AUDIO: STOP CALLING IT VELCRO
The company that makes Velcro is angry that everybody calls similar products Velcro. Like calling every tissue a Kleenex, they say calling every cloth fastener “Velcro” is trademark infringement. To get the word out, the Velcro company has made a two-minute video along the lines of “We Are the World” titled “Don’t Say Velcro”, begging people not to call it “Velcro”. They would prefer we call it “hook and loop”.
(full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=61&v=rRi8LptvFZY)
* Hook and loop sounds like a football play: “DeShawn, you run the hook and loop.” “You mean the Velcro play?” “Yeah.”
* “Mom, I need some Velcro.” Well, you can just see how that hurts their company.
* Maybe they should write this down and hand out Xeroxes.
* Hey, I’m trying to offer a Band-Aid.
* I think this is something we can all agree to ignore. Who said Americans can’t unite behind a cause?
* Hook and loop? Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (real name!) might have a thing or two to say about this.
CLIP: A bit of the song.
