I recently caught a glimpse of Billy Mays pitching for Mighty Putty. Several things struck me that I had never considered before:
- If a glass gets a hole in it, glue can not plug the hole like Might Putty.
- Epoxy is messier than Mighty Putty.
- Power tools like drills are too destructive. Mighty Putty would be safer.
- Normal adhesives don’t allow me to pull an 80,000 pound truck.
I had no idea how many problems faced me without the aid of this product. In fact, I was completely unaware of this blind spot of adhesive unpreparedness.
After thinking a bit further, I decided I didn’t honestly have a looming need to stick something to the wall and couldn’t recall the last time I needed to repair a hole in a drinking glass. It turned out that I didn’t need to order now.
Nevertheless, Billy taught me something valuable — often we are not equipped to realize our own problems or weaknesses. Many times it takes an independent observer to point them out. All too often, we dismiss that person as just another know-it-all, which they usually are. Instead, we fancy ourselves as figurative master craftsmen able to easily navigate drilling through our bathroom tile or mix a mean epoxy.
Most of us are delusional. Billy knows better. He knows our problems and just wants to help.