Prophylactic Lullaby
Sunshine Grubinski
So my daughter is singing in the house- nothing loud or anything- just lightly singing as she does when she is happy. So then I am listening to what she is singing, "You're standing on myyyy neck," from MTV's "Daria". I give a little chuckle tell her she is an odd duck and I forget about it. So last night, she is humming again, I get closer to hear what she is singing and its, "Trojan Man...Trojan MANN". Yep. I stop stunned. I ask her ( I am sure I was actually yelling), "Do you know what that song is from?" "A commercial," she replied. "Do you know what KIND of commercial?" I yelp. "Nah, I think cleaning supplies maybe." After I stop laughing at the futility of market research and advertising I explain to her what it is for. And to please never sing it in front of anyone other than me for a decade or so.
So of course she starts singing louder.
