Saturday, January 17, 2009

Listerine

Being a diligent Listerine user for years, I couldn't help but notice the claim its been pushing on its label recently: "24 Hour Protection".

Upon further inspection that bold claim is followed by a couple caveats: "2x a day" and "Use Every 12 Hours". Isn't this, precisely, the definition of 12 hour protection? That's like me saying a can bench press 400 lbs. by putting up 200 lbs.* twice.

This inspired us here at The Ross Experience to restate some famous records Listerine-style:
  • World's Tallest Building - Petronas Towers, 903.8 ft (if you put the two 451.9 towers together)
  • Fastest Marathon - Usain Bolt, 1:07:51.82 (if you take his fastest 200 meter speed 211 times)
  • Longest Consecutive Game Hit Streak in Major League Baseball - Pete Rose, 4,256 (if you combine all 2,316 of his hit streaks)

* It's highly doubtful that I can even bench press 200 lbs...this figure was provided merely for the sake of argument.

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