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Five
Questions for the 2005 Pez Calendar top
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What
better way to spend your days than with the 2005 Pez
calendar?
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Pezhead
Monthly: Thanks for joining us, 2005
Pez Calendar. This marks the first year that Pez has
officially licensed a calendar. You must be pretty
excited about that, huh?
2005
Pez Calendar: Excited, honored, tickled,
you name it. It was so great to hear the news that
I would be joining the Pez family. Pretty soon I will
be hanging on the walls of Pezheads everywhere- perhaps
right next to their Pez dispenser collection, perhaps
in the kitchen, or perhaps in every room of the house.
PM:
In every room? Now that would be a great idea. Tell
me, 2005 Pez Calendar, what makes being a Pez calendar
so rewarding?
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2005PC:
Well,
on top of the obvious rewards of being associated with the
magic and wonder of Pez, there are a few other things. For
instance, at the start of every month, I have a new look.
You can simply flip the page and I am a whole new Pez item.
I don't mean to disparage my dispenser cousins, but you
can't always count on a new dispenser each month, especially
in these lean times. The other neat thing about being a
Pez calendar is that at the end of the year you can take
each of my twelve pages out, frame them, and have an instant
collection of some kickin' Pez art!
PM:
That is very true, 2005 Pez Calendar. But what would stop
Pezheads from opening the calendar and looking at each of
the months within minutes of purchasing it?
2005PC:
Restraint, my dear friend, restraint. Just knowing that
each month is guaranteed a new Pez image should be motivation
enough. That being said, I know that sometimes it is just
too darn exciting to not want to take it all in immediately.
If this is the case, then the obvious solution is to buy
two Pez calendars- one for looking through immediately and
one for hanging on the wall. Strange as it may sound, I
know of many Pezheads who do just that.
PM:
That is quite a good idea. Tell me, 2005 Pez Calendar, what
has been most frustrating for you in your few short months
of availability to the general public?
2005PC:
I would have to say the urgency of calendar sales, and I think
my fellow calendars would back me up on this. True, they start
selling calendars these days before Thanksgiving, and sometimes
before Halloween. And true, for those few months, life is
grand. People snatch up the calendars to give to their loved
ones for the perfect holiday gift. But what happens on the
day after Christmas? That dreaded sticker- "50% off."
That is when you know things are getting grim. You aren't
treated as the perfect gift anymore, but rather as a burden
that needs to be gotten rid of. I can't speak from experience,
but I hear that come mid-January the prices go down to 75%
off, then 85%, then 99.9%. Then "Poof" I am no longer
sold in stores!! I'm sorry, but three or four months seems
like an awfully short shelf life, and an awfully short time
for Pezheads to find me.
PM:
I can only imagine the horror of your situation, 2005 Pez
Calendar. On balance, though, are you glad to be here?
2005PC:
Oh without question, yes, I am very glad. It is quite rewarding
to think that every reminder this year of upcoming birthdays,
soccer practices, band lessons, and Pez conventions will
be recorded on me. It's almost like I am part of the family.
I just ask that people don't record an "X" on
each day that has passed. It makes me feel like I did something
wrong and am being punished on a daily basis. That's no
way to go through life, unless you're a contestant on a
reality television show.
Pez
Poetry top
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Pez
Haiku #47
Let's
keep the tree up
One more week, for the sake of
The Pez ornaments.
Europe
Pez
You're
a Pez and you are fine,
You're a present for all times.
You're a place for candy sweet,
You're a pretty little treat.
You're a Pez, a plastic gem,
You're a painted head and stem.
You're a part of my collection,
Europe Pez, you are perfection.
You're
a Pez, I realize!
Your appearance, meant for eyes!
You're a prisoner on that card!
You're a poor soul, life is hard!
You're a presence that will stay-
You're a piece for my display!
You're apart from package, free!
Europe Pez, for all to see.
Pez
Almost-Quote of the Month top
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"See
a Pez and pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck."
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