Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for June 24, 2013
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 suprised! kid 1: that was dumb. kid 2: yeah, tell one about a poodle. kid 3: and a nail gun
Dad: “Sigh. Ok. You modern kids will kill me one day… So, anyway, there I was with my nail gun, hanging up the poodle dogs to dry when…”