Most Interesting Man In The World

You've no doubt heard on the radio or seen on TV these commercials for Dos Equis beer that feature the Most Interesting Man in the World. I've been meaning to post something on this for a while so I know I'm not breaking new ground here. Anyway, I love these spots, especially the radio ads because they feature that cool, mysterious music as an announcer ticks off the many, many reasons why the Most Interesting Man in the World is who he is. Anyway, one of the radio ads


Here's a sample of one of the TV Ads:


I found a listing that seems to show many of the reasons why he is the Most Interesting Man in the World. Here it is:

• It is said the sun comes up later on the 6th of May, in case his Cinco parties run long.
• The Mayans prophesied his birth.
• Even lucha libres remove their masks in his presence.
• He once taught a German Shepard to bark in Spanish.
• He serves sizzling fajita platters barehanded.
• Bulls flat-out refuse to fight him.
• He once buried a time capsule full of things that haven't happened yet.
• He has been pronounced dead 7 times...make that 8.
• His bear hugs are actually hugs he gives to bears.
• He can't be bought, but his beard clippings have been know to show up on auction.
• He has never lost a sock.
• If he disagrees with you, it is because you are wrong
• Even his parrot's advice is insightful.
• If there were an interesting gland, his would be larger than most mens' entire lower intestines.
• His shirts never wrinkle.
• Even if he forgets to put postage on his mail, it gets there.
• He once knew a call was a wrong number, even though the person on the other end wouldn't admit it.
• His organ donation card, also lists his beard.
• He’s a lover, not a fighter, but he’s also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas.
• When it is raining, it is because he is sad.
• He is left-handed. And right-handed.
• You can see his charisma from space.
• The police often question him, just because they find him interesting.
• He once punched a magician. That’s right. You heard me.
• When he orders a salad, he gets the dressing right there on top of the salad, where it belongs…where there is no turning back.
• If a monument was built in his honor, Mt. Rushmore would close, due to poor attendance.
• His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body.
• His blood smells like cologne.
• On every continent in the world, there is a sandwich named after him.
• He doesn’t believe in using oven mitts, nor potholders.
• His cereal never gets soggy. It sits there, staying crispy, just for him.
• His pillow talk is years ahead of it’s time.
• Respected archaeologists fight over his discarded apple cores.
• He says nothing tastes like chicken…not even chicken.
• When he wakes up the roses smell him.
• He was once found guilty, of being innocent.
• If he disagrees with you, it is because you are wrong.
• He sleeps with a night light, not because he’s afraid of the dark but the dark is afraid of him.
• He holds a doctorate in originality in which he teaches at Harvard where no one ever passes.
• When he goes skydiving Peregrine Falcons always trail behind him.
• When he looks in the mirror there's never a reflection because he is only 1 of a kind.
• He can defeat anyone in a game of chess without making any moves.
• The President of a country once took a bullet for him on a failed attempt.
• He has undisputed evidence that the Bermuda Triangle is a parallelogram.
• He has been know to put himself up as collateral.
• He's never cruel to animals, but he's not afraid to give a stern warning.
• People hang on his every word. Even the prepositions.
• He could disarm you with his looks. Or his hands. Either way.
• He can speak French. In Russian.
• His reputation is expanding faster than the universe.
• He once had an awkward moment just to see how it feels.
• He lives vicariously through himself.
• His charm is so contagious vaccines have been created for it.
• Years ago he built a city out of blocks. Today, over 600,000 people live and work there.
• He is the only man to ever ace a Rorschach test.
• Every time he goes for a swim, dolphins appear.
• Alien abductors have asked him, to probe them.
• If he were to give you directions, you'd never get lost and you'd arrive at least five minutes early.
• His legend precedes him the way lightning precedes thunder.
• He's been known to cure narcolepsy just by walking into a room.
  

And here is the Most Interesting Man in the World on himself:

So just who is he? This link purports to know. Here's another link that has most of the commercials on it.