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Um, I might be in trouble!

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Yes, it’s true, I fear that I may be in trouble with Feyma.  It doesn’t really happen often, but I’m afraid that I have fallen in trouble with her.  This particular incident has been building up for a number of years.

It’s all about shampoo.  Shampoo and women, actually.

You see, about 4 or 5 years ago, one time when Feyma was going to the grocery store, I asked her to get me some Palmolive Shampoo.  I was not a regular user of Palmolive, but I had tried it before.  I liked it because it is very thick.  Even if you put only a little on your hair, it was thick and would build up a nice lather.  Also, they had a number of “flavors” of the stuff, and I liked the idea.

So, when Feyma went to the grocery store, she came back with a bottle of Palmolive for me.  Since then, I’ve never heard the end of it.

End of what?

Well, ever since that day, Feyma has been accusing me of having a crush on KC Concepcion.  For the initiated,  KC Concepcion is an actress here in the Philippines.  She is the daughter of singer Sharon Cuneta.  She is also the main endorser of Palmolive Shampoo in the Philippines.  Indeed, KC is a beautiful young girl, but that is not the reason that I wanted a bottle of Palmolive Shampoo!  But, still, I’ve never heard the end of it from Feyma for a number of years now.

Now, a while back I was watching a local TV show and they had a commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo.  I mentioned something to Feyma about Head & Shoulders.  The celebrity endorser for Head & Shoulders locally is Angel Locsin, who is quite a good looking young actress here.  Well, a few days later Feyma showed up from the grocery store with a bottle of Head & Shoulders for me.  Sure enough, she accused me of having moved on from KC Concepcion to Angel Locsin.

Well, I have to admit, I do kind of fancy Angel… but that’s another story!

I’ve never chosen product based on who endorses them….  I better just stop with that, or I’ll be in even more trouble with Feyma. 😉

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  1. Yeah, I would suggest going with a brand endorsed by some guy, but then she might take it the wrong way too. So you might want to research your products endorser first and pick the ugliest one you can find. Manny Pacquiao needs to endorse a shampoo then maybe she will be ok with it. 😀

  2. Bob, that’s funny as hell! I don’t think you can win that battle.

    For me, I don’t have a clue as to who endorses the shampoo, or more precisely, body wash I use. When you are about 50% bald, who needs a shampoo? I just take a “full” shower, and try to use a body wash that does not have an over-powering smell — I don’t want to smell it the rest of the day.

  3. If you like I can get you their autographs. I have contacts in that World. Autograph note goes something Like this. “Oh Bob, I am so glad I could give you such good head” signed Angel. Would that work LOL. Can you spell divorce. Just being funny. No offense intended to you or Feyma.

  4. Hi Bob – Have you ever tried the brand ‘Gee your hair smells terrific’, A friend of mine who was with me in Nigeria and formerly worked in the Philippines asked me to bring back a bottle of this shampoo in the mid 80’s. The reason being that no one believed him that there was such a shampoo on the market. Neither did I to be honest but my wife Marilou knew better and we did purchase a bottle and took it back with us. He cleaned up on all his bets and made a tidy sum as a result. Only in the Philippines could such a brand be launched.
    Regards.
    Jim.

    • Hi Jim – Believe it or not… I own GeeYourHairSmellsTerrific.com and used to have a very thriving business there. However, a few years back, Vibelle Manufacturing, the Philippine authorized producer stopped making Gee Shampoo. I have a long, long story of how I got into that business.

    • BTW, Gee was not launched in the Philippines. Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific Shampoo was produced by a US company, Jergens. They licensed the product for Philippine Production to Vibelle Manufacturing, back in the late 70’s.

    • I remember my childhood in the 70s using those shampoo and of course using that cheesy line “Gee, your hair smells…terrifYING!”

      • Hi roy – Nice to hear from you, it’s been a while! I hope you are doing well.

        I can remember some of the Gee commercials from when I was a kid, but I never heard the “terrifying” one! 😉

  5. hi bob
    head and shoulders shampoo the original version is very good to use on dogs with skin issues. i spent $$$$ going to vet for my dog with no results—got sick of giving him $$$$$ and just tried the head and shoulders on dog and it worked.

  6. Hi Bob,

    I have a shampoo related misfortune I guess. While watching television with Marie there was a commercial for Pantene. Chris Aquino is the spokesman. She announced that the shampoo was her secret. I created a sacrilege when I suggested that high powered skin whitener and blue contacts might be her secret. It was as if I had questioned the sincerety of Mother Teresa. Fortunately I feel time will correct my tendency to blurt out humorous observations. Unfortunately this will probably occur two years after my death!

  7. “Gee KC, How do you stay so YOUNG!

    Hee hee hee… It’s Palmolive and I FEEL young!”

    Or

    My theory is that she’s only like, 25 or 26.

    God, I hate that dopey commercial… They must play it on every channel 15 times per hour!

        • Ha ha… you don’t know what you’re missing, John! 😉

          Seriously, though, Feyma is pretty good about this kind of thing. She is not bothered if I say that “such and such” girl is hot or whatever. She has good self confidence and is not bothered by that sort of nonsense.

        • So when they say that love is blind they really mean that married men are required to be blind. I guess I am lucky because Marie has a background with models so she admires a beautiful woman and will on occasion point one out. When we were newly married five years ago she did this and I thought it was a test. I can point out a person and comment how nice the hair is and we will discuss it together. In my twenty year marriage before my eyes must remain at the ground in an obedient fashion. haha!

    • I have never seen a Filipino commercial on TV, because I have never subscribed to Filipino TV in my entire life in the U.S. It’s just as well, because I think I would be irritated, too. But based on what I am reading frequently from readers’ observations about Filipino celebrities in showbiz, who most often are chosen to represent a product, I get the impression that there is a certain irritating vainness about some of them. It doesn’t help that Filipino ads, in my opinion, have not yet reached the degree of sophistication of Western advertising in that the former, in its single-mindedness to overemphasize solely the cosmetic beauty of the spokesperson peddling the product in an attempt to brainwash the consumer to identify with such spokesperson, may not realize that such a strategy could backfire. There is a perception, however, that Filipino consumers in general are easily swayed the way advertisers want them to be swayed simply by accentuating a positive image of the spokesperson and by promoting a false illusion of achieving beauty through the use of the product being marketed. In this regard, I think the basic principle of Philippine advertising is NEVER to project a less-than-flattering image of the spokesperson (Kris Aquino?), however irritating that is. Western advertising, on the other hand, have been quite successful in the use of self-deprecating humor, a method that may be unheard of in Philippine advertising. A good example of self-deprecating humor in advertising are GEICO ads. Because of their entertaining value, they do keep your attention riveted on the TV screen during commercial breaks.

      • Ricardo – Given the fact that you said you had never seen a Philippine TV commercial before, you have certainly built up strong opinions about them.

      • Coming from a guy who never seen a Filipino advertisement, I totally disagree with you Ricardo. There’s a lot of local advertisement that has taste and not only dependent on its endorsers (i.e. good looking people) and you can’t find them all in TFC or Pinoy TV or in any Pinoy channel you have there. Try coming home and watch it on locally aired free-tv.

        • Your point is well taken, Jonathan. It’s true I haven’t seen enough Filipino ads to to come up with the conclusion I made. As I pointed out, though, my observation was based strictly on readers’ comments I’ve read in the past. On this post alone, if you are patient enough to go over the comments, you will find at least 3 comments that reenforced that mistaken belief,

  11. I enjoy the commercials, as much as I enjoy any commercials. At least their better than having to watch the “First Sister”, whom I detest.

    But what I enjoy even more is Mita’s stories about KC’s mom, the Mega Star (no relation) and in particular, her dad … wow does he have a checkered past.

    What chismis there is here in the Philippines.

    For John and the other smoker’s among us, have you heard that Kris is currently working on some new commercials for PAL’s answer to their profitability woes?

    They are introducing a new First Class smoking section for Trans-Pacific flights. Yep you can’t smoke on the streets in Davao or Makati, but you can smoke on PAL flights again* after all these years.

    I wonder if President Obama will consider using PAL for any of his long flights instead of Air Force One?

    *(note, certain eligibility rules apply, currently limited to elected presidents only)

    • You know, Dave, I’ve never really minded the non-smoking flights… After all, you are in a sealed pressurized tube and there is really nowhere for others to go in order to get away from smoke. Gotta love the “smoking in the lavatories is dangerous” line they give… Funny, it wasn’t dangerous over the previous 60 years smoking was allowed onboard. There was a German Airline that tried to start up, offering 100% smoking flights, but they went bust after only one flight (It was exclusively Germany – China flights… both heavy smoking destinations)

      What really bothers me about it is the airports, like Heathrow, that have totally banned smoking, even separate enclosed rooms. After a 12 hour flight from Asia, I wanna light up, and at Heathrow (and most US airports, for that matter), you must go outside (if I have a long connection, it is a real drag). The UK has proclaimed itself “smoke free”, but they (and the US, for that matter) certainly don’t mind the $8 or so per pack in taxes that they collect. Hypocrisy at its’ finest!

      • Hi John. Do gooders rule the UK. I am surprised we are allowed to breathe, in case we breathe in something noxious lol.
        It is nice to eat without someone blowing smoke near your food, but some of the rules have gone OTT.

  13. Bob, you dog! , All kidding aside, isn’t it amazing how we can get into trouble with our spouses for what they think we are thinking?

  16. Bob
    It didn’t take me long to learn that a wise man will put the TV on mute when watching the Spanish Channel when the Wife is in the kitchen cooking.

  17. I have looked at all the comments and I didn’t find this one Bob. All you have to say is “Just because I am on a diet doesn’t mean I can’t look at the menu.” Aww forget it, didn’t work for me. 🙂

  18. Good you mentioned Kris Aquino and Sharon Cunetta…
    I can never get enough of those two… aren’t they marvelous?
    Even though they advertise any garbage they can get money from, they are simply out of this world.
    Women with character with sexy curvy figures with crowds of admirers.
    One thing is for sure I get my fix watching them advertise every day at least one bezillion times.
    Magic Sinigang, to all of you secret admirers of these fabulous women of substance, here on LIP.

  20. If I am not wrong, Manny Pacquiao the boxer endorse both Panteen, Rejoice and Head and Shoulder……some very good shampoos…… Bob you can now live on the safe side. Happy Shampooing!