Traditions. I think I like them.

Jan 8, 2008 by Brendan Do    7 Comments    Posted under: Archived Blogs

I see commercials everyday on the television, I don’t want very much television but when I walk past it I happen to see one or two. Commercials like to portray alot of things in a traditional fashion because it’s the first thing that comes to mind even though most of the things the portray never happen in this new age of today. For example, I saw a commercial earlier for cereal. It’s message was to start everyday right and have every morning as good as the next. With kids waking up, spending time with the family, them all eating cereal, and having a good laugh on the front porch. Well, when was the last time anyone you know wake up and eat breakfast as a family and be all happy? Well. Even without the happy, no one eats breakfast as a family anymore. People have places to be, things to do, all at different times. It’s virtually impossible.

I think. I like having traditional moments like that though. Like after seeing that commercial and thinking this, I thought to myself “Wow, how wonder would it to be wake up and get all dressed and go downstairs and have breakfast with my wife and kids, read a paper, make some jokes, kiss the wife good-bye or maybe take some kids to school..” which I know, is a complete strange thought for me to have since the thought of kids residing in the same vicinity as I spend most my time kinda makes me very very sleepy, pissed, and uncomfortable most the time…

Then I thought about dates and how when I go on them, I still have the urge to turn off the car and walk the lady to the door. That…doesn’t even seem to happen anymore if a boy isn’t looking for more than a goodnight hug. But even hugs now, happen in the car. Just sort of, goodnight, hug…make sure the lady gets in the house alright and then drives off. Even if it’s a 20 foot walk, I still get the feeling I should walk ‘er to a door. I dunno. Traditional things? Yep. I think I like them.

I also found out this evening that http://www.mexicanjokes.net/ is a website. I read this joke and I laughed out loud. Then I called someone and they laughed out loud. Sorry if this offends anyone reading this, I don’t mean any harm towards Mexicans. I just find this a funny joke. Ha Ha.

“Three men are traveling in the Amazon, a German, an American, and a Mexican, and they get captured by some Amazons. The head of the tribe says to the German, “What do you want on your back for your whipping?” The German responds, “I will take oil!” So they put oil on his back, and a large Amazon whips him ten times. When he is finished the German has these huge welts on his back, and he can hardly move. The Amazons haul the German away, and say to the Mexican, “What do you want on your back?” “I will take nothing!” says the Mexican, and he stands there straight and takes his ten lashings without a single flinch. “What will you take on your back?” the Amazons ask the American. He responds, “I’ll take the Mexican.“

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