The advertisement came on the radio, “School’s back!”

When I heard it, I told my wife, “I didn’t know it went anywhere.”

She was angered with me. She was upset. Not because of what I said but because she couldn’t help but laugh.

Okay. It was a horrible joke. Wait a minute. Really that is not true. It’s not even a joke.

Yet, to me, it was like one of those hanging curveballs to the power hitter. I just couldn’t resist it. Maybe, I swung and missed. However it did get a little laugh from her.

I never did claim to be the smartest on the planet, or in the room. Somehow, I didn’t need anyone to tell me school was back in session. Moreover, the way the guy said it, it seemed to imply that during summer, they put the old schoolhouse on rails and rolled it out of town. Then, of course recently, they rolled it back. Then they made the announcement as with the town crier, “Hear ye! Hear ye! School’s back! Just in case you didn’t figure it out on your own!”

Many years ago, I heard that TV and radio ads are aimed at 6th graders. I guess they are.