Black Friday: It’s like watching the Running of the Stupid Americans. Jen and I did not go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, save for a few groceries. We stayed indoors, ate home made soup, drank wine and watched old Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies instead.
While we were minding our own business, noshing on coffee and donuts and enjoying Buy Nothing Day, a Wal Mart employee got trampled by a throng of over-zealous shoppers. Can you just IMAGINE? What a way to go: I mean, it’s bad enough being a Walmart employee in the first place, and even worse having to work the morning shift on Black Friday. But to be trampled to death by stupid Americans at a Walmart, that just takes the cake. Is there alcohol in heaven? The angels need to buy that man a drink.
A few hours later in Sacramento a man used a lawn decoration – a big plastic candy cane – to subdue knife-wielding neighbor who was threatening his Thanksgiving guests.
The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker thinks everyone needs to just chill. She is here to help, with recipes:
The Candy Cane Martini
1 part Starbucks Cream Liqueur
1/2 part DeKuyper Peppermint Schnapps
1/2 part DeKuyper White Creme de Cacao
1/4 part Grenadine
Shake with ice, strain and serve in a martini glass rimmed with crushed peppermint
Peppermint Mocha Cafe au Lait
1 espresso
1/2 cup whole milk
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp cocoa powder
splash of peppermint extract
1 response so far ↓
Beavis // December 1, 2008 at 3:49 pm |
I saw that Walmart story and just shook my head.
We have Walmart in Canada and we have blue people that shop there for all sorts of stuff, but I don’t think you’d ever see a stampede like this unless it was in Calgary.
What sad comment on American society. People loosing their lives because some crowd was whipped into a frenzy over a midnight madness sale.