Friday, September 22, 2006

Think past the immediate

Have you seen that great commercial where this guy in Europe (Italy?) has made wings and is standing on the bridge over a river, ready to see if he can fly? The whole town is coming out to watch (the priest on his bike), and he's ready to go. [Very dramatic violin in the background.]

He finally takes the plunge, and swoops down, and.... HE FLIES!!! It's great. The crowd goes nuts: "He can fly! He can fly!" And then some old curmudgeon has to state the obvious: "But he can't swim..."

At that point, you see the man and his wings obligingly glide into the water. Very ironic indeed.

If I find a link to it on YouTube or GoogleVideo, I'll send it over....

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