“My Husband, Some Hot Shot”

a woman holding calgonI saw a friend on Facebook post the following story (click the pic to read it):

an article titles …, along with the following comment:

Well this is interesting. Ah, and “ancient wisdom” once again rears its questionable head.

Which made me think of this classic commercial from the 1970s:

I’m not sure if there could be a better way to start thinking about the rhetorical uses in the present of the discourse on the past than this commercial — for, if you ask me, this is what’s going on every time you hear the discourse on origins or antiquity being used.

Coz there’s always some hot shot trying to sell something. And sometimes, if we make it sound dusty and yellowed in just the right way, there’s always someone willing to buy it.

a drawing of a man holding a product

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