Monday, February 26, 2007

Tom Shane Controls Minds

Tom Shane controls minds in a way that makes Donald Rumsfeld wet himself from jealousy.

Since 1971, Tom Shane has been gaining the trust of loyal, involuntary listeners via radio commercials for the Shane Company. We have grown accustomed to the monotonous voice describing the latest trends in the diamond industry between radio-edited songs. We expect to hear the same narration of the Shane Company's locations and hours at the tail end of each commercial break.

Each of us has unknowingly memorized some detail about the Shane Company. Maybe you know that the Shane Company is "open weekdays 'till eight and weekends 'till five." Perhaps you can recall the location of a local branch that you have never visited. I have never even seen a Shane Company, but know that there is one at the "corner of Market and Willow Pass Road" somewhere near my hometown.

Tom Shane is Pavlov and we are all his dogs. When we hear Tom Shane coming to the end of his soliloquoy, we turn up the volume on our dash because we know that the radio station will return to its normal programming.

How long will Tom Shane continue selling corporate diamonds before he realizes that the real gem is his power to control minds? It's only a matter of time before our friend in the diamond business becomes our foe in the world domination business.

Tom Shane, you can take my mind, but you'll never have my heart.

3 comments:

Paris Paysanne said...

Tom Shane DOES control minds!!! He wants you to think that he's just your friend in the diamond business, but really he wants you to do his bidding!! What kind of friend is that?

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Charleston Can Be Cool said...

The Shane Company. " The corner of 4th and Stuart or on Alderwood Mall Blvd, off I-5, after the I 405 Junction". Or something like that. I can here it ringing in my head.