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In FRL chat last night,..a classic intertwining of Kmart and The Bard that I just had to share...(and a secret love affair revealed!)Greybear : doncha MISS the blue light specials though, krit, or are you old enough to know what those were
Debi : old beer cans strung up to form a beautiful mosaic
kritter : I remember them, yes...but that was Kmart.
"Unk D" : yes it was K mart
kritter : Why, was that a long time ago?
"Unk D" : yes
kritter : Please tell me no...
kritter : dang
Sis : but kmart was soooo supremely tacky in those days
"Unk D" : a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago
Lilly : polyester years
kritter : Oh God!
Sis : I would die if anyone saw me in there
Greybear : honey, for me, everything was a long time ago, ........except this new life I have, this angel on earth
OG has left the conversation.
"Unk D" : I shop at Kmart
Lilly : ((gb)) I love you <--(find clue to love affair HERE)
"Unk D" : I just bought a straw hat there
kritter : Kmart, WAlmart, Caldors.....
Sis : I shop there now, but boy in the old days, NO WAY
"Unk D" : $1.24
Debi : So do I Unk.....although I prefer Walmart...hey...we can't all be rich
OG has joined the conversation.
OG : I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
Lilly : ((oggers))
OG : My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
Greybear : it's all you rich folk that keep all the Xmarts in business, for up poo folk its GARAGE SALES
OG : For the ends of Being an Ideal Grace.
OG : That should be and)
"Unk D" : It rang up at $4.99, and I told the cashier they were on sale for a buck twenty four, he said "Oh OK" and charged my what I said.....I love Kmart
Lilly : Garage sales!!!
Debi : salvation army stores rock!
OG : I love thee to the level of everyday's
OG : Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
OG : I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
kritter throws marshmellows at OG
Lilly : ((og))
Greybear : this is an abomination - Kmart and the Bard interleaved
OG : I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
"Unk D" : haw haw GB
OG : I love thee with the passion put to use
OG : In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
OG : I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
"Unk D" : Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and blue light trouble
Lilly <---in tears
kritter : A Kmart by any other name would still sell as cheap
Greybear : Lilly, honey, you just listen to OG and ignore these other cretians
OG : With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,
OG : Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
kritter : CRETIANS?
"Unk D" : That which we call a rose would by a blue light special smell as sweet?
OG : I shall but love thee better after WalMart.
Lilly lol..could be the cretians got me in tears too
OG : ROTFLMAO!
OG : I'm so bad
Lilly : lol
Lilly : lol
kritter : To thine own Walmart be true.
OG : LOL!
"Unk D" : haw haw
Lilly : thanks og
Debi : Lilly (says GB) Wal mart me?
OG : A WalMart by any other name would shop as sweet
kritter : To sleep, perchance to shop
kritter : Goodnight, sweet Walmart.
OG : To shop or not to shop, THAT is the question!
Greybear : whether tis nobler in the minds of men to suffer the slings and arrows or outrageous pricing or to look for the mark down isle
OG : Lo, what blue light by yonder window breaks?
OG : ROTF!!!!!!!
kritter : Heheh OG
Debi : Is it nobler to shop in the underwear section or electronics?
OG : The quality of WalMart is not straines
"Unk D" : Romeo Romeo, deny thy father and refuse thy name....If thou wilt not, be but sworn my blue light special, and I shall no longer be a Capulet.
kritter : Now is the winter of our discount
OG : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven into the cart beneath
kritter : LOL OG
Sis : OG you are sooooofunny.....
OG : Oh Kritter, GOOD one, ROTF
kritter : Wow, what fun !!
Greybear : alas, poor Sam, I knew him well
Lilly : oh gosh,
OG : Et tu, Sam Walton?
kritter : See Lilly, how your betrothal has brought out the poet in all of us!
Lilly <--uncontrolable laughing
kritter : Greybear, an announcement must be made on the FRL forum!
Debi : Sam..that Sam I am...green eggs and ham.
OG : Hilarious, no pun intended
"Unk D" : Quoth the raven, "An extra 10% off"
Debi : I agree Kritter! Good idea!
kritter : UNK!
OG : Good one!
OG : God, we're good, ya know that?
47F0 : What the hell? I come back and find the whole lot of you hoist on yer own credit cards. . .
OG : Ahahahahahahaha!
"Unk D" : groan
Debi : GB must proclaim his love for Lilly amonst all the doomers and pollies
Lilly : ((47))
kritter : Naw, just on FRL's forum..
OG : You think LL and Mr. Pollymight cash in on it, copycat stuff, ya know?
Greybear : once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary over many a marked down items
kritter : doomers are scary....! I stay away from them!
OG : Aisles to go before I sleep
"Unk D" : good one OG
Lilly : lol
Debi : LOL Og...I've been reading those LL and Polly posts....
kritter : Tap tap tapping on my warehouse door
Greybear : Ok, that IT, OG takes the prise
47F0 : Quoth the GreyBear, "Evermore. . . "
Greybear : best alliteration
OG : I must go down to Sam's again
"Unk D" : I came upon a fork in the road, and I took the one that was discounted
OG : Into the Valley of Discounts charged the 5000
kritter : Classic threads!
OG : Someone should cut and paste this!
Debi : I pushed my cart through the isles of discount
Lilly : was thinking same og...lol
OG : And send it to Lils and GB as a prezzie
"Unk D" : Et tu Walton?
I don't know...maybe you had to be there...but I sure laughed myself silly during this conversation. Can you figure out the secret lovers?? ;-)
-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), April 20, 2000
Thanks, Kritter! How funny! At least you all added a little 'culture' to your conversation! Heaven knows that chat room needs it! :-) GB and Lilly? Well, well, well..... (deep subject, huh?)
-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), April 21, 2000.
ROFLTIP!I can't believe I missed this so's I could *work*!!!
Thank-you so much for posting it, Kritter :-)
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), April 21, 2000.
The two of them met in person this past weekend and on the above chat a bit before what was posted, he asked her to marry him and she said YES. They are both lovely people and I wish them much happiness.
-- DebiJoy (dhaw@rlc.net), April 21, 2000.
I MISSED IT! :(
-- helen (handbasket_helena@hotmail.com), April 21, 2000.
Retired retreaded Sysops are ALWAYS the LAST to know...CHuck Not sure whether to wish the two of them all the best or to offer condolences all around.
-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), April 22, 2000.