Screaming Bean |
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Well, the paper is nearly complete. I need only 3 1/2 more pages to get to 25 pages. I even like my thesis. Just the concept of a thesis in a paper of mine makes me want to break out in laughter. What sort of academic am I? Anyway, I write because I care...and procrastinate. Either way I had to tell you about what I just saw on television. There's an ARCA race tonight on Speed Channel. I don't normally watch ARCA because it can be a wreck fest, but the name of the race caught my attention. It's the Quaker Steak & Lube 100. Now if you're like me you'll see that and say "Wow, that must be a typo...it should be the Quaker State & Lube 100." If you say it fast enough it even sounds like it. I wandered away from the television and came back to find a commercial on for Quaker Steak & Lube. Turns out there is a number of these places and they're known for their wings. Once we stopped laughing (there was a mighty catchy theme song) and debating the finer points of what exactly the lube would consist of, the first non-silly thought that came to mind was, would this be a dilution of trademark for Quaker State? Scarily enough, the non-law student in the family thought the same thing. We've been together too long.
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