Sunday, July 19, 2009
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
Wow - March, really? Guess I've been spending most of my time on Facebook.
I have a knack for getting behind people in the grocery checkout line who are buying six of one thing and one of something else that... well... advances the plot. For example:
I have a knack for getting behind people in the grocery checkout line who are buying six of one thing and one of something else that... well... advances the plot. For example:
- A Unabomber-looking type with six jugs of muriatic acid and a bottle of wine (A fun time cleaning the pool or a sinister batch of wine coolers?)
- Six boxes of diapers and a pint of Ben & Jerry's (bought by a woman with two screaming kids and a newborn. Imagine the surprise when she turned around and I recognized her as the head cheerleader from high school.)
- My favorite: A Friday afternoon. A couple in full evening dress, but disheveled. Her makeup's smeared, his tie is askew and their clothes are rumpled. They bought six bags of gourmet chocolate cake mix... and a box of condoms.
Yesterday, I became one of those people. Six bags of cat food and a box of Estroven.
Pathetic.
