Apropos of Nothing...

I was doing some poking around in the archives, looking for something specific (which I found) and came across this... which I think is deserving of a re-run:

Merchandise YOU Can Use. Maybe.

An occasional correspondent sends this along, and I thought you might find some of these products useful…

Like this:

Just the thing if you find yourself in a hot ‘n’ heavy political discussion with a ‘bat. Or maybe your mother-in-law. Pull this out, offer ‘em a piece…and things should be all over but the shouting, eh? Well, discounting the possibility of a beating about your head and shoulders, if the discussion you're attempting to end is really with your M-I-L.

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This lil item on your immediate left, on the other hand, is something I have little or no use for these days. Assuming, of course, the product is meant to be a shared experience, as the packaging would seem to indicate.

You, Gentle Reader, are probably in a much different boat (and arguably a much better boat) than I.

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I might could change my…ummm… situation, were I to buy a ton of this stuff on the right.

Ya think?

Nah. Probably not. I probably would just get the sh!t slapped out of me, were I to offer a piece of "Get Lucky" gum to some unsuspecting sweet young older thang.

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And finally, I have absolutely NO use for the product on the left, nor do I know anyone (nowadays) that would. You have to squint to read it, but the gum comes in "Fresh Fruit Flavor." Heh.

I used to know folks that would buy a ton of this stuff, not that there's anything inherently wrong with that. But I left SFO five years ago… ya know?

All this merchandise and much, much more...available here.

Really.

Update: ...later that same evening. Dunno how I missed this, but I did. And I just had to rectify the oversight, of course. I might get one or two of these non-permanent tattoos. They're right up my alley.

Gnarly. Yes.

Re-runs are about all I have the motivation and/or energy for at the moment. I'm semi-preoccupied with watching the Dow Jones Industrials in free-fall mode (down 362, as I type... not as bad as -380, earlier) and wondering if my 401(k) will evaporate like a puddle after a New Mexico summer rain. The prospect of spending my dotage in penury isn't exactly appealing... yanno?