![]() I Bought This Memoryby Winston C. Mars ![]() ![]() January 12, 2004 I bought this memory at Walgreens,
it was discounted heavily. With it implanted I settled back to enjoy my reverie. But to my dismay I soon realized why this memory had been spurned. It was of eating a stale club sandwich whose mayonnaise had turned! I took it right back for a refund, but the Chinese clerk he protested. He asked for proof, by way of receipt for the memory I'd injested. I searched my pockets to no avail. I checked again, but again failed! Nowhere was it to be found. I scanned the scene, and checked in-between my sneaker and the ground. But it was gone. Goodbye, so long! Sayonara, it turned to vapors. Somehow somewhere, vanished into the air. "I'll see you in the funny papers." I tried my best to prove in jest that I was the one who had bought it. "Aha!" I voiced, "The rye bread was slightly moist, like someone had coughed on it." "And the pickles, they stank like something quite rank and the ham—the ham was like rubber. The turkey was raw and the cheese was so blah, like crusty, stretched-thin whale blubber." But the clerk didn't buy it, wouldn't even try it. He just smiled and shook his head "No." Without the receipt I could have shit to eat and he wouldn't mind it at all if I'd go. As I stormed out into the rain the image haunted my brain: That clerk's grin hung in breathless fixation. It was clear I'd been played— the memory cleverly overlaid over my memory of the receipt's location! Damn you, Walgreens. You can keep your lousy four dollars. Quote of the Day“Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. If, however, you find a bag that looks like oregano, it's mine. I mean, if the cops ask you, it's not mine, but I am totally holding it for a friend of mine.”-Ron Horsemann Fortune 500 CookieAnother day, another dollar—you should really quit the migrant worker biz for a job where you can make more than a buck a day. Fans of sweaty three-ways with lesbians rejoice, they'll have your video in stock this Thursday. I've been smelling beans all day. That can't be just me. Lucky Lucianos will be Angelo, Salvatore, Emilio, and Gary.Try again later. Least Effective SARS Protective Efforts
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