Comments on: tempo http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/01/tempo/ spy into my little life Tue, 22 May 2012 20:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: a chris http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/01/tempo/comment-page-1/#comment-26200 a chris Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:40:03 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=1884#comment-26200 My husband thinks I'm being negative so I should point out that I don't mean it that way. The different phases of the moon on a tampon box designed by a man just struck me so funny I've been giggling about it for 20 minutes. I'm sure he understands the product and it makes sense and I just don't get it because I'm being obtuse, but the /idea/ of him imagining one kind of tampon for the new moon and different ones going all the way through to the full moon is so appealing I can't let go. I just worked late and I'm in the silly zone. Stepping back, I have to agree that the boxes are nicer than the loud boxes on the shelves. Going through the grocery store with a one-year-old, you start to notice just how hard all the boxes compete to be attention-grabbing. She's busy pointing the whole time, in seemingly random directions! My husband thinks I’m being negative so I should point out that I don’t mean it that way. The different phases of the moon on a tampon box designed by a man just struck me so funny I’ve been giggling about it for 20 minutes. I’m sure he understands the product and it makes sense and I just don’t get it because I’m being obtuse, but the /idea/ of him imagining one kind of tampon for the new moon and different ones going all the way through to the full moon is so appealing I can’t let go. I just worked late and I’m in the silly zone.

Stepping back, I have to agree that the boxes are nicer than the loud boxes on the shelves. Going through the grocery store with a one-year-old, you start to notice just how hard all the boxes compete to be attention-grabbing. She’s busy pointing the whole time, in seemingly random directions!

]]> By: a chris http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/01/tempo/comment-page-1/#comment-26199 a chris Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:28:13 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=1884#comment-26199 I like blue, I like moons. I don't get it though. It seems to indicate different parts of the contents should go with different phases of the moon? TMI, I suppose, but my needs for such products don't cover nearly so much of the lunar cycle as implied by the boxes. I can think of something else the moons might mean but I'm feeling all silly overanalyzing a tampon box. Here's an LOL to go with my TMI. :D To go further, I don't carry such things around in their original packaging so I'm not at all fazed by garish pink with flowers and swirls. I suspect I simply have the wrong background (i.e. I am not a designer by training, trade, or talent) to appreciate these properly. I like blue, I like moons. I don’t get it though. It seems to indicate different parts of the contents should go with different phases of the moon? TMI, I suppose, but my needs for such products don’t cover nearly so much of the lunar cycle as implied by the boxes. I can think of something else the moons might mean but I’m feeling all silly overanalyzing a tampon box. Here’s an LOL to go with my TMI. :D

To go further, I don’t carry such things around in their original packaging so I’m not at all fazed by garish pink with flowers and swirls. I suspect I simply have the wrong background (i.e. I am not a designer by training, trade, or talent) to appreciate these properly.

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