Day 2 of 30 Taiwan Thoughts
Oddities of living/visiting abroad happens to us all. They can be quaint, charming, alarming, frightening, and most of all embarrassing (come on, we've all done something, and every culture fudges something up when they combine foreign and home culture). So here's a couple.
Eventually everyone gets sick overseas. Can't help it. But here you get the help of Pokemon and Hello Kitty, oh I mean Dr. Kitty... After a few days of maybe I can get over it, off to the doc for a $5 US visit, so I don't suddenly kick it. You always get a colorful array of meds (and luckily an actual list of the names so you can look them up) that are sealed in this machine every doc's office has, wax wrapping each day's dose into tiny little pillows of pain relief. These cartoons are pervasive in East Asia, so why not on a pill pack...
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| In the US Pez colored pills and cartoon collaborators would be one step from stomach pump. |
These may likely be in the stores in the US by now, but I don't think with these flavors. Love the neon, but somehow I think the "Late Nite" ad is really saying tomorrow is gonna be painful, cause the reasons you choose to buy these late at night are usually not going to mix well. Yes, I have tried one of these, can you guess?
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| I don't think anyone on the ad campaign was Jewish, they just liked stars and BBQ pork... |
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| Lime Thai BBQ shrimp, and yes the chips are "lightning" shaped. |
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| Buffalo wings flavored and some other flavor too. |
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