i have few remaining doubts that regular readers will, look you see, be surprised to find me once again taking to the forum of the internet to discuss further exploration of lynx (or axe, depending on where in the world you are) deodorant. those of you who are interested in my personal, as well as sentimental, hygiene will no doubt have casually assumed i'd settled into a groove of the better ones; black night, apollo and excite being the decent three.
not so. the lure of lower priced variations of lynx has, once again, and shall no doubt one day once more, always, lured me to experiment. in this instance, the lure was having two cans of it for a splendid 5p south of £4, which is good value. yes, even better valued could probably be had buy rather buying cans of deodorant off of Poundland for £1 a go, but this might be a little aloof of me but i have always had suspicions that the scent off of them might not always be what it could.
yes, as you can see in the glory of Commodore 64 mode, above, i got a tin of Africa and a tin of Peace. one of them was £1.95 reduced whereas the other was a flat £2, hence the combined figure presented in an earlier paragraph, which is to say one above not below.
what's most interesting about this is the political statement them what make the lynx (ace) are making. by having these at a lower price the intent is of course for patrons and other such consumers to buy at least one of each, for value reasons. so you end up with a big can saying "Africa" and a smaller can saying "peace". it could be just me, of course, but i doubt it - the makers of lynx are tacitly stating to buyers that Africa is a concept which is bigger than peace. i cannot help but feel that it is wrong for them to make such a statement.
although i could of course be mistaken. rare, indeed, that would be, but it happens. perhaps lynx or whatever named it "Africa" in honour of what is universally celebrated as the 3rd best song about a continent to be recorded by the 2nd best band to have taken their name from a secondary character in Wizard Of Oz. but that would be controversial of them to do, for some - believe it or not - argue that Australia by Manic Street Preachers does not tick any boxes in any of those judging categories, so they get all upset about it topping Toto.
how do the cans, or tins, perform in their ostensible function? well, let's have a look at 50% in action.
that there above is me, or if you like moi, to be sure, wearing some of the Africa one (i think), out in a public space on a relatively sunny day. this was all just after the "return" of the snow off of "the beast from the east" in mid-March, which i think clever and posh people call "the ides of March" or similar.
as the more astute of you will have observed, i am alone in the above picture. solitary. which means that the lynx has failed. the idea of it is that the fanny will flock to you if you have it on, or indeed fellow gentlemen who are partial to forming special friendships with other gents. and yet neither or none came.
the usual disclaimer, then. yes, i appreciate that i am, roughly, three times the age of which lynx is intended for. lynx exists so that feral teenagers of usually deprived or decidedly lower class backgrounds may attract a mate for short term breeding purposes, most commonly but not limited to bus shelters, partially enclosed car parking facilities and similar.
make no mistake, i have no desire whatsoever to conduct such behaviour. it just so happens that i generally prefer the fragrance of lynx to others. i just find it most peculiar that the one job it has to do does not seem to get done when i wear it.
as for the political statement being made, well, it is wrong. yes, Africa can be a violent and dangerous place, but mostly it is at peace. the best description i ever heard of Africa was "for every one person who will point a gun at you there are nine who will extend a hand of friendship and welcome you into their home". that would pretty much sum up my experience of the people of that wonderful place.
instinct tells me that this post shall be of no practical use whatsoever to anyone. the target market for lynx, them feral teenagers, don't look at conventional websites. instead they use them "apps" things to send each other pictures with banal, barely there comments attached.
but that said, you know, if you have extracted any value whatsoever from this post, well then so much the better for me doing it.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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