I am a senior and never before in my Wesleyan career have I felt such an impetus to write a Wespeak. I was actually joking with a friend about writing a Wespeak in regards to the awful, tiny parking lot at Weshop that many people can’t seem to pull out of, let alone park in. But that no longer seems at all necessary. Instead, I feel the need to express my overwhelming anger as to the utterly unfunny Mentos “commerical” that was anonymously printed in Tuesday’s issue (“New Product Out in Time for Valentine’s Day,” Feb. 10, 2009, Volume CXLV, Number 4). Not only was this failed attempt at humor totally disgusting, it was downright offensive. Out of what is probably a whole host of submissions to choose from, I am shocked that the Argus chose to print it.
First of all, I don’t even understand this “commercial.” The whole point of a commercial is to be clever and engaging. Whoever crafted this, however, has only succeeded in being tasteless and enraging.
Second of all, it doesn’t ever become clear how a Mento could serve as a contraceptive. I really hope that the reason why the author chose this concept is not because he or she can write “Mentos! The death maker!” as a terrible excuse for a rhyme with the original slogan.
Please, whoever you are, you obviously study at Wesleyan; use your intelligence to write meaningful and comical things, not crude and base excuses for humor. I hope you realize your mistake.
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