Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 11, 2014
July 07, 2014
July 14, 2014
Transcript:
a suburban val-u-less moe's video trinket world hummus aplenty once there was a strip mall, a few small marginal stores anchored by a grocery store. then one day, weak-ened by aggressive competition, a changing clientele & rumors of tainted bulk food, the grocery store went out of business... good bye left adrift, the whole works broke loose and floated slowly away. p.j. piehole's food 'n' fun within days a family restaurant that provides crayons even for adults sprang weedlike from the asphalt. they say the strip mall is up there yet, looking for a profitable place to land. man: so if you wake up & find a strip mall in your backyard don't be too damned surprised! kid 1: that was dumb. kid 2: yeah, tell one about a poodle. kid 3: and a nail gun
Fredcritter over 10 years ago
Love it!!!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
I am experiencing the first stages of this, where the grocery store/anchor of the local mall has closed. The rest of the mall (slightly larger than just a “strip,” to be accurate) is hanging on, so far, but it could float off soon enough….
So, the kids are wrong.
Dual over 10 years ago
Love it, but why “A Suburban” as the title? I feel like a word’s been whited out.
Vince M over 10 years ago
Like “A Suburban Legend”?
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
I want to hear the story of the nail gun and the poodle,hopefully lots a blood and yelping. I love a mystery.
Piksea Premium Member over 10 years ago
I think he must be telling that story to Alice Otterloop’s preschool class.
JP Steve Premium Member over 10 years ago
Does this make anyone else think of James Blish’s “Cities in Flight” Novels?
richardcthompson Premium Member over 10 years ago
A word dropped off, sorry. It should say, “A Suburban Myth”.
Thehag over 10 years ago
Now someone has just got to open a place called P.J. Piehole’s….