We see a woman sitting in a chair. Several small children are running about the room, screaming and generally destroying everything. The woman looks as though she has reached her limits of stress and is about to give up. She massages her temples as though she has a terrible headache.
A mature woman wearing tartan steps into the scene and addresses the audience. “Hello, I’m Ms. Pleater. Does this scene look familiar to you? Has it happened to you all too often? We of the Institute of Culinary Excellence are here to help.”
“Our researchers have combed the globe for the rarest ingredients. We have assembled herbs from the most remote sections of the Australian outback and the frozen tundra of Siberia. We have gathered fruits from the deepest reaches of the Amazon and roots from the darkest jungles of Africa. We have combined these with special tea leaves from the foothills of the Himalayas and fragrant spices from Indonesia to produce an elixir that will calm the most frazzled nerves.”
“This elixir will produce a state of relaxation that will melt away hours of stress, enabling you to cope with your hectic life.”
The scene again shows the first woman. She takes a sip of steaming liquid from a cup and leans back with a blissful smile on her face. The children are still screaming around her, but the volume of their voices seems to decrease.
The scene returns to Ms. Pleater. She faces the audience and hold up a small bottle. On the bottle is the label ‘Stress Free’. “Try Stress Free and see if it doesn’t work for you. You can find it in most drug and health food stores.”
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb
Originally Posted by Kilted_John_Sporrano
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