Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for June 24, 2013
June 20, 2013
June 27, 2013
Transcript:
a suburban val-u-less moe's video trinket world hummus aplenty once there was a strip mall, a few small marginal stores anchored by a grocery store. then one day, weak-ened by aggressive competition, a changing clientele & rumors of tainted bulk food, the grocery store went out of business... good bye left adrift, the whole works broke loose and floated slowly away. p.j. piehole's food 'n' fun within days a family restaurant that provides crayons even for adults sprang weedlike from the asphalt. they say the strip mall is up there yet, looking for a profitable place to land. man: so if you wake up & find a strip mall in your backyard don't be too damned suprised! kid 1: that was dumb. kid 2: yeah, tell one about a poodle. kid 3: and a nail gun
Ida No almost 11 years ago
Dad: “Sigh. Ok. You modern kids will kill me one day… So, anyway, there I was with my nail gun, hanging up the poodle dogs to dry when…”
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
yeah, and a scratchy oboe
edclectic almost 11 years ago
May all strip malls up and disappear.
Thomas R. Williams almost 11 years ago
And there was nothing left but a small splodge of hummus….
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
But it’s a true story, isn’t it?
MysteryCat almost 11 years ago
Crayons even for adults. That’s my kinda place!
Gilda Blackmore almost 11 years ago
I’m afraid it landed in London, Ontario, Canada where we have one strip mall per person!
Ida No almost 11 years ago
“But did ya nail ’em in the head?!”Why? Then they’d stop being all yippy and everything. That’d completely undermine the point of hanging them up! If they weren’t all yippy, I could put them in the dryer, along with the cats.
Pickbrain almost 11 years ago
I sure miss the old Hummus Aplenty store.