i shit you not...

I watched a show by a comedian the other night and for the LIFE of me I cannot remember what it is called - but he did a segment called "I Shit You Not". I thought it was quite clever and funny - and also thought I might share it with you all. All of these things are TRUE. :)

- Durex condoms recently released a product called the "Ramses" condom. Well, that's odd - since it was named after the Pharaoh Ramses, who fathered 110 kids in his life time! I shit you not!

- On the Titanic, they served iceberg lettuce in the dining room. I shit you not!

- Hugh Hefner recently celebrated his 81st birthday, with 3 girlfriends by his side. The funny thing is, their combined ages = 81! (33 + 27 + 21 = 81) I shit you not!

- The croissant was introduced by Austria originally. It was made after the crescent of the Ottoman flag. It took 100 years before it's debut in France... and you'll never guess who helped make it's debut. A 16 year old Austrian princess - none other than Marie Antoinette! I shit you not!

- In 1990, Pfizer did a test on Cedenophil, which was for heart patients. No one's blood pressure went down, but every test patient's dick went up. Goodbye Cedenophil, hello Viagra! I shit you not!

Now this segment was about whether or not the spokesperson for the following products were real or no real:

- Betty Crocker (NO REAL) She was made up in 1921 by a Minneapolis baking company. When customers would write and ask for help, the company would write back letters signed "Betty Crocker" to give the customer an idea that they were getting good customer service. A few years later, she got her own radio show. But actresses just pretended to be her. In 1971, the company decided to make her face by blending women worker's faces together. The picture has changed over the years, and has not ever gotten older. But people still believe she is real. She is said to be the most popular female icon in America - besides Eleanor Roosevelt.

- Chef Boyardee (REAL) Hector Boiardi was a Cleveland man, famous for his spaghetti. A business man friend of his suggested he sell his spaghetti nationally, so he did - but first wanted to take care of the problem that he had with people mispronouncing his name. So on the product, he spelled his last name phonetically (boy-ar-dee).


- Lil Debbie (REAL) Little Debbie was the maker of the snack's granddaughter. He did not tell his daughter, however - and before she knew it, her daughter's face was all over snacks in the entire country!

- Aunt Jemima (NO REAL) - Nancy Green in 1893 was the first living trademark, going by Aunt Jemima. She was also the first African spokeswoman. But she was hit by a car in 1923. And the Aunt Jemima brand lived on.

I love that show. Now I just have to think of the name of it. :)