An ad in a frum publication. HUGE letters: YOU MISS 100 PERCENT OF THE SHOTS YOU DON'T TAKE.
Small letters at the bottom. "Get in the game. You have everything to lose".
Classic advertising-messing-witchyermind.
You get the reference. Wayne Gretzky line. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. So shoot!! At least try!!! Who can argue with such an inspiring exhortation? [Except if you think about it:-). If you didn't shoot - you didn't miss....] Yes! Get in the game. You have EVERYTHING to lose.
OK - I'm in!!
But wait.... What are you selling me??
Daf Yomi? Amud Yomi? Fantasy football? A real estate investment? A shidduch?
The plot thickens!!:-)!!
I look down to the bottom of the ad to the small print. Oh - those HORRIBLE diet shots. The diet shots that often don't work. The diet shots that often cause terrible side effects and have even killed people. The diet shots that are a life sentence - once you start you are on it for life it you want to keep the weight off. Otherwise, it is all coming back. The diet shots that cost an accumlative FORTUNE.
That is NOT what Wayne meant.
Consumer beware. Do your research and remember that there are MUCH HEALTHIER ways of losing weight.
Like getting all of that GARBAGE junk-food out of your house. Poison!
Like establishing a healthy diet and exercising self control.
Like exercising regularly.
MUCH better for you. And you saved thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars JUST LIKE THAT!! :-)
