Sunday 14 August 2011

Dear Prudence


“Pleasure is everything
Give in to happiness
Reject propriety; embrace variety
Prudence is sooo 1658
Life is fleeting; clasp it hard with both hands
Seek delight
Trust your impulses
Ordinary is pointless
Break free"

This was the message printed on the packet of a packet of Gu (with an umlaut - can't be asked to find out how to do umlauts) which we devoured last night with Gusto. The Gusto wasn't that bad either.

If you feel inclined to live your life by a credo invented by a 22 year old thrusting advertising copywriter and are not too bothered by 284 kcal per pot (20gm fat) then I implore you to get stuck in. I know I did.

It's a Desiderata for the 21st Century.

24 comments:

Zig said...

am I first here?

Zig said...

it must be the Gü

tee hee

Rog said...

Alright you can do flipping umlauts. Bastard.

Dave said...

Does it contain sügar?

Dave said...

Does it give any clue why they chose 1658? I know it's the year Cromwell died, with Puritan overtones therefore, but it wasn't otherwise an especially notable year, was it?

Tim said...
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Rog said...

Dave: I can cut and paste umlauts But not on this iPad. They chose 1658 because it was nearly 5 o'clock knocking off time.

Dave said...

I didn't cut and paste them. I used alt 0252.

Unknown said...

Guuuorgeous stuff, isn't it? And well named Goo. Haven't had any lately. Probably bad for us.

Christopher said...

Gü (umlaut, dieresis or trémat?) for it, I say.

Never heard of this product. Do they do it in strawberry as well?

Pat said...

Get stuck into life or Gu?
This is an umlat free zone also. I gave them up for Lent.

savannah said...

Gü? tis new, too! xoxoxo

Unknown said...

Not new. Been around for five or six years I think. Chocolate in small tubs, with the consistency of smooth thick mud. High chocolate content though, I'd guess. As I said, very gooey.

Rog said...

Mike & Ann: I think the umlaut makes the vowel very short as in GEW but it then sounds even sillier.

Christopher: I think they only do it in sticky.

Pat: Get rid of the lauts that what I say. You're then left with "um".

Sav: Ok showoff. The pots are miniscule by the way.

M&A: Yes it lasts just a few seconds once the lid removed.

Macy said...

It's a püdding init?

Unknown said...

Ref umlauts. I'm happy and proud to say that this machine doesn't do foreign accents. Nor do I.

Rog said...

Macy: that's what I think when I see Alex Hammond

M&A: yes, I also have a grave and acute aversion to accents

Z said...

An umlaut is extremely easy on an iPad. Hold down the letter you are typing for a second and all the alternatives show up, then slide your finger to the one you want.

Tim said...

Anyone know how to spell Mötörhëäd?

Unknown said...

Ref use of accents. I too have always been very cautious and circumflex in my use of them.

Rog said...

Tim: Lemmie has umlauts on his face.

M&A: Trés Bonne mon ami.

Unknown said...

Hi, Rog! Long time!

Rog said...

Hoya Jonny Boy! Güd to see you!

Unknown said...

My umlauts are very painful! Any cures?