The Danger of Taking Things too Literally
Today, my brother (who had sat with my Mom during her operation) joined my sister, step-sister and myself in my Mom’s hospital room and showed us a picture he had received in an e-mail. As he had trouble forwarding it from his hand-held device, I decided to google the e-mail’s subject and sure enough found that a blogger had covered the very issue.
When I saw this picture, I was laughing so hard I was crying. It even helped cheer my Mom up (if she could be more cheered than having three of her six kids with her).
Seems some clerk in the bakery of a Wal-mart took a phone-in order a bit too literally:
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That’s hilarious, little things like that can brighten up anyone’s day.
Got to love the elitest attitudes of the people on that blog. Funny how I’ve never set foot in a filthy Wal-Mart in my life.
Comment by BeLinda — July 5, 2008 @ 2:37 am - July 5, 2008
Now THAT’S not an elitist attitude.
However, Publix makes a better cake. Their butter cream icing and strawberry filling is way awesome. Their double chocolate cakes are worth killing for.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — July 5, 2008 @ 3:55 am - July 5, 2008
Your Mom and Sister were joined in an operation????
[The dangers of blogging in a hospital room and lacking a proofreader. Good news is that I just brought my Mom home. Sat 11:30 AM EST -- Dan]
PS. Yes, it’s comforting to have family around at times like that.
Comment by sonicfrog — July 5, 2008 @ 9:55 am - July 5, 2008
Speaking of “taking things too literally” (the title of this posting)—aren’t you afraid of violating the violence code on this site?
(I thought I would try to beat Kevin to the punch!)
Comment by heliotrope — July 5, 2008 @ 10:46 am - July 5, 2008
Now THAT is funny!
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — July 5, 2008 @ 12:03 pm - July 5, 2008
True that.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — July 6, 2008 @ 12:21 am - July 6, 2008
#4 - Helio, looks like Kevvie responded as such under the posting “An Agenda Everyone Can Rally Around.”
Just a reminder - please don’t feed the trolls.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — July 6, 2008 @ 3:22 pm - July 6, 2008
4: and your home address would be?……..
Comment by Kevin — July 6, 2008 @ 11:04 pm - July 6, 2008
Okay, I’ll word it this way, none of the Wal-Marts I’ve ever been in have been filthy.
And, butter cream icing wins over regular any day of the week.
Comment by BeLinda — July 6, 2008 @ 11:54 pm - July 6, 2008
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The Wal*Marts I’ve been in in the Chicago area are messy wrecks of a store.
I avoid them at all costs.
Comment by Vince P — July 7, 2008 @ 4:33 am - July 7, 2008
I don’t like Wal-Mart, so I don’t shop there. That is how a conservative operates.
Liberals who don’t like Wal-Mart try to make it so that no one else is allowed to shop there. The presence of a Wal-Mart would only improve some of the inner cities, but liberals would rather have trash-strewn lots, liquor stores, and tiny “neighborhood” groceries where low-income residents are obliged to pay airport-terminal prices. The left-wing Democrat government of Detroit has managed to drive every major grocery chain out of the city.
Comment by V the K — July 7, 2008 @ 7:50 am - July 7, 2008
We’re getting a Wal-Mart in neighboring Medford, Mass. I try to go into a Wal-Mart at least once a month, just to pi$$ off the liberals.
But, the ones up here in New England do tend to be filthy and smelly.
And they can never compare to my favorite — Target!
Comment by Julie the Jarhead — July 7, 2008 @ 8:14 am - July 7, 2008
I always find Targets to be bright and clean. Even the ones in the ‘hood.
Comment by Vince P — July 7, 2008 @ 8:27 am - July 7, 2008
Target is clean, but I haven’t been in one since they kicked the Salvation Army off their property. I also don’t shop at CostCo because I don’t like their policy on using Eminent Domain to kick out private landowners. I know, I am a little nutty, but… once again… I don’t demand that *other people* become nutty.
I like Kohl’s. Clean stores, good selection of clothing, even though there never seems to be enough frakking check-out clerks working there to keep the lines moving.
Comment by V the K — July 7, 2008 @ 8:41 am - July 7, 2008
The Target (pronouned “tar-GAY”) near our house is very new, very clean, very gay-friendly and generally OK, but it seems like lately their products are getting more shoddy yet more expensive. Go figure.
Wal-Mart has too many screaming kids and non-attentive parents of all colors (mostly Hispanics). I refuse to go there.
Lately we’ve gotten hooked on Bed Bath & Beyond for our household items. And for home decor I go to Hobby Lobby.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — July 7, 2008 @ 10:54 am - July 7, 2008
Lately we’ve gotten hooked on Bed Bath & Beyond for our household items. And for home decor I go to Hobby Lobby.
Dude, that’s like the gayest thing ever posted here that didn’t come from Kevin.
Comment by V the K — July 7, 2008 @ 11:05 am - July 7, 2008
#16 - Well, V, sometimes it’s fun to just embrace a stereotype now and then.
Remember what I said about satire earlier?
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — July 7, 2008 @ 11:32 am - July 7, 2008
Dude, my home doesn’t even have a decor… unless you count the pyramid of beer cans in front of the black velvet painting of Jesus.
Comment by V the K — July 7, 2008 @ 11:44 am - July 7, 2008
#18 - Beats the ‘69 Chevy we have on cinder blocks in front of our house.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — July 7, 2008 @ 1:24 pm - July 7, 2008
I’d be more than happy to go to a Walmart if there were one near by, If they have products that I would otherwise buy, I’m all for saving money.
And I think the whole liberal/Walmart thing has been hi-fricken-larious. They dislike Walmart because they were told to dislike Walmart by disingenuous unions trying to force Walmart to allow employees to organize. Such mindless robots!
Comment by American Elephant — July 8, 2008 @ 2:43 am - July 8, 2008
Oh, and yummy sheetcake. *licks the accident off*
Comment by American Elephant — July 8, 2008 @ 2:45 am - July 8, 2008
I took a family to Dollar General yesterday afternoon. Their 70’s van is dead. They have a birthday to celebrate and they had put $20 together among the seven of them. My wife and I each had to drive a car to hold their numbers and size.
They had a real field day with their $20. Everyone consulted on everything and they were really excited about their shopping and finds. (Meanwhile, my wife went to the grocery store and got them a sheet cake.)
I really burn when elitists go after Wal-Mart and other “more for less” stores.
(This family is one of our hospital’s charity cases. They are sweet and well meaning, but none too bright. Now we have to get that Chevy van chugging again. But I know they can’t buy the gas.)
Comment by heliotrope — July 8, 2008 @ 10:31 am - July 8, 2008
#22 - Helio, that was a nice story. I’m glad you were able to make a difference. I hope things get better for them soon.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — July 8, 2008 @ 10:41 am - July 8, 2008
Nicely done, heliotrope. Instead of saying ‘the government should do something about this,’ you put a personal stake into helping people. Cheers, mate.
Comment by V the K — July 8, 2008 @ 2:05 pm - July 8, 2008
Wow! I love gay conservatives… it feels like home.
Comment by Daniel — July 9, 2008 @ 3:32 pm - July 9, 2008
Maybe the one who did it was new on the job, or just slow in comprehension. I hope the cake tastes great to compensate for the damage done.
Comment by Solar Lights — August 15, 2008 @ 2:20 pm - August 15, 2008