Life More Abundantly

You may have noticed that I have a slightly “out of the main stream” sense of humor.  Periodically, strange things will just tickle me, and I’ll get the giggles.  Sometimes Jonathan laughs with me, and other times he just watches me laugh and shakes his head.

The last time that happened, I asked him “Do you think I’m weird?”

He responded, “Yeah, but I knew that when I married you.”

Anyway, here are some product labels we have encountered lately that have given me the giggles.  Fortunately, Jonathan laughed along with me on each of them.

The first two came from a shopping trip to Big Lots a few days after we returned from our great Canada trek.  Among our purchases was a citrus ginger shampoo, and bar of Dove Origins: Ecuador chocolate.

When we got home, Jonathan opened the chocolate, broke off a square, popped it into his mouth, and sat at the kitchen table.  All of a sudden, I heard him say “Oh, shoot.  I did this all wrong!”

“You ate the chocolate wrong?” I asked him, teasingly.

“Yes.” He said, very seriously, and began to read the instructions on the label, as illustrated to the left.  By the time he got to “Aromatic Fragrance.  Rub between your fingers . . .” I was laughing, but what sent me into unrecoverable giggles was “Nibble thoughtfully.”  I would encourage you to read the entire label.  It sort of reads like a cheap paper back romance.  (Not that I read cheap paper back romances.  But I’ve been told.)

The next morning I got into the shower, and did what I always do when I purchase a new shampoo.  I read the label.  It promised to “bring harmony and balance to my busy lifestyle.”  That’s quite a promise for a scented detergent!

Finally, I was organizing futily moving my scrapbooking supplies around, and in avoiding doing so, i  was reading labels.  On the back of the Acid Free, No Wrinkle Rubber Cement, it says not to use the product if you are “Pregnant, or Contemplating Pregnancy.”  Okay, I understand that there are things that affect fetal development even before a woman knows she is pregnant.  This is probably aimed at women who are actively trying to conceive.  But in choosing the word “contemplating,” it left me with the impression that even women who are in the process of deciding whether or not now is the time to begin a family should avoid using this product.  I began wondering if you should only avoid using the Rubber Cement during the act of contemplation, or if the entire period of deciding whether or not to have a baby should be rubber cement free.