There have always been trinkets of all sorts that advertise a company’s existence.  Some are funny, some are really lame, some are cheap while others cost more than what you’d expect.  Going along with this, my wife gets free schwag in the hospitals she works in all the time from pharmaceutical sales reps.  Something that I’ve been using at work is a coffee mug with the drug Lexapro’s label and logo on it.  Lexapro is used to treat anxiety and depression so it’s always a good conversation starter.  People here have some genuinely interesting trinkets on their desk, so this fits in with the whole zeitgeist of our office.

Something was given to Megan yesterday at her worked topped anything she’s gotten this year.  For starters, it’s a memory stick – the kind you plug into your PC’s USB port.  What makes it amusing is it is in the shape of a tube that holds cream (see photo below).  What makes it truly funny is it’s for a topical cream called Testim.  It’s used to boost testosterone in men.  No, you don’t rub it on your balls.  According to their website, it’s applied to the upper arms and shoulders.

The name almost seems comical – Testim, as in, "Test Him", or "Test 'Im".  Straight from the law offices of Dewey, Screwem, and Howe.  The memory stick holds about 64 MB of memory, and they gracefully include about 14 MB of documentation on Testim on the stick.