And the winner is...
Albertson's. I chose them for my Sunday afternoon grocery run, figuring that they were the only local grocery chain I hadn't checked for Famous Chocolate Wafers and by God, I was going to check. The parking lot was remarkably free of traffic, especially for a Sunday afternoon. Maybe everyone was at home preparing their Oscar hors d'oeuvres, but if Albie's is that deserted every Sunday, then that's where I'm doing my shopping from now on. Albertson's has always been the low-rent grocery store on that particular street – the Publix across the way renovated a few years ago and is considered hoitier and toitier. But Albertson's, apart from being laid out in an infuriatingly obtuse fashion (lots of corners and aisles laid out at 90º angles), is actually not a bad store.
The first aisle I went down was the ice cream aisle. I figured if I didn't find the FCWs, I would head across the street to the Publix, where I shop normally. But lo and behold, at the end of the row of freezers:
Funny, funny stuff. Thanks, Lisa. This is really going to make the book. Of course, we may have to add a few pages just to accomodate the index, but if it pushes us up over the 200 page mark we probably won't complain.
Scott mentioned that he was surprised there was no entry for "Wookiee porn." But Scott's always thinking about porn.
Albertson's. I chose them for my Sunday afternoon grocery run, figuring that they were the only local grocery chain I hadn't checked for Famous Chocolate Wafers and by God, I was going to check. The parking lot was remarkably free of traffic, especially for a Sunday afternoon. Maybe everyone was at home preparing their Oscar hors d'oeuvres, but if Albie's is that deserted every Sunday, then that's where I'm doing my shopping from now on. Albertson's has always been the low-rent grocery store on that particular street – the Publix across the way renovated a few years ago and is considered hoitier and toitier. But Albertson's, apart from being laid out in an infuriatingly obtuse fashion (lots of corners and aisles laid out at 90º angles), is actually not a bad store.
The first aisle I went down was the ice cream aisle. I figured if I didn't find the FCWs, I would head across the street to the Publix, where I shop normally. But lo and behold, at the end of the row of freezers:
There they were. And so, I have a new grocery store. I don't know how Albertson's prices compare, but their produce section was reasonably well-kept. (The garlic bin, like every garlic bin I've ever seen, was a bit scary.) The meat department was a bit disorganized and – ew – sticky, but overall not a bad experience.
Tears, caused by laughing
Lisa's index for Reel Shame arrived tonight and Scott, Christina, and I took turns reading our favorite entries from it in between Oscar moments. (More on that in a future entry.) A sample of what had us in stitches:
breasts
awards for, 109
movies created around, 108–109
as separate characters 88-89, 91-92
synonyms for, 91
grasshoppers, as hats, 7
Wookies
family life of, 147-150
lack of, 133
Funny, funny stuff. Thanks, Lisa. This is really going to make the book. Of course, we may have to add a few pages just to accomodate the index, but if it pushes us up over the 200 page mark we probably won't complain.
Scott mentioned that he was surprised there was no entry for "Wookiee porn." But Scott's always thinking about porn.
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