From [often faulty] memory, for the zealous deleter:
One of the more cynical among us call it 'four-year-oldism'. Here is a related excerpt from an obscure, unpublished work:
Some people never seem to get over being four years old. The last time an aged four-year-old said to me, “Gimme a Band-Aid”, I asked if he had an ‘owie’. Ever notice that company always uses the phrase “Band-Aid brand” in their ads, even wedging it into jingles where it does not really fit? Well, that is why. Another tip-off you are dealing with an old four-year-old is hearing about the intention to “try and” do something. An aging four-year-old might say, “I’m going to have a coke while I try and find a band-aid in my rent-a-car.” Besides the nauseating aspect of the whole world being one big television ad, it would seem that “try and” implies a certainty of success, making it a self-contradiction. Adult four-year olds “could of” learned in school but evidently it was too much bother.
