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Dad needs Red Bull
It gives you wings!
This is what the makers of Red Bull proclaim about their energy drink. And if this advertising campaign is true, sign me up for a year’s supply.
Recently, I had the pleasure of keeping my daughter by myself for a week while my wife was out of town. I certainly could have used those wings and anything else Red Bull had to offer. I couldn’t keep up with my daughter to save my life. Room to room she traveled with me lagging behind. And as the day got longer, her advantage become larger. It was like an elephant trying to chase down an Olympic sprinter.
Now, I am not sure what it is in the chemical makeup of a child that gives them all that energy, but bottling and selling it would make someone a fortune. Red Bull would have to go past its wings promotion and move on to warp speed. From the time she woke up until she went to bed, it was like my daughter was hooked up to a double-dosing Red Bull IV.
I did what I could to keep up - from an extra Coke Zero a day, to more coffee, to eating more chocolate. I thought the caffeine and sugar rush would help. No luck, she kept going like the Energizer bunny and I puttered behind like an old Model T. What’s a dad to do?
So, to the makers of Red Bull, if you can promise me your drink will help me chase my daughter from room to room for 12 hours a day, I am sold. If not, please make sure your drink doesn’t get into the hands of my daughter because I will definitely be in trouble if she adds wings to her arsenal.
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