A sad, constant bid for attention

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I have sold out. I've accepted an endorsement deal with the owner of the Chocolate Bar and Candylicious here in Houston.

I will do my best not let corporate money taint my sport, but it will be hard to Race for the Cure on Saturday with all of the associated distractions of corporate sponsorship.

Okay, you know what I would kill for right now? (I wouldn't kill a Paddington Bear or the little fishies, although I might kill Lauren HOlly's character in Beautiful Girls.) Chocolate licorice. How disgusting is that?

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The mention of Swedish fish brought back very pleasant memories of the candy department at Sears, which was AWESOME. Bins and bins of nonpareils and swedish fish and licorice and bridge mix and malt balls ... it smelled like heaven.

2.

Although I never liked Swedish fish, I loved the candy department at Sears. The only other good thing about back-to-school shopping was playing Atari on the display model at Sears.

When did they get rid of the candy department? Do they still make Toughskins?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Chocolate licorice. How disgusting is that?

Nuts and gum--together at last.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
that might just be a little Shelly Winters fetish playing itself out?

holy shit who knew Byron Nelson was still alive (he's not anymore, but I menat until recently).

Byron Nelson is still alive. Unless we are talking about different Byron Nelsons. I have no idea what he has to do with Shelley Winters, so maybe I am confused. I'm talking about Byron Nelson, golfer.


ETA: Ack! He died! This is a bummer for the Dallas golf scene. Time to check the death pool standings.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Okay, you know what I would kill for right now? (I wouldn't kill a Paddington Bear or the little fishies, although I might kill Lauren HOlly's character in Beautiful Girls.) Chocolate licorice. How disgusting is that?

I didn't know you were expecting again. Congratulations!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Byron Nelson is still alive. Unless we are talking about different Byron Nelsons. I have no idea what he has to do with Shelley Winters, so maybe I am confused. I'm talking about Byron Nelson, golfer.

dead. today.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
2.

Although I never liked Swedish fish, I loved the candy department at Sears. The only other good thing about back-to-school shopping was playing Atari on the display model at Sears.

When did they get rid of the candy department? Do they still make Toughskins?

I don't know.

At my childhood Sears, the candy department was flanked by home appliances on one side and the toy department on the other. I could entertain myself for hours. Sometimes I entertained myself for minutes that must have seemed like hours while my mother searched for me. She was as likely to find me near the vacuum display, where they had actual rugs you could run the vacuum over, as the toy department.

You know, now that I think about it, I think they actually roasted nuts at that Sears. I can almost smell it. How weird that patentpara has inspired this wave of nostalgia.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Byron Nelson is still alive. Unless we are talking about different Byron Nelsons. I have no idea what he has to do with Shelley Winters, so maybe I am confused. I'm talking about Byron Nelson, golfer.

He bought it today. At the ripe old age of 96 or something. Why this is breaking news, I have no idea.

Breaking News -- 96 year old dies!!

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
2.

Although I never liked Swedish fish, I loved the candy department at Sears. The only other good thing about back-to-school shopping was playing Atari on the display model at Sears.

When did they get rid of the candy department? Do they still make Toughskins?

My favorite were the Swedish Raspberries, which were a little softer and tasted more like real fruit than the Swedish fish.

Sears got rid of the candy counter in the early 80s as part of a retrenchment. I believe they still sell Toughskins, though.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This is your best post ever. The mention of Swedish fish brought back very pleasant memories of the candy department at Sears, which was AWESOME. Bins and bins of nonpareils and swedish fish and licorice and bridge mix and malt balls ... it smelled like heaven.

Oh my god.

The Sears on Old York Road. With my mother.

I'm getting misty.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred


Although I never liked Swedish fish,

2. I like most of the gummy menagerie. And many swedes have an allure. But the swedish fish never did it for me.

Toughskins live. The braggin' dragon, no.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
He bought it today. At the ripe old age of 96 or something. Why this is breaking news, I have no idea.

Breaking News -- 96 year old dies!!

One fewer old man for you, GILF.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I don't know.

At my childhood Sears, the candy department was flanked by home appliances on one side and the toy department on the other. I could entertain myself for hours. (Sometimes I entertained myself for minutes that must have seemed like hours while my mother searced for me. She was as likely to find me near the vacuum display, where they had actual rugs you could run the vacuum over, as the toy department.

Thank you for indulging my nostalgia today.

More times than I care to admit, I heard my own name over the PA at the Walmart near the ranch informing the entire store that my family was looking for me.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
A member of my family insists that the expression is "Six or one half dozen of the other." This clearly makes no sense, right?

I believe I've mentioned this before, but I once got an email from a sorority sister, bemoaning the fact that it was a "doggie dog world".

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Speaking of, you've been awfully quiet on the bitter haiku front.

TM

I kept trying to draft something, but my words got broken and I had to keep going back to the dictionary to find crappy replacements for them. So I gave up.