Friday, July 25, 2014

Self help story time, 5¢ please!

What if everything you bought at the grocery store told a story about you.  

For example: 

I went to the store on may 31st and I bought pepto bismol, dove sensetive care soap, and tea.  

What if all those items, together, told the story of, stay with me, my constapation (even though I wasn't). Perhaps the clerk thought I bought the pepto to unclog me, the soap to clean me and the tea to clense me.  And maybe I wanted her to think that because of the facial expressions I gave her as I checked out.  My face all scrunched together, feigning discomfort.  

At this point, I hope you are catching my drift.  In short, what if every item you bought at a store tells a story about you to the clerk.  It's a very self conscious thought but it can also be very funny.  

On June 2nd, I bought floss, a paper weight and a bullseye target.  The lady at the register must have thought I was practicing my lasso skills, undoubtedly.  When, in reality, I never buy any of those things and I just fooled you because you believe everything you read on the internet...

Mary Kate and Ashley are aliens from the planet zoop.  

See what I mean?  You believed me for a second.  

So: try this theory out and buy a bunch of random cool stuff so that the dude at the costco is thinking "why is this person buying all this mayonnaise and all these batteries...he must have some diabolical plan to shatter the universe." and you can sit back and be hella mysterious like you are a secret agent and you can also just have more fun at the market as a result.  

Thanks for your time.

Neighborhood Watch

(Slight Minnesotan accent, a mother, GO) "Billy and the neighbors kept keeping me up with their band music at night.  First, I asked their mom to shut them up.

That didn't work.

I even had a neighborhood meeting with the band and offered them a rehearsal space in the mornings after father chuck's sermon every other week.  

That didn't work.  

So that's when I finally bought a tank for the neighborhood watch.  

...it seems to be working."