that had waving lines giving the effect of the smell coming off of the pile. The back of the T shirt said “Visit Stereo World” and had the address and phone number for the business below the name just like you would see in Yellow Pages little quarter page advertisements.
You just didn't see...
Back then you just didn’t see the word “shit” used in advertising but it clearly was used to draw attention to the fact that their store was different then other places that just sold stereos. Honestly, I don’t think you see the word “shit” used in advertising much even today if ever, even though we have laws that say advertising should be truthful.
There are plenty of things I could think of where shit would be a truthful description and could be followed with, “but it is cheap when it comes to the price.”
I am thinking...
I am thinking about having some shirts printed for this election cycle that would have the same front as that old Stereo World shirt that I got on that trip. The back would read, “Vote for the Challenger this election.” or “Don’t Vote for the Incumbent this election.”
But I can’t decide which saying I like best for the back of the shirt. So that is where you readers come in; which of the two do you like? Can you come up with a better line for the backside of the shirt?
I wish I had...
I wished I had thought of this back during primary season so I could have had all spring and summer to wear it; but that is how it goes sometimes. I don’t know how much these “one off” type of shirts cost to get made but I will soon find out. The expensive part I am sure is the artwork and the metal plates that are used in screen printing but those do last forever if you take care of them.
Back when I...
I still have the plates from back when I was doing horse shoeing and it had a picture of the blacksmith holding up the back leg of the horse putting a shoe on it and the horse’s head and neck turned, fixing to bite the blacksmith on his ass.
Customers loved those...
The customers loved those T shirts that I would give them and they never did lose my phone number since it was printed on them as well. It was always nice too when I would go to a horse show and see a bunch of my customers wearing them just walking around the grounds of the shows.
I remember only one...
Back then I was one of the higher priced horse shoers but people gladly paid extra because I gave the shirts out only to customers and each time I put a new set of shoes on the horse. I remember only one lady that questioned me on why I charged so much more than the other guys doing the same work in my area. When she asked that question I promptly replied, “they know what their work is worth.”
I don’t know that she actually got what I meant with that reply because she had kind of puzzled look on her face. She didn’t ask any more questions about my pricing and I had her for a customer until I had to give up that line of work due to my back injury.
Truth in advertising...
Anyway, times a wasting and I don’t need to keep you any longer; that is all I have for this edition; just my thought of how to spread my idea for this election cycle using truth in advertising; which is really unheard of in politics.
Until next time,
