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Meijer Shifty Takers (instead of Thrifty Acres...Might be a Michigan thing)
Definitely heard that one, but I'm originally from Michigan. My grandmother just refers to the store as "Thrifty".
A couple of former Michigan chains:
Get-Em-And-Go = Pit-Em-And-Go, referring to my mother's joke that the reason their hamburgers looked so flat was that they had been processed by being crushed under someone's arm before being put in the bag.
Hot And Now - Rotten Now. Both of these were crappy burger chains, with the only redeeming feature being that one of them had an olive burger that was pretty decent.
Oh, and Art Van, the furniture chain which is perpetually having a sale, was, of course, Fart Van.
Last edited by Dentarthurdent; 02-08-2014, 05:06 AM.
Reason: remembered a thing
I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.
K-Fart, or, locally we used to have an upscale-ish Department Store Chain, (bought out several years back by Macy's) called The Bon Marche. Thus, another variation of K-Mart is K-Marche. And yeah, Tar-zhay too.
One of my own; McDoogies, (or Dookies).
Last year I saw on a site somewhere; "Bloodbath and Beyond".
We have a local independant owner grocery chain "Thriftway", which I often refer to as "Thriftyway".
Taco Balls.
Pizza Butt.
That's all for now. There's some that seem to be stuck in the back of my head, that haven't made their way forward yet.
... and now half of you will never be able to eat there again.
Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.
It was a boweld move, but he'll liver with it. He has heart.
Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
Not quite sure how aorta follow a line like that up...But I've gotta admit <colon> you got guts!
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