Thursday, July 03, 2014

Two Crappy Cell Phone Pics, a Lil Social Commentary, and a Lapse In Ethics

So, we're just back in from a run out to Cannon Airplane Patch for to stock the larder and the likker locker... where we saw this:



Childhood obesity?  Why, you'd never know WHY now, would ya?  Reese's for breakfast?  Sure... why the Hell not?

And about that lapse in my ethics...



What I normally drink is on the left and what we'll be drinkin' for the next couple o' few is on the right.  While we were perusing the scotch selection I noticed that the 18-year old Glenlivet was priced the same as the 15-year old stuff.  I did what any red blooded scotch drinker would do in this case and picked up the 18-year.  So, where's the ethical lapse, you ask?  This:  I know and almost any scotch drinker knows the 18-year old Glenlivet was wrongly priced.  Did I tell the cashier or management?  No, I did not.

I should have bought two.  In for a penny, in for a pound.

9 comments:

  1. You lucky man. God loves you.

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  2. Ethical lapse? Methinks you seized the initiative.

    (Nothing will draw me in faster than a title like Two Crappy Cell Phone Pics, a Lil Social Commentary, and a Lapse In Ethics. Seriously.)

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  3. céréales avec sucre03 July, 2014 18:28

    I don't even go down that aisle anymore. It's not just the sugar, it's the prices. I'm a cheerios man, but I haven't bought any in about 3 years due to prices. I just have some toast from my bread-maker and peach preserves, ever since the depression started.

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  4. "Methinks you seized the initiative."

    Exactly so. Enjoy.

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  5. @ Curt: Good things happen every once in a while.

    @ Chris & Brian: I like the way the both of you think. The phrase about seizing the initiative would look good on my performance report, if I still got those things.

    @ céréales: I'm a corn flakes guy and I still buy 'em. The cereal aisle is a wondrous thing, actually. All that variety!

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    1. Expensive Booze04 July, 2014 10:45

      Hmm, 18 years ago Braveheart won the Academy Award. I'm wondering if the two drinks are created differently though. The 15 year one sounding more flavorful.

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    2. I wish I had a lil of that 15-year stuff left so I could do a side-by-side comparison. The 18-year stuff is incredibly smooth, though.

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  6. As a kid in the late '40s we usually only had cornflakes and sometimes all bran (!) which my aunt served with pure, rich cream--very tasty. I'm not sure about the sugar content then. Nowadays I have my Glenlivet over all bran.

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    1. The only sugared cereal I remember from my childhood was a sugared kind of puffed wheat, but I don't remember the name. Our childhoods were NOTHING like today in this regard.

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