I'll give you a hint. It's a commercial, run during the SuperBowl in 1984:
"My friends, each of you is a single cell in the great body of the State. And today, that great body has purged itself of parasites. We have triumphed over the unprincipled dissemination of facts. The thugs and wreckers have been cast out. And the poisonous weeds of disinformation have been consigned to the dustbin of history. Let each and every cell rejoice! For today we celebrate the first, glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directive! We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is a more powerful weapon than any fleet or army on Earth! We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion! We shall prevail!"Give up? It's the text of what Big Brother is saying in the background in the classic 1984 ad that Apple ran to announce the (then) upcoming Macintosh. The athletic female runner (symbolizing Apple) throws a sledgehammer through the screen blathering the propaganda.Watch the commercial again if you don't remember it. 19 years later it's still a classic, whether you own a Mac or not.
The whole household is feeling back to normal now. It seems Claire escaped the stomach scourge. Michelle took the kids to the Y yesterday and this morning. She says their KidStop is lighly staffed because a few of the workers are struggling with the virus within their own families. I guess the bug is making the rounds.
No sooner do I write the above and Michelle calls me to say that Daniel threw up a little bit on the drive home from the Y. Relapse or unrelated illness? Great. Whether Michelle goes to her prenatal visit tomorrow depends on how Daniel is doing over the next several hours.
On a positive note we're having a heat wave -- relatively speaking. It's been getting near freezing and may hit near 40 soon. That may allow me to clear the ice buildup on our driveway. Once it sets in, it's difficult to keep it from getting worse with each new storm.