{"id":8537,"date":"2003-01-20T20:44:14","date_gmt":"2003-01-21T01:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2003\/01\/20\/from-the-get-a-life-department\/"},"modified":"2003-01-20T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2003-01-21T01:44:14","slug":"from-the-get-a-life-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2003\/01\/from-the-get-a-life-department\/","title":{"rendered":"From the "Get a life" department"},"content":{"rendered":"

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo., Jan. 16 \ufffd Suzanne Lewis
\nwas in for a shock when she sat down at home one recent night to watch
\ntelevision.<\/font><\/p>\n

On came a commercial for Metamucil, the laxative, that
\nshowed what looked like a National Park Service ranger pouring a glass of it
\ndown Old Faithful and announcing that the product keeps the famous geyser
\n“regular.”<\/font><\/p>\n

…”My eyes got bigger, and my jaw dropped,” Ms. Lewis
\nsaid. That is because she is the superintendent of Yellowstone and the chief
\nsteward of the park and its geysers.<\/font><\/p>\n

The park responded to complaints with a letter saying
\nthat Procter & Gamble had not filmed the real Old Faithful or an actual park
\nranger and that the company was within its legal rights. But, the letter added,
\n“This advertisement goes against all of the National Park Service’s efforts to
\nencourage people not to put foreign objects into the thermal features.”<\/font>
\n[Full
\nStory<\/a>]<\/p>\n

I understand what they mean, when my children were younger I constantly had
\nto keep telling them “stop sticking things into thermal features.” On a more
\nserious note the scariest thing I ever saw in my life was turning around and
\nseeing my three year old son sticking two nails into the kitchen electrical
\nsocket. Luckily nothing happened and my heart returned to a more normal pulse a
\nmonth or two later. My wife and I immediately went out and bought those
\nelectrical outlet covers for all of the empty electrical sockets, so if you have
\nyoung’uns I encourage you to do the same. My son was quite inquisitive and
\nindustrious, one day he told us “I fixed mommies door.” Only to find out that he
\nhad managed to remove the lower and middle pins from the hinges of our bedroom
\ndoor. And while I am relating childhood stories I will include one more. My son
\nwas a big He-Man Master of the Universe fan and constantly carried a He-Man
\nsword I had made for him. I was carrying him around on my shoulders one day in a
\npark while he was swinging his sword and evoking He-Man lines. I offered to let
\nhim walk around instead, reasoning to him saying “He-Man isn’t carried around
\nall day”, he blithely replied “How about Battle Cat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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