There´s a chain of chemists in Mexico called Farmacias Similares. They sell generic medicines at bargain prices generally because the main brand´s patent has expired. They’re a fairly large corporation that competes with independent chemists. Visit their godawful website here. Their main method of promotion is having someone in a Dr. Simi costume prance around outside their shops to a reggaeton beat or worse. I snapped a photo of Dr. Simi a few days ago in Gwod:
And here he is again in Zacatecas:
Mario alerted me to an extreme sport sweeping the nation, flooring Dr. Simi… It’s like Mexican happy slapping. On YouTube there’s several videos of Dr.Simi being run at and knocked to the ground by young naco scoundrels with nothing better to do. I felt sorry enough for the poor buggers sweltering in their costumes for 50 pesos a day before seeing them have to contend with these antics.
Anyroad, just a quick post to say support your local chemist and be nice to Dr. Simi.
Plans for tonight? Bowling…
I’ve fought the urge to hit one of them on the street, God! they’re so annoying!
I always think about Dr Simi as an erotic character(Have you ever heard about “Simipower” ?). A custome like that woul be a huge success in the bedroom.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/esparta/293820744/
hahahahaha my eyes! my eyes! can’t picture Dr. Simi as a sex God! my eyes! my eyes!
It all started off so innocently… And now I need the mind bleach.
Thanks for your illuminating comments all 🙂