Did you buy something new? I know, a buying post after yesterday at my zoo. Am I turning into Al? Nah, hold on there pal. A whole different ode stream will take form. It is something that has become the norm.
It's brand new.
Not new and improved.
Which just isn't true,
But so new it will be moved.
Moved to your door.
Moved to your attic.
Moved to your floor.
All will be ecstatic.
New is the way.
Upgrade and win.
Forget that old display.
Ancient ones are a sin.
It's worth your while.
Every little bit of money.
New will add to your pile.
The world will be sunny.
Built brand new.
That you knew.
That may be true,
But shh a new new is due.
Can double new.
Anger will rise.
So remain true,
Throw in a disguise.
Built brand new.
But not built to last.
Then no new times two,
That's a thing of the past.
Built to break.
Built to wear.
Built to hippy shake.
Built to need a pair.
Now new is new.
A new times two.
Until three comes due.
Then a new, new, new.
Built to break.
Means built to sell.
No new double take.
Built to last can go to hell.
Do you notice how things are built to break? No matter what it is people make. Seems all need to break so in more cash they can rake. If it didn't break apart then many may not take iPhone 10.10.1568 to heart. We can't have that. Then we'd make scat. They have to break like glass. Just don't go breaking my little rhyming ass.
Fill your rummer, get drunk all summer.
HELLO CAT!
ReplyDeleteIt's game on your furry mat
Yes, it is
As we're doing the number 1 bizzz.
That Ninja will be quick
That Hank kinda slick
True Blue may beat me to it at your bay
So who's number 1 today?
Hey, it's Monday...
Such a fun day!
Grrrrrrreat post
From coast to coast!
Don't mean to boast.
People think a new phone every year is the green way
DeleteBrainwashed at their iPhone 10 bay!
Coast to coast
DeleteIt's no boast
Congrats Blue
Seeing more of you!
Hank
I'm on a two-week break!
DeleteLook at you go
DeleteA copy and paste show
On a break?
Posts you can make
#1s you can try
Let the new phones die
A two-week break, then summer school
DeleteNot making me drool
But money needs to be earned
As that tree got burned
No copy and paste
Just typing with haste
You know it to be true
Well, Scooby Doo!
Need to plant a new tree
DeleteWish we had one at our sea
1
ReplyDeleteSeconds late
DeleteWas your fate
Howdy, Hank!
ReplyDeleteCowboy Way?
DeleteKiefer, Woody, and A ghostbuster at play
Howdy Blue
DeleteCrowded venue
For a few
Hank
May be
DeleteAt our sea
Cowboy Hank on a roll
DeleteNumber one is his goal
That it be
DeleteAt his sea
Brand Spanking New just for You
ReplyDeleteBut i'LL break and none too few
Planned obsolescence
Very much current
Sure way fleecing dough from you
Hank
Fleecing each day
DeleteCome what may
I'm late
ReplyDeletesuch is fate
Late but not too late
DeleteWas worth the wait
Late out of the gate
DeleteCan be a bad trait
Yes, things do seem to be built to break so you have to buy new, And typically it's cheaper to buy new then try to repair. Not a problem we used to have, when you repaired things and kept going. Almost all electronic devices fall into that category. Shame really, that's part of "stuff" problem...then where does all the "stuff" go...
ReplyDeleteSandy's Space
Yep, costs way more to fix in the end
DeleteThen all the "stuff" goes around the bend
Yep, they don't make them like they used to, on purpose no doubt!
ReplyDeleteOn purpose indeed
DeleteAll about greed
Especially kitchen appliances. Those suckers don't work as long as they did forty years ago.
ReplyDeleteNope, they crap out fast
DeleteSure not like the past
brand spanking new = shiny. Just don't push the buttons or run it.
ReplyDeleteOr its worth is shown
DeleteCrap at the tone
I keep being tempted by shiny new Kindles though mine works just fine. But it would be new!
ReplyDeletehaha for a week or two
DeleteThen be old to you
Certainly a pet peace of mine
ReplyDeleteAlways a reason to whine
Nothing ever lasts these days
Leaves my sanity in a haze
That it can do
DeleteAs they crap out on you
Things don't last as long as they used to. If they did, we wouldn't need so much new.
ReplyDeleteAnd companies wouldn't make dough
DeleteSo a crapping out they go
We have a 41 year old microwave that just won't die. And some day I'd like it to die so we can get a smaller one. That thing is a giant beast.
ReplyDeletehaha probably works better than new
DeleteEven if lots of room comes due
The old planned obsolescence.
ReplyDeletePlanned on out
DeleteWhat the game's about
Its sad when the warranty is only for a year or two
ReplyDeleteon something expensive like a stove or a fridge
then they want you to buy insurance to cover the cost
should the appliance become broken and lost.
betty
And then you have to jump through hoops by the ton
DeleteShould you need to give said insurance a run
I'd love to have an iPhone 10, but there's no way I'd pay what they're asking. My 5 just keeps limping along:)
ReplyDeleteYeah, nuts what they are asking indeed
DeleteMy phone is limping away too at our feed
Yes! Things are built to break, or at least, wear out (preferably just after the warranty expires). It's called "planned obsolescence." When I was in my early teens, the first color TV my family ever bought seriously malfunctioned either five or seven years after we'd bought it. The repairman fixed it and said "no charge" because the TV still had one or two months left on the warranty. I laughed and told my mom "Oops! They screwed up. It was supposed to last us another three months or so before that happened. That's the way they make them!"
ReplyDeleteYour post made me recall something I saw a lot of when I was a kid. TV commercials would often have a person refer to some product which had been advertised for years. Let's call it "Phlegm." She (usually a "she") said how great Phlegm was, and her friend (usually another woman) would say "Oh, I don't use Phlegm anymore," at which point Woman #1 would looked at Woman #2 in horror, saying "You don't use Phlegm anymore?!?" and Woman #2 would say "Nope. I use new, improved Phlegm," at which point Woman #1 would look incredibly relieved.
Even at the age of seven or eight I thought that type of commercial was idiotic.
haha sure can't get that long now for one
DeleteUnless you want to pay a ton
Probably can't even fix it fast like that these days
All one big rat maze
Yep, sooooooo dumb
We've beaten that drum
New and improved isn't a thing
Only one of them can actually be given a ring
But people fall for it with ease
Like a mouse to cheese
Yes, things used to last years and even if it did break you could fix it. Not today though, once it breaks you have to buy a new one.
ReplyDeleteYep, crap out of luck
DeleteBreaks and you have to spend another buck
The definition of "new"
ReplyDeleteIt takes a few
old idiots to
Keep stretching it through
time. For years on end
they pretend
that it's still new
as if nobody knew
they're idiots.
Idiots abound
DeleteThey are sure found
But more are followed
Believing lies so hollowed
These days, with prices so high.
ReplyDeleteI buy mostly food with a sigh.
The cats love to eat.
I often give them a treat.
And with ice cream for me,
I'm happy as can be.
None of that lasts very long.
A day or two or three and it's all gone.
All it takes
DeleteSure gets head shakes
Can suck the money away
Make one pay and pay
orlin N cassie...day je veew....de FSG anda friend was just talkin bout how stuffz builded now ta last 3 yeerz...IF.... sew ya hafta buy ...again....faaaaaaaaaa...
ReplyDelete☺☺♥♥
That's what they want
DeleteAs their ads taunt
Nothing is built to last and it's usually cheaper to buy a new one than get the old one repaired..quite the racket going on I'd say.
ReplyDeleteA racket indeed
DeleteAll about the greed
Yes, I agree with you that many things aren't made as good as they could to get us to buy them again. It's really sad when there is a defect that isn't fixed due to the cost and people get injured or killed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that is even worse
DeleteBut the rich pricks just fill their purse
I can’t think of one thing that isn’t made to break these days, even love. Haha I expect appliances to last as long as a modern marriage. Is that so wrong?
ReplyDeletehaha for some marriages it may be true
DeleteNever knew love could break like that at our zoo lol
The oldest thing I own is a $10 mixer I bought 20 years ago. That sucker was built to last, especially with all the baking I do!
ReplyDelete$10 and still going
DeleteSure got your money's worth with that showing
Loved the verse although somewhat late in reading.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Glad it is grand
DeleteHere in my land