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October 08, 2004
Get your new ballcock today at Ace Hardware
For those curious, my time in Europe has been extended till late Oct, so I'll be back by Nov to vote, but not much before then. The artwork in the Brussels office is particularly unusual. Among the artworks is a large canvas painted light green with a splotch of plaster, as if someone were patching a hole in the drywall. I've been meaning to take a piece of sandpaper to it, and yesterday a client asked why a "prestegious" (sp?) professional services firm "can't patch their drywall properly." Well, apparently this wall is actually a painting, and it's by quite a well-regarded artist. I swear the guys here are joshing me. I also learned that we are not to hang jackets from the bronze statue in a corner of the small conference room, because it, too, is a costly piece of art. This particular bronze reminds me of a bronze horse statue I bought in Chicago. Except I bought mine for $4 on super-final-clearance at Pottery Barn.
In other news... since I joined this line of work, I often think about marketing stuff, like real estate or food or airplane seats. Then there are things I just couldn't ever see myself marketing, principally things I don't use and find boring, such as rubber nipples and motorcars. Add to this list: ballcocks. Why no ballcocks? Because despite my age, maturity, etc., I can't resist chuckling when I read this marketing description of the 400LS Leak Sentry Ballcock: "Replaces old fashioned ballcocks, preventing endless, automatic refilling of leaky tanks. Height adjusts from 9 in. to 14 in. to fit most tanks. [Provides] water level adjustment for best flush. Fits most toilets." And to think, there is someone at Fluidmaster headquarters slaving over a spreadsheet tracking ballcock sales and profits.
Posted by adrianjo at October 8, 2004 12:44 PM
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