"Kickapoo" – kick my shit

24Jul05

my girlfriend has sharp eyes. she really does. she claims that she can see things from the corner of her eyes( whoa…) and can spot every single detail that looks out of place on a certain item (really…?). well, she’s human of course. i wouldn’t want a robotic one, it’s not gonna be fun… you know?

well this time round, i really gotta give in to her. we went in to this Sheng Siong shop in AMK and saw this ‘Kickapoo’ bottle stacked in the shelves. i obviously was taken aback when she suddenly burst out into giggles. what karma does the shop has to make her laugh out of nowhere?

“Kickapoo… HAHAHA!”

“What…? What’s so funny about that? I don’t get you…”

“Kick-a-poo. Get it?”

i’ve been into NTUC Fairprice, Giant, Carrefour, Shop & Save and not forgetting the “legendary” mama shops, never have i realised this fact. am i stupid, dumb or just blind? all these years, i passed by these ‘Kickapoo’ bottles and maybe even took a sip of the drink. yet, it took my girlfriend’s eyes to knock some sense into me about this ‘Kickapoo’ drink.

which then makes me ponder for a moment. the Singapore government cencors explicit contents from the media, which immediately denies me from expanding my oh-so-small mind. the interesting and informative magazines and see-no-touch drama serials and were all barred from being aired in here BUT an innocent drink by the name of ‘Kickapoo’ was allowed for sales, in our home soil. oh wait, is it because i mentioned it was just an innocent drink? or was it because it was MERELY a drink? no big deal right…

OR was it because the 3 words were joined together. so smart of the inventors of this drink, or more precisely those involved in branding it. if it was to be ‘Kick-a-poo’, i bet it will be banned even before the distributors can take the bottles out of the boxes. which then again makes me ponder for a moment.

can a brand be accepted even if it has explicit contents in one way or another? if it does have, i can simply combine the words altogether and it’ll become a meaningless word right? EUREKA!
I’ve already thought of some brands despite the absence of the products that can go with them. but who cares? a reality always happen with the ignition of an idea. so here’s the list that i’ve came up with:

“fuckthatshit”

“lickmydick”

“kissmyass”

“myballsarehairy”

“whathefuck”

okay, i knew they all vulgar. but what makes you think “kickapoo” isn’t? maybe it’s only of a lower degree of vulgarness. so what???

if ‘Kickapoo’ does get kicked out (pun totally unintended), i suggest you guys to come back with a bang with this brand:

“getalife”

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