01/30/03’s illustrious band:

Juicy Germy

Brought to you by an ad for Saran Disposable Cutting Sheets. You can put an SDCS on the counter when you're cutting up meat or whatever, then "Say goodbye to the juicy, germy mess" by throwing it away afterward.

The SDCSs are a good idea, aside from the fact that they generate even more waste for our landfills. The ad may be especially effective thanks to the combination of "juicy" with "germy." Instant gross-out! If you had something juicy and germy in your house, wouldn't you fall gratefully upon anything or anyone that could erradicate such a plague? Repeat these words a few times, with suitable inflection, and see if you don't agree.

Back in the Very Long Ago, Sister-san and her friends compiled a list of words they found a bit icky to say. "Slacks," "moist," "davenport" and "soil" were on it, I remember. They'd compose sentences like "The soil on the davenport made my slacks moist." I wish I could remember some of the others; it was quite a good list. "Juicy" and "germy" seem like viable candidates, too. How about "The germy soil on the davenport made my slacks moist and juicy"? Yeah, that's fine writing, that is. "Slake" and "vulgar" could go on the list, too.

Help me out here. What don't YOU like to say?

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