Here at school, there is a sailing team... Yes, they sail and compete in things like the Americas Cup except on a smaller NCAA type scale. They are looking for new members, and thus have posted flyers all around campus, what do the flyers have on them?
Yes... this is the image on the posters. Now, I am not about to be dissing on the sailing/regatta team. If I had more upper body strength I would be all about joining it... thats the original reason I was looking at the posters anyway. But this... having this image of the oh so dashing Jack Sparrow, to me, does NOT in any way imply hard work or sailing like the competitive kind. If I join this sailing team I expect that I will get to do one of two things:1. Get to meet Johnny Depp. (This is a major pull for me, and most girls. Don't be hating gentlemen who would definitely join any club that allowed you to meet/hang out with Jessica Alba.)
2. Become a Pirate. (Like I said, this poster does not scream hard work and long hours competitively sailing through the Atlantic Ocean or wherever they go sailing. To me it says, "Join the sailing team and sail around drinking and getting into hilarious high-jinks full of danger and excitement! Perhaps you can have intense sword fights or a whirlwind but truly heartfelt romance!" But I don't know if that's what is really going down.)
SO if I do end up joining the sailing team, and I don't get to do one of those two things... I will probably quit on the spot. It seems reasonable right? To expect the advertising to match the event.
Unless it's like most other advertising, in which case the fine print on these posters says, "No Johnny Depp or Piracy unless you pirate the boat and sail to his house. If you do this we'll kick you off the sailing team. Maybe you should just go be a pirate somewhere else. Freak."
Damn. Foiled again.
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