Monday, February 15, 2010

Fredericton Capital Auction

Memoirs of a Focus-Group ...


A glass mirror, as used in police stations to identify suspects or to question those who are already more than suspected, separates us from 9 freshly caught red armchairs set of Diario de Patricia. The chairs, empty, we did predict that the wait would be perpetuated in time.

16:40 and no sign of life. On the other side of the glass, us. As a joke. One French, one Colombian and one English Valencian expected Boli bic pounding against the notebook he looked forward to be used.

16:46 and the stars begin to appear in the living room chairs. We have two different perspectives on them, directly: we can see through the glass, mirror, and the hint: see and hear everything that happens in the room for TV. The image offered us the TV was the same as offered by these programs are prepared jokes, or the worst security cameras that record incidents such as burglaries, robberies or beatings on the doors of jewelry ... Well, that

was more or less the scenario where we were. That if it seemed peculiar, was yet to know the human side that afternoon, ie, meet the stars of this conversation-driven-televised question-we attended that cold December afternoon.

The room-mirror-cage-diariodepatricia had 9 people:

• Mario: moderator, trainer of the other attendees. Chico 33, more like Jesus Christ by the age of the beard and hair was growing in the middle of his head, wearing corduroy pants with a mustard-colored Converse expired and a sweater as one of my companions, was no sweater, but the very skin of Mario, as the boy, very shaved, was not ...
• Alicia: normal lady, a normal age, with a normal face, normal voice and normal clothes: everything normal so I do not think he deserves a lot more character in successive lines.
• Ana: Queen. No more. The queen of the evening (you will see why later). She was attributed phrases like "baby garlic" or "fat garlic colorao tender." Purple sweater and a bag of crushed between their thighs unattractive and the same chair. The lady was not comfortable. The bag he was winning the battle for space in the seat.
• Carolina: too many words and descriptions. Do not bring anything. Nothing.
• Marimar: if Anne was queen, I present to the princess. Not the beauty of a fairy tale nor social position ostentatious. But because that is followed to Ana about relevance and characters in that afternoon. Later you will know why. As for his clothing: wearing more gold pendant in the teeth of the protagonists of Street. There are plenty more descriptions.
• Carlos: It deserves its part, despite the redundancy. Hereinafter infiltrate was a boy of about the same age as Mario and Jesus Christ when he died. Calvo, and nifty little pose: losetodoaunquenotenganiputaidea ...
• Concepcion: Concepcion Hello! Yes we are here! Nothing, she to hers ... she was wrong-site, thought I would enter a shoe store in rebates or a bachelorette party. Did not learn anything and contributed less Ramon Sampedro in a championship dance Reggaeton.
• Angel: From intellectual countenance. Countenance, and that's it. Trying to make things but could not. Nobody knows why, but never finished his sentence, someone in the past prevented him from freely expressing ... a case for study. Costume: glasses ... glasses ... I only remember that he wore glasses.
• Jose Luis: I was gay. Nothing happens. But since we are describing the audience for that. This was gay. Big, glasses, short hair but white. Have you seen the movie Beethoven? (Yes the dog) no more to say. He spoke every 3 quarters of an hour, but the key.

That Jazz: "Turn off the phones," said Mario. Nobody was off. Everyone had to lift it. Turn off the phone of course.

we saw all this from the other side. It was like a Truman Show homespun.

First rule of "game", you can not say NO. Everyone should say, that theirs. The faces begin to change. It's as if you suddenly lift all faces of the Who's Who when you were squatting all but one. "I do not say shit if not, who co **** tions say?" That was the phrase as reflected in the face of all attendees.

Mario, like a Scout camp game they were released into the air a great idea: "let's play to figure out." Well Mario, well, nobody is going to criticize your methods. "Let's play let's imagine a supermarket in the dairy section." Mario, why can not imagine, it's done. And often. Milk that you will arrive by SMS, or I'll send a superlechero from the Milky Way (pun intended) does not mean the rest of us do not go to the supermarket for milk. But hey, is imagined.

All of this is a presentation of each of the components in the most pathetic if it fits the "Hello, Jor ... I mean my name is Manuel and I am an alcoholic .... " We are

imaginary line in front of the dairy sales.

presto!

In an effort to approach the best show of Copperfield, Mario removes a veil from different cartons of milk of different brands simulating the shelves in a supermarket. That hustler this Mario, must see.

eternal for a few minutes the group only made interesting comments and productive for the brand and for us, so we omit and pass directly to what interests us.

One of the most acclaimed gestures of the evening was when Anne (Queen) rose to pour a glass of water, when drank, much to his chagrin, he discovered that was, water. While this was happening

Marimar (princess) said that when she was very proud home to her then boyfriend's mother, he took her to the same milk. And it was all because he had recommended to have tried it at home of Marimar. How beautiful is love, really ...

Now comes one of the highlights of the evening, when Mario (olé your uebos) can not think of anything else to ask: "If Laukien now enter the door that looks would? "Please Mario ... want make this a true sentence?

the first to answer was like no: The Queen Anne "Laukien is a man short, chubby white beard and at least 50 years!" (they like it but changing it to Mr. and Mrs.) and yes, I shouted out at the same While that sounded patted down 3 blocks. Concepcion was when he woke up, but no, went back to sleep.

After the question of the physical appearance of Laukien came from: "How would Lactel?" Well Mario, you to yours ...

Already have guessed who was the first to answer it? Yes folks, the most artistic of the Supreme Móstoles, Mrs. Ana Lactel Now seemed a delicate boy, shy and wearing dark suits. Jod ... Never! Ana, what did you take? It was also speaking
paragraph advertising the product. More specifically, the Packaging. What image, typography, color sell more?

The queen was very clear: I transcribe verbatim: "My those of 90-60-90 do not tell me anything. The cows do. "Will not make any comment.

The first pearl of Carlos, the infiltrator, came as a result of this question on the Packaging, "For me if I get a landscape of Africa in a carton of milk would disgust me, I prefer green landscapes of Cantabria" Carlos el tolerante.

Cuando más interesante se ponía la conversación y más atentos estábamos nosotros a lo que ocurría al otro lado del cristal, irrumpió como un trueno un hombre en la sala, que no dijo nada, miró, saludó al francés que no había reconocido en su primera embestida, volvió a mirar y se fue cojeando. Sí, era cojo.

Carolina mientras no aportaba nada iba mirando cada vez más a Carlos, del cual se estaba enamorando y le lanzaba miradas de seducción. Enserio, lo hacía. Ya que no hablaba pues intentaba ligar con el que tenía más cerca.

Sé que está pareciendo un poco desordenado, pero aunque no lo parezca, esto sigue a chronology. And the little light there, and how boring it was sometimes not allowed me to write all all all ...

After this subsection, we follow.

Ana had his own theory, the most valid of course, why the name changed Laukien Lactel, and this is completely true, as the above but does not seem so. According to Ana: "They changed their name because Mr. Laukien died and the kids said: Enough with the name of Laukien, let's put another, and decided Lactel."

to see Ana baby, a name or a surname that is Laukien ... not to say, but whatever. But the children were waiting for his father died to change the brand name seems very strong ... would not it have been easier to kill and so change it before? No, that made nonsense ...

With rhetoric incomprehensible even to him, trying to infiltrate to be heard by others, but did not realize that nobody understood, but still, that if "the investments of European business powers English to capital variables .... "What do not they understand? Neither he nor anyone else ... they said so. Yes yes.

discovered at this time because Conchita said nothing, not that he had the wrong place or anything like that, had left the husband! That face, poor thing, not to talk normal, there I was, surrounded by beings eager to be heard, trying to capture the attention and she there alone, as in the middle of a desert, without shade, palm trees, no water ... no, single Noon. (To the left or leave the husband is creative license. N A.)

Then we will witness three momentazo pm:

1: Angel, who had not said much had not excelled by anything emerged as the creative copy of the group: "Lactel is milk." And with that, amidst laughter from his fellows, he returned to slumber.
2: Jose Luis, the gay misunderstood stuffed with complex discovered the Truman Show. It was like 2 minutes looking at the camera still. I do not need to describe our reaction to seeing on the TV screen this person's face staring at us. Without words.
3: The Departed, which as you know, who speaks so well, that is true to his credit released this: "because Lactel is much better because it sounds like milk, here, anywhere in Spain and even in Poland." Yes Dear Sirs, even in Poland, Amigo Carlos, I have taken the milk look modest in Polish for you to see only very slight differences between milk and his word in this beautiful language: Polish Milk is: Does mleko need to tell you something else?

"Laukien want to change the name because he is mature, has changed, that is made more" Mario said all this, but nothing to do with the words of Anne, "which was Laukito Before?". And another showed up to hear him in Las Ventas.

Mario is slowly discovering the secrets of the name change, which is not two different brands, which is the name for other products Laukien, but has created a brand for the same products. For it is not ready, no! Ana no, he said full of offense, "! That you have invented you!" Poor Mario, his face grew more and more yellow small, began to resemble a light bulb with a goatee, which rhyme over. Luckily this was running out. Total

these 2 hours and 35 minutes were used for the audience they seem perfect Laukien renaming of Lactel because the President had acquired Laukien. I know, neither do I. I have made it abundantly clear to the latter, but so was the conclusion to shut up and say yes to the teacher is right.