Toño the Brave

Toño was rather courageous by adding mango to the morning smoothie because I detest mango almost as much as spinach.



My distaste for spinach is probably congenital. The distaste for mango is acquired for sure. Actually Migros committed this to me.

Back in 1980, Migros launched a new mango drink. Coincidently, in 1980 there was also a national Swiss boy and girl scouts jamboree. Some marketing fuzzi* must had had the brilliant idea that one could use the one to promote the other. The result was that hundredths of hectolitres of mango drink were shipped to the jamboree. Although the summer of 1980 is in the records as a rather bad one, I can remember some really hot days in the mountains. The Migros' mango drink made only things worse, because it's far too sweet and gooey. It bears thirst rather than appeases it. Drinking Migros' mango drink on a hot day is like a maelstrom that sucks you in and does not spit you out until you can not stand the taste of mango anymore.

Toño however, had the brilliant idea to combine the flavour of mango with the one of passion fruit. This did the trick. I actually liked the smoothie.

* fuzzi: derogative German term for people working in media, advertising or marketing. It is usually used in combination with the field of work.