Random thoughts

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So I get e mails from steep and cheap. Some are pretty funny so I thought I would start sharing them with you




I used to shop at a cut rate bodega that offered discounts on all the name brand goods. I'd load up on toothpaste, mouthwash, detergent, and sunscreen. They all seemed to work okay, until the summer I applied the sunscreen at the beach. It would not rub in no matter how hard I tried, and even after applying most of the bottle I went home with a red sheen. I complained to a few people, and a friend told me he'd heard that the particular bodega where I happen to score great deals sells expired products, snuck across the border from Canada and knock-off products made overseas. I guess I always thought shopping on the black market would be a lot cooler. I expected to be able to go there and buy machine guns and rocket launchers. Not sunscreen that doesn't work.

[Stromper]

Non Christian nations view the marketplace as solely the means to get others money.

The toothpaste was probably pure lead

[eboos]

Non Christian nations view the marketplace as solely the means to get others money.

Yeah, and Christians cornered the market on morality.

[DucDave]

(for a change...)

[Chippertheripper]

14 bikes is too many for a dirty ride.

[obsolete]

Non Christian nations view the marketplace as solely the means to get others money.

The toothpaste was probably pure lead

Whoa there buddy, don't want to go back your deal there captain morality.

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I do not own a serving tray. I feel that serving tray ownership means that you have crossed a line in your life, and frankly, I'm not ready for it. When you own things like serving trays, it changes things. Now, when I visit friends who live in cities across the country, every one of them assumes that I'm going to be sleeping on the couch. Likely while wearing all of my clothes. Or maybe none of them. A guy who owns a serving tray that he uses to feed his friends cheese and olives would probably get his own hotel room when he visits. This person would also not use a sleeping bag instead of a comforter and change apartments every 17 months. Well, I guess I could own one, as long as I used it to hold spare bike parts or something.

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I've recently found out that I love Children's Tylenol. I always buy the same citrusmint-flavored gum, and I've openly stated that I'd purchase orange Tic-Tacs if they had any redemptive qualities besides tasting good. My colleagues at work recently informed me that this means that I love Children's Tylenol, since it apparently has the same taste. I'm no psychologist (or sociopath), but my guess is that I only got Children's Tylenol when I stayed home sick from school, and since those were some of my favorite days and best memories of elementary school, I've somehow linked the taste of children's medicine with good times in my brain.

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While interning at a rural newspaper after college I wrote a story on a Country Doctor. After med school, this woman had moved out to the country and setup an old-world-style practice, making house calls and running an office out of her home. She cited insurance interference in the doctor-patient relationship as her primary reason, and she was actually why ahead of her time, but that's not what made it into the article I wrote. Her rates worked out to be $1 a minute. The sticker shock floored me. True, car mechanics actually charge more, but they're smart enough to list their rate as $60 an hour. While $1 a minute to see a compassionate, knowledgeable doctor is a steal, I know that not many members of that community were willing to waste billable minutes on friendly chitchat with her during their appointments.

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If you ever have a chance to watch the show Knife Guys on whichever TV shopping network employs them I highly recommend it. It's about as brainless and entertaining as a lot of TV programs out there, and the best part -- no commercials. The premise of the show is simple: two grown men try to sell knives. The knives are packaged in large kits that include several knives, swords, and display stands. One of their favorite techniques to move product is the two-minute clock. They ask the producer to 'throw a two-minute clock up there' to create some urgency, but then it always expires and there is no negative recourse. They can never stop talking during the show, but the sad truth is that there's very little to talk about. This makes for long, drawn out conversations about how shocked they are at the sheer quantity of knives being given away at a certain price. It's constant entertainment.

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I heard that one of my friends ate a handful of mushrooms he found in the backyard. Nothing happened to him. By that I mean that he did not die instantly. A little internet research tells me that out of the thousands of mushroom varieties, a handful are poisonous and found in North America. Of those most won't kill you right away, but they could shut down your kidneys and kill you a week later. It's hardly surprising that of all the wild food, mushrooms have the greatest chance of being lethal. They grow in dank, shady spots and their odd curvy yet angular shapes look out of place in the natural world. I always wondered what kind of person in the course of history would pluck one off the ground and bite into, and now I know it's the same kind of person as my friend Rob.

[ninjachica250]

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I've recently found out that I love Children's Tylenol. I always buy the same citrusmint-flavored gum, and I've openly stated that I'd purchase orange Tic-Tacs if they had any redemptive qualities besides tasting good. My colleagues at work recently informed me that this means that I love Children's Tylenol, since it apparently has the same taste. I'm no psychologist (or sociopath), but my guess is that I only got Children's Tylenol when I stayed home sick from school, and since those were some of my favorite days and best memories of elementary school, I've somehow linked the taste of children's medicine with good times in my brain.

that is some..... that is something else.

[ninjachica250]

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I heard that one of my friends ate a handful of mushrooms he found in the backyard. Nothing happened to him. By that I mean that he did not die instantly. A little internet research tells me that out of the thousands of mushroom varieties, a handful are poisonous and found in North America. Of those most won't kill you right away, but they could shut down your kidneys and kill you a week later. It's hardly surprising that of all the wild food, mushrooms have the greatest chance of being lethal. They grow in dank, shady spots and their odd curvy yet angular shapes look out of place in the natural world. I always wondered what kind of person in the course of history would pluck one off the ground and bite into, and now I know it's the same kind of person as my friend Rob.

I heard this somewhere before...

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I can hear the people who live above me. They rise and shower early, usually before I get out of bed. They don't listen to loud music, engage in extraordinary screaming matches, or wear roller skates in their house. One of them often works late and lets the door slam upon returning home. They either arrange their furniture every Thursday night, or maybe they push it all to the sides of the room so they can dance in their socks. I know several of their personal habits, but I've never met them. I prefer it this way. It means I never have to risk them asking me to help them move furniture or dance in my socks.