When I finish my workouts, there’s only one drink that can quench my thirst:
When you’re feeling hot and sweaty, doesn’t it make sense to replace all that sweat by drinking Pocari Sweat?
As I get older, I find myself increasingly out of touch with the hip new lingo kids are using like on the t-shirt below:
Are any of the kids in your neighborhood saying, “Aww, man, that’s so sthace!” or “But as low glowi!”? If so, please tell me their meaning.
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A special thanks to Invisible Mikey for bringing to my attention a site where the enchanting Zooey Deschanel regularly posts, including a series of video karaoke. I especially enjoyed this rendition of The Wayward Wind and hope it brightens your Sunday instead of ruining it like it did for my wife:
The Good Greatsby 
modestypress
November 6, 2011
Flashback! Wayward Wind at junior high school dances.
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
Any song from the 1950’s qualifies as a flashback flashback.
JM Randolph
November 6, 2011
I have a t-shirt just like that. They told me it meant live long and prosper.
She's a Maineiac
November 6, 2011
I’m sorry, but I’m not even going to watch that video (unless she puts on her classy fake glasses and makes them move up and down in that quirky way saying “hubba hubba”)
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
I love it when she does that.
educlaytion
November 6, 2011
I think I had something to say about your writing until I saw Zooey. Swooning. Stop looking at all my girls.
gojulesgo
November 6, 2011
I love Zooey, but that site made my head hurt. So many things on one page! What to read/click first?!
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
It definitely wasn’t organized very well. You had to scroll way down before you could even tell what the site had to offer.
thelifeofjamie
November 6, 2011
aw man…a bridesmaid again.
Snoring Dog Studio
November 7, 2011
Aren’t you supposed to hold that t-shirt up to a mirror to read it? Or read it while standing on your head? Some peoples’ kids. Sheesh.
Thomas Stazyk
November 7, 2011
Who put Kim Kardashian’s prenup on a t-shirt??
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
Ha! Topical.
ichoosehappynow
November 7, 2011
Hi! It’s funny that you should mention Pocari Sweat because I just saw it being sold at an Asian market. I thought it had a pretty funny name…Ah those Chinese!
Cheers,
Louise.
:Punchie
November 7, 2011
She definitely knows how to work that doe-eyed charm thing, huh?
I passed by her once on the sidewalk a couple years back. She was undercover in non-Zoey mode: her hair a light brown and oddly tanned with some heavy makeup job over her usual porcelain skinned Snow White look.
I was struck by her bright blue eyes yet dismissively clueless till another guy leaning up against a parking meter took out his smart phone and said, “Zoey, Can I get a picture?”
I turned around with a “Hey that was HER!” look on my face but hesitated to drop my groceries ask her the same (though she seemed cheerfully agreeable). I totally regret not snapping a pic. Oh well.
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
She knows what works. She does it so effectively that I’ve begun to wonder how much is her natural personality and how much has just been developed through years of training.
John Erickson
November 7, 2011
I’m more worried about just what a Pocari is. I think there’s one living in my neighbor’s shed, and I can guarantee I don’t want to even SEE it, much less drink its’ sweat.
And did you consider that maybe that T-shirt was simply made by a dyslexic typesetter? 😀
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
A Pocari definitely sounds like something from a horror film and coming into contact with the sweat is the way you become transformed into one of them.
Dana
November 7, 2011
Pocari Sweat must be like the homeopathic remedy for exercising. “Like cures like”, no?
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
Sounds reasonable, and I would like an excuse not to exercise, but I’d prefer somebody else try it out first.
pattisj
November 7, 2011
I never thought of it that way, but it makes perfect sense to drink sweat to replace sweat. Why don’t we think of these things?! What? You had trouble reading that shirt? Maybe you should ask your resident experts, OP and Fonz?
The Good Greatsby
November 7, 2011
I’d hope I’d remember either of them saying “But as low glowi!”
spilledinkguy
November 7, 2011
Reminds me of after the big game when we dumped a cooler full-o-sweat on the coach.
Oh… ‘thems’ where the days!
nursemyra
November 8, 2011
Hmmm… where did Zooey film that odd little piece? the background looks like a B grade motel
shreejacob
November 8, 2011
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..
(that was for the Pokari sweat)
The Hook
November 9, 2011
People LOVE Zooey Deschanel, don’t they? She is pretty enchanting, isn’t she?
Shooting Stars
November 27, 2011
LOLL The comments ain’t about the Pocari Sweat thing, but then it is actually called Pocari Sweat, I’m thinking that’s a Japanese brand name or something.
(for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat )