Pssst...Got Any Obay?

I'm taking a break from my marathon cooking session. Our freezer is completely out of "Quick Emergency Meals" so I'm in the middle of restocking. I found a great cookbook named "The Big Cook" a couple weeks ago that is helping me out with that. (I just discovered it's Canadian while I set that link up...Go Canada!) It's actually designed for 2 to 4 people to plan, shop and cook together to end up with months worth of meals, but I'd like to see recipes are good, before I jump in to something on that big a scale. I settled for a flat of chicken breasts, a full pork loin, 4 pork tenderloins, 8lbs of ground beef, 2 lbs of ground pork and a partridge in a pear tree. Freezer should be well stocked by tomorrow...if Cameron ever falls asleep for his nap.

Right now I hear him playing with what sounds like the clean air register on his bedroom floor. I wonder what dinky cars or Little People are about to go for a ride in the metal ducts?

Time for Obay I think.

Last Saturday we were driving up Barrydowne when I saw a bus turn the corner with an add that said "When Amy started thinking for herself, we had to nip it in the bud with Obay". I pointed it out to Keith and we had a laugh, but we forgot all about it til it was on the news last night. Apparently there are two other ads:

I don't know if you can see it, but at the bottom it says "From the makers of WhyBecauseISaidSo"! (I LOVE that!)

There is a 1-800 number somewhere that a reporter for the Toronto Star called. This is what he had to say:

When you phone 1-888-YOU-OBAY, you get a male voice telling you that "there's nothing worse than a child who won't do what they're told."

The voice later says, "Thankfully, there's Obay. A new remedy from the makers of Why? BecauseIsaidso."

The voice continues: "Obay works where other parental controls, like shouting, don't. Just one dose and you'll see a difference. Your truculent teenagers will be transformed into docile pussycats, open to your thoughts, your ideas and most importantly the future you've mapped out for them. So order your supply of Obay today because Your wish is Your command."

You can leave a message, which this reporter did.

No calls back yet."

I wonder if it comes in chewables for toddlers and Kindergartners?

At this point nobody really knows what this is all about. Colleges Ontario has laid claim to the ads and has said there will be a press release on Monday to let us all in on the joke. So far, in my opinion, their campaign is working splendidly. I'm intrigued!