Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 18, 2019
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early catalog alert ineffables winter 2000 features objects so vague & insubstantial they elude precise description. tends towards wind-chimey spirituality. does your husband want a dashboard druid serenity shrine? does your wife need a tibetan healing scrunchie? if so we pity you. condimentia! the source for every relish, spread & sauce necessary to create refrigerator gridlock. vast selection of lethally hot pepper sauces with undignified names ("weld ed's hellfire-spittin' bowel rocket sauce"). offers the mayonnaise-of-the-month club for the blander palate. powergrab 2000 do you have a fidgety executive on your list who'd just love a cell-phone that also stores addresses, schedules meetings, checks stocks, tallies golf scores, measures body fat & cholesterol levels, exchanges foreign currency, locates things by geosynchronous satellite, opens cans & moves cheese? look on page 12. stuff 'n' things super 900 page catalog 2000 gifts so useless that once actually given they cease to be, like some un-stable isotope. lawn ornaments, bar knicknacks, mugs & t-shirts with banalities printed on them, things shaped like cats, novelty oven mitts, etc. in short, the only catalog you'll need. we're doing all our christmas shop-ping right here.
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
And the novelty oven mitt business takes another dig and survives.
J Quest almost 5 years ago
I always thought condimentia was the reason I keep buying mustard even though I have several jars already.
Mouseman8 almost 5 years ago
That description of a cell phone is a pretty good prophecy for the year 2000.
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
I buy all my holiday gifts from a single catalog. Victoria’s Secret.
PoodleGroomer almost 5 years ago
All coming to a box under a garage sale card table near you.
Joliet Jake almost 5 years ago
My rule for condiments in the fridge is if I can’t remember the last time I used it, I toss it.
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Summed up with two simple words: random crap.
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
I think I used to read that last one in-flight on airlines….