Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for July 16, 2012

Makes me wonder how many kids live on that block.

I’d go to Pasquale’s simply because I know he’s honest; his lemonade would taste like lemonade and probably be reasonably priced. I wouldn’t go to Clem’s at all; chances are it’s more expensive than the rest and not enough sugar in the lemonade (maybe not even enough lemon!). Then, I’d have to go by how well I know the product of the rest of the children there; some I’d visit and some I wouldn’t. I’d still have money in my pocket, and the children would learn a lesson of economics and retail.

… this would be like trying to get to “Go” with Boardwalk and Park Place full of hotels …

But the competition is wonderful for the consumer. No price gauging here! He’ll find a great price, guaranteed.

The smart kid would put a coin operated port-a-john at the far end.

Skip Clem and do the others.

the smart kid will be buying out the other stands hiring those same kids to work his stands on commission… But that would be me…..

Hope there’s a porta potty at the end of that row!

Boy, I hope Jimbo has enough money to survive this.

That’s a terrible idea! If they sell the same product then they shouldn’t set up shop right next to each other because depending on the direction of foot traffic only the kids at the ends will get any business. In the REAL world vendors like this set up on street corners and only stay near people who sell different products so they don’t have to worry about losing customers to redundancy.

Loy Wells: You get that from that Australian network? The only destroyed towns I know of were killed by: a) transportation (railroads, highways, etc.) passing them by; b) natural disasters; c) town payroll going overseas; d) oligopolies (Walmart, etc.) moving in, operating at a loss until the local businesses (and tax base) failed; e) other causes too minor to enumerate.

Believe that

You have to take a ‘stand’!

Clem’s is water w/yellow food dye.

One of them needs to sell cookies, one ice cream or popsicles, one the lemonade, one koolaid, one fans, one visors, one sandwiches, etc. At least that way there’s no fights over who should sell to whom. There’s something there for everyone.

Hopefully, they all made that lemonade from a powdered mix.

Not this day and age…. They’d all be carted off for having to many stands in one place as well as not getting the proper permits!