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- From: adw3345@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.D. Williams)
- Subject: MY FANTASTY HEARING AID COMPANY
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.050331.8219@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:03:31 GMT
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- After having my audiologist explain in conscending tones about my
- new hearing aid (which set me back $600) and going through the
- same old drill (don't get it wet, make sure you use the right
- battery, the hearing aid is an expensive and complicated peice
- of equipment so don't mistreat it, no smoking on this flight,
- emergency exits are marked on the isles), it came to a shock to
- me that she pointed out that the flesh tone on the hearing aid
- is some sort of new type that would make it easier to conceal.
-
- Now this got my goat. I've been wearing a hearing aid since I was
- two, and never felt embarrased by it. The fact that a hearing aid
- is something that I would want to conceal revolts me. And while I'm
- talking about revolting things, I think it's a crock that I should
- have to pay through the nose for Radio Shack quality parts.
-
- So I'm going to form my own hearing aid company. Not like your
- grandma's hearing aid company (My slogan: It's Not Your Grandma's
- Hearing Aid), but the top of the line, sleek, mean, and an instant
- mark of sophisication. Kind of like Bose.
-
- I am going to use the latest DSP technology, using surface mount
- technology, not the old analog amplifier shit. Oh no, it's going
- to be digitized and customized to people's audiogram frequencies.
- It's going to have noise filters and sound enhancers. It's going
- to be so sophisicated it comes with its own 128 button remote
- control. It'll be featured in "Stereo Review", not in "Old People
- Review".
-
- And what's more, my hearing aids will be indestructable. Right
- now hearing aids get shorted out when I go to the weight room for
- a bit of a workout. Ftzth. Just like that. Just a teeny bit of
- sweat. My audiologist just laughs and says that's the way it's
- always been and that's what it's always going to be. I say
- bull-SHIT. I will have a line of hearing aids called
- NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST HEARING AIDS. In big letters, because it's
- something to shout about. You can go deep
- sea diving in it and they won't whimper. You can throw them under
- a Mack truck and they won't complain. They'll be military grade.
- And do you know why? Because they're NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST hearing
- aids and It's Not Your Grandma's Hearing Aid.
-
- And forget the flesh tone. That's for neruotic weenies afraid
- to admit that they have a hearing problem. Whose fault is it?
- Not theirs, so be proud of it. My hearing aids are going to
- come in leopard skin, blue lightning bolts, silver metallic
- sheen, neon green, and in glitter. You can have it with Smurfs
- on it, but no way you get it in flesh tone.
-
- The people who endorse my hearing aids on TV aren't old people
- living alone and using Depends. Oh no. Famous hearing impaired
- people like Lou Ferringo (The Incredible Hulk guy) and The Who,
- as well as the bomb squad in Desert Storm are going to give
- testosterone drenched endorsements for NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
- hearing aids, because It's Not Your Grandma's Hearing Aid.
-
- With the new generation of hearing impaired people in the future,
- when noise pollution becomes so bad that silent movies become
- the rage again, a whole country of young and rowdy Americans
- will wear NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST hearing aids well into the 21st century.
-
-
- Derrick Williams
- Founder and CEO
- NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST HEARING AIDS
- (Investors welcome)
-
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