ASYLUM

* The Eyes Have It

So, there're some home-made cookies on our counter, kept in an old plastic margarine container. It's "Vitalite" brand, which I don't use myself, but I didn't make the cookies. I mention this because I have their ancient, ancient advertising jingle stuck in my head. You may remember it, a sort of Carribean-sounding "Ayyyyy-Ohhhh-Vi-ta-lite!" thing. Pretty weak. But two things made it slightly creepy:

• It's been stuck in my head for days, but I only just this minute put together that it went through my head every time I made a cup of tea, and then registered the margarine container; but clearly I'd been noticing it subliminally all week long.

• Instead of the actual advertising jingle's words, what goes through my head is: "Ayyyyy-Ohhhh-The-Hills-Have-Eyes"