Product Placement

by Ben Paddon

“What are you doing?” asked Dillan as he put another spoonful of delicious Honey Cheerios into his mouth.

Toby put down his Black & Decker™ Multi-purpose Drill and shrugged, the cloth of his Calvin Klein™ shirt hardly crinkling as seen under the B&Q halogen lamp.

“Come on,” smiled Dillan, the corners of his mouth still slightly whitened after having brushed his teeth with new Colgate All-Whitening Toothpaste that morning. “You’ve got something in mind, haven’t you?”

“I haven’t,” said Toby, removing his Ray-Ban™ sunglasses and sitting down on the fabulous Ikea™ kitchen stool. He unwrapped a Kelloggs Nutri-Grain™ breakfast bar and taking a bite. It was strawberry, the finest of berries. “And before you say anything…”

“Look,” Dillan interrupted, raising his hands, the light glinting off of his Swatch™ brand wrist watch. “Leave him be. Drilling a hole in his face isn’t going to solve the problem.”

“No,” said Toby as he took another bite of the delicious breakfast bar, “But it’ll feel so good.

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. Product Placement

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 3 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Amusing take on product placement. I’m assuming you meant for all to get in the way of the story, sort of a morality tale for advertisers. Either way, kind of fun, and a nice sort of twist at the end.
    LoA

Want to comment on this ficlet? You need to sign in!