{"id":1791,"date":"2019-12-12T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2019-12-14T08:51:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:51:01","slug":"these-times-they-are-a-changin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1791","title":{"rendered":"These times, they are a-changin’"},"content":{"rendered":"

These times they are a-changin\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I grew up in the \u201950s and \u201960s. Television was becoming a household necessity. And with the growth of television came the growth of ads for everything, especially food and drink ads. Think to yourself what those ads and jingles meant to you as a kid. Those <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span>catchphrases like, \u201cHave it your way\u201d (Burger King), \u201cDouble your pleasure, double your fun.\u201d(Doublemint Gum), \u201cYou deserve a break today.\u201d (McDonald\u2019s), naturally followed by \u201cGive me a break\u201d (Kit Kat), \u201cHot dogs, what kinds of kids eat Armour hot dogs? Fat kids, skinny kids, etc.\u201d (Armour) \u201cSometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don\u2019t\u201d (Almond Joy and Mounds), and \u201cFinger-lickin\u2019 good\u201d (KFC).<\/span><\/p>\n

As a kid, each of those ads and jingles meant go out, eat and drink. Eat as much as you can; Any way you want it; Drink as much as you want; It\u2019s what everyone else is doing, and \u201cYou\u2019ll feel great!\u201d.(by the way that\u2019s Frosted Flakes). Of course, you had to end it all with Alka Seltzer (Plop, Plop, Fizz Fizz, oh what a relief it is) after eating and drinking so much just to settle your stomach.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now I\u2019m much older and those jingles periodically still pop up in my head as earworms. Sometimes their meanings sneak through to my head and stomach and still encourage me to eat and drink.  *Note that the drink sizes are greatly increased from my youth. <\/span><\/p>\n

The jingles\u2019 catchphrases, on the other hand, have different meanings as an adult. \u201cHave it your way\u201d usually involves being stubborn and having disagreements with others. \u201cYou deserve a break today\u201d and \u201cGive me a break\u201d usually involves administration and unions. \u201cSometimes you feel like a nut\u2026\u201d I\u2019m sure involves politics and watching the news. \u201cFinger-lickin\u2019 good\u201d has nothing to do with chicken, more so to do with baking cookies that involve a lot of melted chocolate. \u201cWhat kinds of kids eat Armour hotdogs?\u201d There are way too many labels that we put on kids nowadays including gender identity, learning disability, shape, size, intelligence, and more, to be able to list them all in a jingle. \u201cDouble your pleasure, double your fun\u2026\u201d Censors would probably prevent you from even considering an ad\/jingle for that. <\/span><\/p>\n

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And driving the last 40 miles until you finally find that rest stop after 5 hours of driving in stop and go traffic to a gathering with family and friends, knowing that you drank lots of brand name coffee, not to mention that big cup of soda that accompanied that lunch you had at the beginning of the trip at the fast-food restaurant, certainly gives \u201cPlop, Plop, Fizz, Whiz\u201d the true meaning of \u201cOh what a relief it is.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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