July 27, 2012
— rdbrewer Not a bad idea. Razors, jerky, beans, bacon, and beer. And other stuff.
An Upper West Side grocery store yesterday launched the city’s first “man aisle” — a portion of the store dedicated to facilitate a dude’s otherwise-arduous trip to the grocery store by putting everything in one convenient location — from condoms to steak sauce.“It’s your essentials,” explained Ian Joskowitz, 43, chief operating officer of Westside Market NYC. “It’s your water, alcohol, soaps, shampoos, deodorants, razors.
“If you’re going to have some guys over to watch a game, you can pretty much stand here — not move two feet — and get your beer, barbecue sauce, chips, whatever. It’s all right here!”
Joskowitz and the store’s CEO, George Zoitas, were inspired to create the manspace — conveniently located right next to the beer section — after reading an ESPN study showing 31 percent of men are shopping for their families, up from 14 percent in the 1980s.
Did they miss anything?
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Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 12:53 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2012 12:53 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Shohuff at July 27, 2012 12:53 PM (jo0fs)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 27, 2012 12:53 PM (bb5Xq)
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 12:54 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: dogfish at July 27, 2012 12:54 PM (N2yhW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 27, 2012 12:54 PM (vCK/R)
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2012 12:54 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 27, 2012 12:55 PM (RD7QR)
Good idea. I hate shopping for shampoo. I just want a bottle that says "hair soap."
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 12:55 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 27, 2012 12:55 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: MTF at July 27, 2012 12:55 PM (Db6BC)
Posted by: © Sponge at July 27, 2012 12:56 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at July 27, 2012 12:56 PM (BvTwT)
Posted by: Chick-fil-A just the beginning at July 27, 2012 12:58 PM (HOOye)
More on Chic-Fil-A.
Their VP of Corporate Relations died of a heart attack today. Read the comments and be croggled at the hate being thrown at the man.
http://tinyurl.com/d3756zt
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 12:58 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: Jean at July 27, 2012 12:58 PM (5J8Gk)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 27, 2012 12:59 PM (+H7H8)
Posted by: Uncle Jim at July 27, 2012 12:59 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:00 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: dogfish at July 27, 2012 01:00 PM (N2yhW)
Posted by: You'll see Mooch there, tho at July 27, 2012 01:01 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: USA at July 27, 2012 01:01 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 01:01 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 27, 2012 04:53 PM (bb5Xq)
Ask the stock boy to bring up one from the back storeroom.
Posted by: wooga at July 27, 2012 01:02 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: i am mad as hell and i am not going to take it anymore at July 27, 2012 01:02 PM (cgxNI)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 27, 2012 01:02 PM (TOk1P)
"Their VP of Corporate Relations died of a heart attack today. Read the comments and be croggled at the hate being thrown at the man."
Thanks but no.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 01:03 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 27, 2012 01:03 PM (+H7H8)
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at July 27, 2012 01:03 PM (xmipk)
It's just as bad as "man caves" - as if stuff that men like is so evil and bad it needs to be hidden out of view from everyone.
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 27, 2012 01:04 PM (0tkqC)
let's see, ammo, home brew supplies and sesame oil.
Sesame oil you say ? Well yes, when the little lady asks for a back rub, we ALL know what that means. And that usually means I'll be tasting whatever I use as a lotion, so it's heart healthy and does not taste like you are licking the bottom of your grandmothers purse.
Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at July 27, 2012 01:05 PM (Vk2CC)
Posted by: Midaz at July 27, 2012 01:05 PM (xmipk)
Posted by: i am mad as hell and i am not going to take it anymore at July 27, 2012 01:06 PM (cgxNI)
Posted by: OldSailor88 at July 27, 2012 01:06 PM (2oNjs)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 05:04 PM (YdQQY)
Aisle 7.
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 27, 2012 01:06 PM (RD7QR)
Never really tried that so will take your word that is bad.
Posted by: dogfish at July 27, 2012 01:06 PM (N2yhW)
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 01:06 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Midaz at July 27, 2012 01:06 PM (xmipk)
Posted by: Moochelle at July 27, 2012 01:07 PM (WGmy2)
"Oh and I forgot, the Ewok aisle would also have all of your hobo hunting/skinning/preparing parafanalia."
All on the lower two shelves.
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:07 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Midaz at July 27, 2012 01:07 PM (xmipk)
Now, if the stocking clerks were hot and topless......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 27, 2012 01:07 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: i am mad as hell and i am not going to take it anymore at July 27, 2012 01:08 PM (cgxNI)
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2012 05:07 PM (TomZ9)
Aisle 9, next to the arugula and the K-Y jelly.
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 27, 2012 01:08 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at July 27, 2012 01:08 PM (Q500N)
Posted by: fruits and veggies at July 27, 2012 01:08 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 01:08 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:08 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: i am mad as hell and i am not going to take it anymore at July 27, 2012 01:09 PM (cgxNI)
Posted by: Jon F'N Carey at July 27, 2012 01:09 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: fruits and veggies at July 27, 2012 01:09 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Midaz at July 27, 2012 01:09 PM (xmipk)
OT: Which one of you Moronettes did this?
http ://www.examiner.com/ article/ upstate-ny-women- arrested-for-strolling- naked-through-store
(I have an ironclad alibi -- I'm on the other coast)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 27, 2012 01:10 PM (9wOfB)
@50 - in my house, it pretty much means, "Hey, can you work out the knot that forms under my left shoulder-blade?"
Which requires patience, fingers of steel, and suprisingly little tasting.
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:10 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:10 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: Cicero at July 27, 2012 01:10 PM (QKKT0)
What have they left out? This is NYC, right? Then they left out the make-up, bree, and and yogurt.
Posted by: Soona at July 27, 2012 01:11 PM (ILIBj)
Posted by: just repeating a friend's suggestion at July 27, 2012 01:11 PM (FUozQ)
Batteries, lots of batteries.
Oh, and zipties, large hefty lawn and leaf bags, chain saws and rope. I need some rope.
Posted by: Creepy Stalker Guy at July 27, 2012 01:11 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (c/bEf)
And there's NOTHING wrong with that, fo sho!!!!
Posted by: © Sponge at July 27, 2012 01:11 PM (UK9cE)
74 -
Guys are so stupid. First of all, if you're obvious in looking for wedding rings (or the size of chesties), you're not doing it the right way. Second, if you're not taking the opportunity to flirt with married women, you're AT THE VERY LEAST passing up a good way to practice your skills in a low-to-no-pressure situation.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 27, 2012 01:12 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Frozen pizza and lasagna at July 27, 2012 01:12 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:12 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 27, 2012 01:12 PM (GvYeG)
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2012 01:13 PM (TomZ9)
The man aisle needs a large selection of oil filters and motor oil.
Any of you pussies gonna own up to paying someone else to change yer oil?
Posted by: maddogg at July 27, 2012 01:13 PM (OlN4e)
Mine's bigger.
Posted by: Eric Stratton at July 27, 2012 01:13 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 27, 2012 01:13 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 01:13 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 01:13 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:14 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: for the video gamers at July 27, 2012 01:14 PM (HOOye)
Real men don't lik quiche. Unless it's wedged between Anna Kournikova's thighs.
You did misspell lick, right?
Posted by: just repeating a friend's suggestion at July 27, 2012 01:14 PM (FUozQ)
First the ass, then the boobies.
Wedding ring is way late in the process.
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 01:15 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: flounder at July 27, 2012 01:15 PM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 27, 2012 01:15 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2012 01:15 PM (0SHei)
I can't say I *ever* went to the grocery store with the intent of picking up another customer...
Good grief, was there anything I did right back in my single days?
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:15 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 27, 2012 01:16 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2012 01:16 PM (bxiXv)
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Heh. You beat me to it. I'm reminded of the scene in Mr. Mom, where Keaton sheepishly has to grab a giant box of maxi pads.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 27, 2012 01:16 PM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 27, 2012 01:16 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (YdQQY)
We need rain. A/C guy finally got here. Looks like we're going to be buying a new a/c unit. It's hot as blazes in the main living area. Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 01:17 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2012 01:17 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:17 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (BVkEs)
I hate that fucking commercial. Why the HELL would you need insurance 24/7 and NEED it.
Posted by: © Sponge at July 27, 2012 01:17 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: for the video gamers at July 27, 2012 01:17 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Preznit Training Pants at July 27, 2012 01:18 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 27, 2012 01:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Creepy Shopper Guy at July 27, 2012 01:18 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2012 01:18 PM (bxiXv)
I think the Aisle of Man should sell wedding bands. So people like my hubby who lost his can quickly and easily buy a replacement without having to admit it was ever missing. You don't need any kind of selection, just simple gold comfort bands that cost about $100 or less.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 01:18 PM (WGmy2)
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Today, Mr. Black attended what is really amounting to the closing of our local State Farm claims office. Lots of people have lost their jobs, although his was spared. Tears flowed, people with 20+ years with the company were let go due to downsizing and consolidation. But yeah, the commercial blows.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Soona at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (ILIBj)
Luckily did not lose power or anything. But it was noisy.
Stay safe.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: dogfish at July 27, 2012 04:54 PM (N2yhW)
You guys are very sweet to be willing to make a tampon run -- but I raise a gentle eyebrow at your ladies who are asking you to do that. I buy my own, as I've always thought that asking my guy to buy tampons/other feminine supplies would be a sure romance-killer. (YMMV...)
Plus which, there's such a wide variety of them now that making a selection is confusing even for me, the actual end-user -- how much more so must it be for someone who has no direct basis of comparison!
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (9wOfB)
Posted by: Midaz at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (xmipk)
Wedding ring is way late in the process.
Posted by: nickless
Is that why guys are always knocking over the neatly stacked pyramids of fruit and veg when I'm shopping?
Posted by: Dianna at July 27, 2012 01:19 PM (DV/Ik)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 01:20 PM (I2LwF)
The bigger, the better. Right?
Posted by: Cicero at July 27, 2012 01:20 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Col. Angus at July 27, 2012 01:20 PM (Kkt/i)
booze, tobacco humidor and smoking accessories, fishing tackle and bait, auto section, hot sauces, pron, snacks, condoms and miscellaneous toiletries, knifes, sunglasses, etc.
Get with the times, NY.
Posted by: Fritz at July 27, 2012 01:20 PM (0ZJ5N)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:20 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:21 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: I need my own chick-fil-A at July 27, 2012 01:22 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Creepy Stalker Guy at July 27, 2012 01:22 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:22 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: Preznit Training Pants at July 27, 2012 01:22 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 27, 2012 01:22 PM (lTVJy)
Is that why guys are always knocking over the neatly stacked pyramids of fruit and veg when I'm shopping?
So what's your situation?
Posted by: Wicked Pintoe at July 27, 2012 01:23 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:23 PM (RnfGE)
Stop by our place one day.
Posted by: Mitch's House of Lime at July 27, 2012 01:23 PM (QKKT0)
We'll need photos to answer that question. A tasteful spread in lingerie is the prefered style.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 27, 2012 01:23 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Tim at July 27, 2012 01:23 PM (GkMRb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2012 01:24 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Preznit Training Pants at July 27, 2012 01:24 PM (jucos)
125
Howie Carr just pardoned Col David Hunt for voting for Obama.
I can't stand Col Hunt, but if he's finally off the Obama bandwagon, I can't stand him a little bit less.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 05:17 PM (RnfGE)
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What?
Col David Hunt voted for the JEF?
Say it ain't so!
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 01:24 PM (mtRB0)
Guitar strings would be nice.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 27, 2012 05:23 PM (+H7H
Sold individually. The only string that breaks on the axe is the D string for some unknown reason.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 01:24 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:24 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at July 27, 2012 01:25 PM (8g9qq)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:25 PM (RnfGE)
No shit, poly.
I mean, we have ENTIRE STORES dedicated to us already. ENTIRE. STORES.
If you don't ever go to the hardware or auto-parts store with "nothing in mind" as your intended purchase, then you need to re-evaluate your priorities in life.
The food store is not complicated. Stuff that requires "special handling," like refrigeration, little plastic baggies, or someone to weight it for you, are along the walls. Stuff in cans and boxes is in the middle. Words that tell you where the stuff is are on the ceiling.
If I did have one complaint to make about grocery stores, it is that they all seem to be left up to the whim of the store manager for the order of the aisles. I go to the Albertson's near my house, and I know it like the back of my hand. I go to the Albertson's near my parents' house, and everything is entirely different.
They are big square rooms, filled with shelves! Why must they be different from one another?
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:25 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: dogfish
Post where? And seriously, back when I was single, every single time I was in the grocery store, it was like a stupid comedy.
Ten years have taken a toll - my waistline isn't what it was *sigh*.
Posted by: Dianna at July 27, 2012 01:25 PM (DV/Ik)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:26 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2012 01:26 PM (AiZkN)
Posted by: Wicked Pintoe
Very attached to a 2nd dan blackbelt who cooks.
It's been hell on my weight, but great in every other way.
Posted by: Dianna at July 27, 2012 01:27 PM (DV/Ik)
Sold individually. The only string that breaks on the axe is the D string for some unknown reason.
Well, for me, personally, I can never keep a G-string in one piece...
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 27, 2012 01:27 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 01:27 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: maddogg at July 27, 2012 01:27 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2012 01:27 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Wicked Pintoe at July 27, 2012 01:28 PM (fsLdt)
But the key question is, if the "former" aid walked in on her making out with another female aid, what is the basis for the suit?
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:28 PM (YdQQY)
Ten years have taken a toll - my waistline isn't what it was *sigh*.
Ha! Ha! What makes you think any of these morons have a waistline any more either?
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 01:28 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: G Zimmerman at July 27, 2012 01:28 PM (3ZjAP)
"When she entered the office, she found the Lieutenant Governor and her Travel Aide, Beatriz Ramos, in what can only be described as a compromising position," according to a motion filed by Cole's lawyer, Stephen Webster.
http://tinyurl.com/cbd2pqo
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:28 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: it's all you need, men; music creators at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: dogfish at July 27, 2012 05:00 PM (N2yhW)
because like "Chinese" food that we eat in the States, it's mostly American in origin
Posted by: The Dude at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (tw6Ar)
Man Robs Dollar Store, Doesn't Anticipate Manager Retaliating with Aluminum Bat
Great 911 call:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cubmr38
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (MMC8r)
Well, for me, personally, I can never keep a G-string in one piece...
Aren't any of you Moron Big Boys going to scream "Pics, or it didn't happen?" I'm waiting...
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (RnfGE)
I'm coming up with nothin'.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (UOM48)
I never thought of that!
Posted by: Dianna at July 27, 2012 01:29 PM (DV/Ik)
Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll apologized Thursday for offending lesbians when she said black women who engage in those relationships don't look like her.
Carroll, who was implying that black lesbians aren't attractive, made the remarks more than a week ago when she was asked about court documents in which a fired staffer claims that she walked in on Carroll and a female travel aide in a compromising position. Carroll denies that claim.
http://tinyurl.com/cr82m55
Posted by: one of the nice people living inside Sooth's computer at July 27, 2012 01:30 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 01:30 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 27, 2012 05:18 PM (GEICT)
And ammo.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 27, 2012 01:30 PM (YbQJm)
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 05:28 PM (WGmy2) <<<<<
Some of us do. I'm 6'-1" @ 180 pounds.
Posted by: maddogg at July 27, 2012 01:30 PM (OlN4e)
Maybe the aisle isn't so much for a man as it is for NYCs metro sexuals to pick up items that a real man should already have on hand. That's what I'm going with.
The man aisle is really bugging you, isn't it?
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2012 01:30 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Tim at July 27, 2012 05:23 PM (GkMRb)
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The reason so many people are using steak sauce now is that beef is too lean. Eating extra lean beef is like chewing on a wet couch cushion.
Get beef with some fat marbling and at least a quarter inch of fat around it. It's the fat plus the meat that give steaks a rich taste.
Posted by: Soona at July 27, 2012 01:30 PM (ILIBj)
Our Super Wall Mart is the worst I have ever seen for this shit. They routinely move shit for no reason. I can never find anything.
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:31 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:31 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 27, 2012 01:31 PM (+H7H8)
178
yeah, Col Hunt was a big Obama fan
and he really hates Sarah Palin
But Hunt really loves Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 05:26 PM (RnfGE)
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Thanks. wow, I didn't know.
I thought that Col Hunt was pretty conservative....from what I'd seen of him.
But I haven't seen him on Fox in a long time.
Of course, I don't watch it all the time.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 01:31 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (RnfGE)
She is a woman and has no pee pee.
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Preznit Training Pants at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (jucos)
The reason so many people are using steak sauce now is that beef is too lean. Eating extra lean beef is like chewing on a wet couch cushion.
You look like you just found a penny!
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (bihOU)
Can you fart in the man isle without getting yelled at?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 05:30 PM (j1gX1)
I believe it would be encouraged.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 27, 2012 01:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:33 PM (RnfGE)
Was "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" playing in the background?
And BTW: When did we start calling it a"now"?
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 01:34 PM (FUozQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2012 01:35 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (MMC8r)
Well, crap! Definitely have to have aluminum bats in the Aisle of Man after listening to that! Wow! I love how the store manager told him to "Lay still buddy, the ambulance is on its way." Heh! He beats the crap out of the 4 time convicted felon (for robbery) and then calls him an ambulance. That's some great customer service.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 01:35 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:35 PM (RnfGE)
>>And BTW: When did we start calling it a"now"?
The proper place to kiss a girl is on the veranda.
Posted by: garrett at July 27, 2012 01:35 PM (bihOU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 01:35 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 01:36 PM (QupBk)
It seems Cole is just trying to have vengeance.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:36 PM (c/bEf)
But will you get a thumbs up and score?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 05:35 PM (j1gX1)
You will from me!
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 01:37 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 01:37 PM (j1gX1)
@Mary in LA - I've been sent, multiple times. Really it's no big deal, because usually late at night is when I will make the "emergency runs" for just a couple things that we're out of (milk, usually), and those will just get added to the list.
Besides, you can't shame the shameless. There was one time she added them to the list, just as "pads." So I called her from the aisle to ask her for more information.
"Hey, what kind of these things are you needing?"
"Always."
"Yeah, don't I know it..."
"*sigh* That's the brand."
"Oh, OK. There's like, six different colors. What flavor?"
"That's not funny. Overnights."
"Got 'em. Wait. No. Are Heavies better or worse?"
"OVERNIGHTS. NO WINGS."
"Check. Alright, I've got them."
"*pauses* ...you sound funny. Am...am I on speakerphone?"
"Yeah, why?"
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? Are there people that can hear me?"
"Not on this aisle. But I think there might be someone on the next row over. Hey, can you hear me over there?"
"*hangs-up on me*"
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:37 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Where's ACE when you need him? at July 27, 2012 01:37 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at July 27, 2012 01:37 PM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 27, 2012 01:38 PM (VJUQK)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:38 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: Jennifer Carroll at July 27, 2012 01:38 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 01:39 PM (UOM48)
Our Super Wall Mart is the worst I have ever seen for this shit. They routinely move shit for no reason. I can never find anything.
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 05:31 PM (YdQQY)
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Sam Walton started that, at all his stores.
He used to chuckle about it.
He saw it as a way to make people go all over the store....looking for what they came for.
He said that it was a sure-fire way to get people to buy more stuff.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 01:39 PM (mtRB0)
The proper place to kiss a girl is on the veranda.
Posted by: garrett at July 27, 2012 05:35 PM (bihOU)
Stealth Three Amigos reference. Nice.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 01:39 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 01:40 PM (FUozQ)
If the broads don't want chlamydia, they should be the the ones buying them.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 27, 2012 01:40 PM (SY2Kh)
Get beef with some fat marbling and at least a quarter inch of fat around it. It's the fat plus the meat that give steaks a rich taste.
That's where the bigger breeds are going to give you the nicest cuts of meat: you know, the Saint Bernards, the Newfies, Giant Mastifs, etc.
Posted by: SCOAMF at July 27, 2012 01:40 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:41 PM (RnfGE)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 27, 2012 01:42 PM (RnfGE)
This is an intentional marketing ploy. It forces your eyeballs to pass by more products to get what you're looking for. When you do that, it increases the chances you'll impulse buy something you didn't come in intending to buy on that trip.
Stores have been using this people traffic pattern tactic for at least 50 years that I'm aware of.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 01:42 PM (Hxw+V)
http://tinyurl.com/d3756zt
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 04:58 PM (c/bEf).............................................Facebook acct required to comment, so I'm guessing that is an Idiot +50 sample.
Posted by: Invictos at July 27, 2012 01:42 PM (OQpzc)
"Our Super Wall Mart is the worst I have ever seen for this shit. They routinely move shit for no reason."
Do the cashiers ask you "Did you find everything you needed today?"
They do at mine. I'm pretty sure that it isn't a nicety, but rather they are keeping tabs. Once the cashiers reach >70% "Yes" answers, it is time for a re-arrange.
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:43 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 01:43 PM (FUozQ)
Posted by: Creepy Shopper Guy at July 27, 2012 01:43 PM (BVkEs)
To meet the awesome women who are also shopping in that aisle?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 27, 2012 01:44 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 05:37 PM (sPO/s)
Haa! That was pretty hilarious.
I've gotten calls like that from the hubby when he's at the store, with a list.
But not for 'feminine products'.
I get those meself.
The only time I ever asked him to pick up some tampons was when I was sick, in bed, and had run out.
He was like..."Uh, which ones?"
I was like...."I don't care, any kind".
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 01:45 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 01:45 PM (FUozQ)
Posted by: No, I really don't. Really. Stop. at July 27, 2012 01:46 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 01:46 PM (FUozQ)
@jcrclarksonesq: My ideas for the opening ceremony were rejected. I suggested we should crash a burning Jag into Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 27, 2012 01:47 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 27, 2012 05:44 PM (Gk3SS).....................I met mine at the gun store because she cursing a blue streak that she wasn't allowed to sumarrily execute the libs she worked with. Love at first rant, it was.
Posted by: Invictos at July 27, 2012 01:47 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 01:48 PM (FUozQ)
Dang, didn't catch the Three Amigos reference. I'm slipping.
Posted by: jwpaine at July 27, 2012 05:43 PM (FUozQ)
I have a dirty, dusty VHS copy I've seen a hundred times that still works that you'll have to pry from cold, dead hands.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 01:48 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: I just give him brandname and one other word: Super at July 27, 2012 01:48 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 01:50 PM (MMC8r)
The Clarkson tweet is perfect. It involves
a) fire
b) hated of Jags
c) something he heard on the elevator that morning from the young ladies that he didn't fully comprehend, but added to his list of "things that are apparently funny right now."
Except this is the UK. So heard it on a "lift," from "birds."
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:51 PM (sPO/s)
That's a mistake you only make once.
Which reminds me. Stay away from the recycled TP. Do Not Want.
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2012 01:51 PM (fsLdt)
263 Come on! comment!
Okay.
I have gotten really bad about wearing my wedding ring, when I go shopping.
It's the hand sanitizer thing.
I use it...a lot.
So I take my ring off, and put it in my pocket...and forget to put it back on.
When some guy starts flirting, I feel kinda bad.
Because he probably noticed I wasn't wearing a ring.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 01:51 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Fritz at July 27, 2012 01:52 PM (0ZJ5N)
Posted by: Mr. Wheatie, coming home with a spool of thread and a bag of cotton balls at July 27, 2012 01:53 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 01:53 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 01:54 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 05:53 PM (j1gX1)
After watching the opening ceremony online, no one missed a damn thing.
Worst.opening.evah.
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 01:54 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 05:39 PM (mtRB0)
That shit doesn't work on me and I would bet it doesn't work for most men. I don't go "shopping". I go to the store to get a specific item or items and hunting for shit doesn't make me buy more shit, it just pisses me off. And in the last trip I made it resulted in me giving up and NOT buying something I had on my list when after spending ten min looking for it and not finding it I just said the hell with it.
(Fe supplements that doctor wanted me to take)
.
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 01:55 PM (YdQQY)
@268 - Egads. In what sort of world do we live in that something like that even makes it past the Marketing Department?
"Seriously, there is NOTHING we can call this product that scored better than 5% in our focus-groups."
That should have been the death of recycled toilet paper, right there.
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 01:55 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at July 27, 2012 01:55 PM (8BaAK)
No, you're supposed to buy one box and when you get to the checkout wield it like He-Man calling upon the power of Greyskull.
"LOOK! I HAVE A WOMAN! You there- with the TV dinner, box of tissues and hand lotion- IN YOUR FACE, loser!"
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 27, 2012 01:56 PM (SY2Kh)
That shit doesn't work on me and I would bet it doesn't work for most men.
Nope. It's a dick move by stores.
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2012 01:57 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Heh. at July 27, 2012 01:58 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 01:59 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: SCOAMF at July 27, 2012 01:59 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 01:59 PM (c/bEf)
Right on, Hollowpoint. NO SHAME!
"I've got a CHICK in my house! And when she's done with THESE, we're gonna $%&@!"
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 02:00 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: sometimes Iron not on the shelves at July 27, 2012 02:00 PM (HOOye)
Its like European TP...80 grit.
Not only that but it's got a raspy chemical element to it. Complete suckage.
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2012 02:00 PM (fsLdt)
272 "I was like...."I don't care, any kind"."
They were...uh...all out...
Posted by: Mr. Wheatie, coming home with a spool of thread and a bag of cotton balls at July 27, 2012 05:53 PM (sPO/s)
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Hah! Well, he knew to bring home....something....anything.
'Cause I was out.
Which is like an emergency situation.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 02:00 PM (mtRB0)
Aiyeee!!!!!
Posted by: DaveA's last shred of sanity at July 27, 2012 02:01 PM (DVJEd)
Posted by: Frozen pizza and lasagna at July 27, 2012 05:12 PM (fsLdt)
Because of the stupid Microsoft code, or because of the OT link?
I'm so sorry for the stupid Microsoft code. (hangs head in shame)
I can never get the link thingie to work, so I pasted the whole URL into my comment, and got the automated thump on the head for posting a long sentence. So I copied my brilliant comment and pasted it into a blank Outlook message, refreshed the page, pasted it back in, and broke up the URL with spaces. Apparently some stealth Microsoft code came along for the ride, even though I thought I was posting plain text. Sowwy... :-(
As for the link to the story of the naked lady in the store, I thought that even if that wasn't a Moronette, the story might make some Morons happy! :-)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 27, 2012 02:01 PM (9wOfB)
Posted by: woman +1 at July 27, 2012 02:01 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 02:02 PM (X6akg)
And, I hate that Mr. Bean guy.
He did a hilarious series called BlackAdder but Mr. Bean is .....I don't know what the fuck that is.
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2012 02:03 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 02:03 PM (imVgX)
Men don't do most of the shopping. But there's other merchandizing tactics they use as well you can't avoid. Like where a particular brand is positioned on the shelves. Higher margin brands will be within easy reach, lower margin brands harder to reach on upper or lower shelves, and placement within the aisle itself. Higher margin product at the start of the aisles, lower margin as you go deeper down an aisle. This is why you'll always find Coke/Pepsi at the beginning of an aisle or on an end cap, unless some special promotion for the store brand is being run.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 02:04 PM (Hxw+V)
Posted by: purple fingers at July 27, 2012 02:04 PM (HOOye)
"LOOK! I HAVE A WOMAN! You there- with the TV dinner, box of tissues and hand lotion- IN YOUR FACE, loser!"
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 27, 2012 05:56 PM (SY2Kh)
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Exactly.
I think that's how mr. wheatie looks at it too.
He's alway asking me...whenever he calls to say "I'm stopping for beer, we need anything?" ....then he says "You need any stuff from the girly aisle?"
He doesn't seem to mind the idea of being seen buy that stuff.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 02:05 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 02:05 PM (j1gX1)
"Yeah, why?"
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? Are there people that can hear me?"
"Not on this aisle. But I think there might be someone on the next row over. Hey, can you hear me over there?"
"*hangs-up on me*"
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 05:37 PM (sPO/s)
ROFL x2!
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 27, 2012 02:05 PM (9wOfB)
I give Clarkson a pass. He is so obviously beyond the grasp of "pop culture" that I look at him in most episodes and think, "Aww, his daughter dressed him for work today."
"Dadd-ay...you haff to wear the Che shutt today if you wan' ta' be respekktabul by the tawget owwdience."
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 02:06 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 02:06 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: sapphire & diamonds at July 27, 2012 02:07 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 02:07 PM (c/bEf)
1) what kind of reception Israel gets
2) does the USA delegation dip the flag-they better not!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 06:05 PM (j1gX1)
Ok, I either missed Israel....because they're on Japan.....or do they come under a different name?
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 02:08 PM (X6akg)
--Huh? I'm borderline OCD and sanitize a lot and never take my ring off.
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 06:03 PM (imVgX)
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I didn't at first.
But then the little diamonds on the side of the big stone, got all gunked up with sanitzer build up....and I had to have it cleaned.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 02:08 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2012 02:09 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 02:10 PM (c/bEf)
The teams are still marching in. But don't rush......they're on Iceland.
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 06:02 PM (X6akg)
Isn't the First Klingon marching with the flag bearer?
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 02:10 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 02:11 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: Oh, those are ring? at July 27, 2012 02:11 PM (HOOye)
At the end of the year I had to blow $50 or lose it. The only eligible expense I qualified for was condoms... so I bought $50 worth.
When I went to the checkout I found the youngest, most innocent looking checkout girl and plopped them down. She just kept her head down without saying anything while ringing them up, but when it came time to pay I put on my creepiest smile, winked and said "big weekend planned".
I don't think she saw the humor in it.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 27, 2012 02:11 PM (SY2Kh)
Ok, I either missed Israel....because they're on Japan.....or do they come under a different name?
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 06:08 PM (X6akg)
Occupied Palestine, probably.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 02:12 PM (93kjK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 06:11 PM (c/bEf)
Haha. Nice.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 02:13 PM (93kjK)
"Reason, you seem pretty chuff with your accent there. Recent experience I take it?"
Between my own viewing of UK Top Gear, and my five year old's reluctance to "let go" of watching Peppa Pig, I've developed my ear for the accent somewhat.
It sounds horrible when I try to actually do it vocally, but I've figured it out in my head.
Posted by: reason at July 27, 2012 02:13 PM (5npD/)
Great. Another fucking gimmick.
Because the problem is too many store aisles, not gun control, anti-male sex discrimination, and no-fault divorce.
Posted by: Ken at July 27, 2012 02:13 PM (EawMs)
Health savings account balances can be carried forward to the next year now.
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 02:14 PM (YdQQY)
=====================
So I did miss them. Must have been reading here.
====================
Occupied Palestine, probably.
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 06:12 PM (93kjK)
*snort*
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 02:14 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Oh, those are rings? at July 27, 2012 02:14 PM (HOOye)
All it declares is something far worse than vacuity, posh minded vacuity. Or nattering nabobs who can not do a single constructive thing like unstop the loo but think they are so superior.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 02:16 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: Pancho Goldberg at July 27, 2012 02:18 PM (i5153)
I had to look online to see who's carrying our flag. It's some fencing chick. Last Olympics was Lopez Lomong. He was a Sudanese boy who was kidnapped by rebel guerillas when he was a 6 year old. He was able to escape with the help of 3 other boys. He ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya for 10 years, and then he wrote an essay to the Catholic Charities on what it would mean to him to come live in America (one of those "Lost Boys"). They were so moved, they brought him to the U.S., where a family in NY adopted him. He started running long runs like he did in Kenya, and caught the eye of a high school cross country coach. He went to college at Northern Arizona U where he won two NCAA championships.
He became a professional runner in 2008, and was chosen by his teammates to carry the flag for the Opening Ceremonies. He went on to make it to the semi-finals of the 1500 meter. He qualified for this years Olympics in the 5000 meter, finishing second at the Trials.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2012 02:19 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Charles III wuss in waiting at July 27, 2012 02:22 PM (4eNxd)
Posted by: You don't know me, I wasn't here at July 27, 2012 02:23 PM (gWd6X)
Posted by: Vic "the damn temps too high" Moron at July 27, 2012 02:27 PM (YdQQY)
And seasoning salt because they're really chewy and stuff.
Posted by: Obama's Left Nut at July 27, 2012 02:27 PM (gWd6X)
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 27, 2012 02:27 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 27, 2012 02:36 PM (VJUQK)
Tampons? End-users?
I did not know. Talk about toxic shock...
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 27, 2012 06:27 PM (QjSgY)
Huh. Leave it to me to miss the in-you-end-o. I should turn in my Moronette card.
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 27, 2012 02:41 PM (9wOfB)
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Posted by: MoeRon at July 27, 2012 10:38 PM (Bl6ec)
i'm sorry, but light or lightly salted pretenders must not be allowed on this aisle
Posted by: Born Free at July 27, 2012 10:45 PM (Z+ZGh)
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