Retrophila: The Morning After
retrophilia (ret troh FEE lee uh) n. 1 An intense attraction for things of the past. 2 a weekly series for popsucker wherin the irrepressible Wootini reveals the horrors of the past to the present to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Cheers!
It's almost time for New Year's Eve, with the parties and the drinking and the ball dropping and the whatever else the alcohol makes you do. If you can remember any of it the next morning, that is! This guy looks like he's having a swell time, doesn't he? Yeah, not so much. That's because of what he's drinking.
Make the jump if you think you can stomach it!
Yeah, that's not a drink. Well, not a tasty alcoholic one, at any rate. Nope, this is the drink for the next morning, after you've had a bottle or two of scotch. Or whatever your poison is. Except for the fact that this poor shlub looks like he's still at the party. Did he drink so much that he's gotta down some Alka Seltzer immediately so he doesn't ralph in the punch bowl? Or was the party so spectacular that he ended up passing out on the floor, and he's still in his friend's living room the next morning? I say "friend" because if he passed out on a stranger's living room floor, I'd doubt they'd give him some Alka Seltzer for his hangover. They'd probably just toss him out on the curb.
By the way, I don't care how "fast fast" the "plop plop fizz fizz" works -- that stuff just tastes nasty. I'd never drink it to settle my stomach, because it would probably make me want to throw up more!
Wootini
Posted to Hot Stuff, Retrophilia on 29 December 2008
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I think I actually remember seeing this ad, waaay back in the day.
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen someone phone it in quite as bad as this ad. I mean, where does one start? There's the wax statue of Dave Barry on Quaaludes. The great copy that must have taken a whole fraction of a second to come up with. And then, of course, you have the product itself which resembles a tumbler full of of pond scum.
What's funny is my grandma used to drink this shit every night. I tried it once and heaved in kitchen sink. Since then I've always stayed away from all things Alka-Seltzer.
*Shudder*