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Hmm... What's In A Mascot, Eh?

A whole lot, apparently...! Any entreprise (except Zellers at this point - apparently! They who dropped their Zeddy like yesterday's old sack of rotten potatoes...! But I am digressing already...) any business worth its salt usually KNOWS the value of a mascot; the instant contact it can trigger with its customer-base, initiating a friendly and immediate familiar rapport that could NEVER BE otherwise... almost! (Okay, it could be, but it would take a hell of a lot of time and, quite frankly, time is money that is not being made while it is spent doing that - are you following me here...?!? Yes - I was digressing - again! Let's just MOVE ON...!) Yes indeed, most retail chains have their mascots and they have THEM - by the balls! One false move from the mascot and the whole chain COLLAPSES! For nothing is as bad, in terms of bad publicity, than a misbehaving mascot that represents your entire entreprise, believe you me! That is why only the utmost professionals, the most r...

Hmm... It'll PASS... It's Almost OVER...

Hmm... I wonder why peeps assume to give me a "holiday" (or just a bonafide proverbial "day off") on Passover instead of Good Friday? Do I look like a follower of judaism, with my beard? Am I confused with inept followers who STILL await a Messiah to be BORN to them...?!? Can any one of those actually pass for ME - L.P.? Is my kind and their kind so intricately linked - truly? Can we really be found to be interchangeable, say, if a Messiah did show up and there was a need for a quick mob to assemble and shout "crucify him" all over again...?!? I think not! Thus... I WANT MY GOOD FRIDAY OFF! And Easter Sunday too - it goes without saying! +++