They’ve Now Invented Everything
With all the serious stuff going on in the world, let’s close this week on a different note.
Studies have shown that among the most stressful things when folks get married is choice of toothpaste. Does he start using what she prefers, or vice versa? I grew up in a split household; Mom preferred Crest, while Dad was a Colgate man. But apparently many couples try to merge. Same with soda pop…allegiance with Coke products, or Pepsi?
And once you got the brand of toothpaste agreed upon, what flavor? Plain, mint, cinnamon? That was in the old days; now there are more varieties within a single brand of toothpaste than any dentist would imagine.
Now comes word that finger lickin’ good takes on a new meaning. Kentucky Fried Chicken as we knew them…KFC, as they now wish to be known…is selling chicken-flavored toothpaste. I had to look hard at the story to make sure it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke earlier this month…and in fact, apparently that was how it started, but the response was so good they figured, why not?
It’s a real thing, costing about five times more than the normal tube…but it sold out immediately.
I’m still wondering if it’s real or a joke. But then again, when we thought it was a good idea to try to brush our cats’ teeth—an experiment that I assure you did not last long—the toothpaste for the furry ones was indeed chicken-flavored.
Not sure what Colonel Sanders would make of all this. But he was a capitalist, after all. He might just try to slather a little of the toothpaste on those tasty biscuits.
