A Little "Colorado Style"
I find that this is the time of year when there is not much to occupy my time. The most ex- citing thing that I have to look forward to this week is watching the Super Bowl Game on TV next Sunday. Now that alone should give you some indication of how dull it is around our house after the holidays are over. Right after Christmas and New Year’s Eve there is not a lot to do.
You don’t feel like going shopping because there is absolutely nothing you need or want. Not only do you not need and want anything, you could not afford to buy it if you did need or want it. Our checking accounts are still deflated from Christmas shopping and our new fangled plastic money cards are filled to the hilt for things that have long gone bye-bye. Getting dressed up and going out is certainly not appealing after going through the season when dressing up and going out is mandatory. So what do we do with our time?
Seems the only thing to do is to sit, like a turnip. in front of the television set, watching all those wonderful TV shows. I must say I am not overly impressed with the shows on television this year. With not being too interested in cops from Miami and private detectives from San Diego. I have started enjoying the commercials. At least when the “hot hand warmer” commercial from McDonald’s comes on every five minutes, it adds a little spark of life to the turnips in the family room. I read in my Star magazine that McDonald’s spends an estimated one million dollars a day for advertising. Now folks that is an estimated 365 million dollars a year and in my estimation is a lot of “hot hand warmers.” It is no wonder that I am entertained by people beating their hands on their chest, I would be entertained by anything that cost that much money.
Of course. Burger King is looking for Herb this year. In my opinion this has to be the silliest commercial on TV. Have you noticed that since Burger King started looking for Herb, all the other hamburger joints have found him sitting in their place eating their hamburgers. Every sign that you see on the street in town that is fast food paradise. says the same thing, “Herb eats here.” Makes me wonder if Fat Herb ever eats at home.
My favorite TV spot this year and always catches my attention is the one that states, “You’ve got that Colorado Style.” This particular piece of film has a lot of our beautiful Colorado scenery, but any similarity to my “Colorado Style” stops there. I have never pushed a triple stroller with triple babies in it down the 16th Street Mall in Denver, nor have I rounded up a herd of horses and then ridden one of them off into the sunset. I have also never stuffed my middle aged over-weight body into leotards and taken aerobic lessons while the song. “You’ve got that Colorado Style” is playing on the tape machine. The closest that I have come to the ideal “Colorado Style” is… trying to escape from a crowded 16th Street Mall shuttle bus on a busy day and chasing sheep around the perimeter of our four acres on a rainy day. Chasing the sheep also takes care of my exercise so there is no need for leotards and aerobics. But maybe if the song “You’ve got that Colorado Style.” would be playing on a big tape machine in the sky while I am chasing those wooly critters, it might be more fun.
If the next two or three months are as boring as the past month,. I will have to do something to entertain myself, so I have decided that I am going out and find Herb… Say… maybe he is the guy (with “Colorado Style”) pushing those three kids down the 16th Street Mall.
