This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Compared to a Light Bulb
Dec
17
2012
As I was setting up a new appliance this weekend, I noticed the marketing hype on the packaging: “Only uses as much electricity as four 100-watt light bulbs!”
Four 100-watt light bulbs is a fair amount of electricity. Four of those appliances could trip a circuit breaker.
I realized, shortly after reading that phrase, that most electrical products can be made to sound insignificant if you compare them to light bulbs.
For example, my water heater uses only as much electricity as 45 light bulbs!
And my electric fireplace uses the same amount of electricity as 15 light bulbs!
You know what? I’m heating my house with electricity and it is costing me mere pennies per day!
Never mind that it is hundreds of pennies per day, maybe even a thousand pennies per day in really cold weather. The fact is that I do heat my house with electricity and it does cost me pennies per day.
You can’t argue with that, can you?
by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;
2 Corinthians 6:8
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:41 am and has been carefully placed in the Marketing category.
December 17th, 2012 at 9:45 am
I’m going to start comparing everything to light bulbs.
“I may not have finished my entire Honey-Do list, but I sure got more done than that light bulb.”
“I love you, Son. Even more than light bulbs.”
“Q. – How many light bulbs does it take to change a light bulb? A. – Light bulb.”
December 17th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Not long ago I bought something and the confirmation email told me I “should receive the package within a matter of business days.” Which would be true no matter how long it took, right? And it certainly didn’t arrive quickly…
December 18th, 2012 at 8:24 am
“Business days” makes it sound more important than if it arrived in regular days.