It seems the human machine has done it again. Got in its own way of self promotion. This time its yoga pants that are drawing the ire of the weary(ee). Or to be wearees. This when aspiring yogics stateside were taken aback with the newest creation from a money making outfit called Lululemon selling them a lemon. Or so they claim in the form of a see through pant. Well you see the goofy wannabe yogis in America were all lining up to buy comfortable (read sexy) yoga gear for mucho dineros. All was well till the customer had the power to decide when it was time to expose certain parts of their anatomy to seek a fellow yogi or berra (many puns intended here) for that matter.
That decision making was taken away when the manufacturer (LLL) came out with these see through garments and exposed the farce. There was a mass uproar or so the blogsphere / media would have you believe. So the manufacturer pulled them - the offending pants that is. Now we have naked yogis in search of pants wandering the countryside. Not quite - they may also have opted to not go down the yogic path and seek enlightenment from their friends south of the border.
As for the path to betterment for devotees of the yogic faith, they are just not going to look cool enough for the next few months till the supply chain gets going again with non revealing fabric. Wall street was upset that their lemon cart was. Some appeared to vex about profit margins as lack of increasing yogic capacity diminished from future projections.
Meanwhile in other parts of the country some non-yogi women made headlines proclaiming how women in general should LEAN IN and come to work all the time rather than find solace of not commuting to work. These women happen to be headline news every where you look and certainly have achieved more than most men can dream. But I am still not sure what the brouhaha was. Whatever they wrote or said in America of all places there is never one way to do something. Even the yogis knew that and they were not even in America.
It is said that opposites attract meaning people with contrary viewpoint sometimes find chemistry to be together. But I'm referring to a modern twist where people are merely attracted towards a common place because their uber communication device aka smart phone is about to die. The charging station. From airports to hotel lobbies or even bathrooms, when in need they are attracted to this power outlet like moths to a flame or a junkie to a needle. A whole new business of supplying these hyper connected folks is now born whose lifesaver product is a backup charge. Asian tourists perpetually carry a phone sized battery pack stuck to their latest Apple phone updating their status to folks in Hong Kong or Shanghai or Bangalore as they pose for selfies with weird facial expressions and fingers pointed out in a letter V. Vain? PS: I dis'charged' my blogger duties making this insightful observation as my phone is about to breathe it's last and my flight gets call...
You do need yogic powers to remain unsmiling in the face of all the provocations. I think the company was trying to mix up yogis and fabric designed for their nudist colony segment. Unholy mix.
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