Friday, January 4, 2008

Park n' Shop World Class Snag


I created the 1000cc shopping cart to make food shopping a little more exciting. AND it doubles as a neat leaf blower! While this post is not bike related I think you might like it anyway. Hope you do. At least it’s shorter than most!
Park n’ Shop World Class Snag

Been sick for a few days and today girlfriend decided I was going food shopping. Now I hate shopping but food shopping is OK. I’m also a pretty good cook. By no means a pretty cook. But today food shopping was worth it. I saw a world class SNAG.

I noticed this beastie woman with a snarling little tyke riding in the carts perch. Now I ran into her in about 3 isles and every time the little darling was into wa wa wailing and dragon lady was either reading him the riot act or giving him the cold shoulder. So then I spot this other woman/kid duo and he is just goofing. This kids is just looking at people and smiling. He looked at me and smiled which is unusual. Kids usually flee in terror along with their mothers or point and ask “what’s that!”!

So I’m watching this kid and he is watching me when Mrs. Bates and little Norman lurches into the isle. Norman is putting up a storm of shrieks and wails but I notice he has also procured a big chocolate chip cookie which momma Bates has undoubtedly snagged from the cookie isle to keep Little Normans woofer busy. But the plan failed and he is holding the cookie with one hand and breaking tympanic membranes with his face hole. His mother has the Mask of Nefertiti on her face and is just scanning the shelves as they approach the other mother and replicant. Then as they draw side by side the good little tyke reaches out and snags the cookie right out of Opera Boy’s hand. Unseen by either mother they pass like ships in the night. Opera Boy’s pitch changed a little but Momma Bates just kept on pushing.

The normal duo went a little way and then she noticed him happily munching on a strange cookie. She turned and looked at me which startled me, thinking OH NO! SHE”S GONNA THINK THIS FREAK GAVE HER BOY A COOKIE AND I’M GONNA GET ARRESTED! Visions of trembling fingers dialing 911 and Amber alerted vigilantes coming to my castle with torches and sharp farm implements fill the screen in my frontal lobe. ….. But she just smiles and nods…..WHEW! …..SO… I decide to go see where the Bates Family went and I find them none the wiser. I guess she thought young Norman must have inhaled the whole cookie. It’s back to rolling Godzilla Lite down the isles and ignoring the banshee wails. Other customers were still fleeing the audible terrorist and his servant!

SO…. when my girlfriend comes back from hunting down, killing and eating a roasting chicken I tell her the whole story. She gives me that “here we go again” look and decides to go track a wild rogue package of English Muffins. She crouches then stalks down an isle with her pen in her mouth looking very Ramboette. Turns me on! Long story short….. I LIKE FOOD SHOPPING! Keep your eyes open out there. There are things going on out there on the street that are better than the stuff on TeeVee……. ya just gotta watch for them!

Be Well
AmberGRISmOoOn