The Pharmacy Chick

Pharmacy Chick had the day off, so she did exactly as she usually does and stayed as far away from Chick pharmacy as she could.  She did however need some groceries so she went to her friendly neighborhood grocery store and produce stand and loaded up on all sorts of healthy food she will attempt to feed Mr Chick tonight.

As I was leaving the store I happened upon a young man walking out ahead of me.  I understand the current style for hip young men is to take their pants and yank them down so their butts are hanging out showing their tidy whities ( or their colorful boxers).. This young man had taken this to a new low (literally).  His jeans were completely off his butt and were around his thighs only. What made this so humorous to me was that in order to keep his pants where they were, he had to walk like he had just crapped himself, otherwise these gravity defying pantaloons would go south quickly.  its a good thing ( I suppose) that he had an oversize shirt because if the back of his pants were so low, the front had to have been also and frankly,  thats a visual I didn’t need to conceive.

If somebody wants to make some money, I’d suggest patenting buttless pants:  2 legs and a waistband.  I am thinking this kid would be first in line.

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Mr and Mrs Chick took a few days off recently to get some needed home maintenance done.  Actually we are doing a kitchen gut and redo and we decided to be our own paint contractor.  (note to self: painting a ceiling is harder than it looks).  ANYWAY,  this required spending some quality time at home with the radio on.  Normally I don’t listen much to the radio.  I catch the news and traffic in the morning, and listen to all of about 10 minutes of Christian music on my way to the store each day. 

When we were painting, the radio was on for hours at a time.  I began to detect a trend in the ads that repeated themselves throughout the day.  I have deduced that the quantity of the ads seem to be inversely proportional to how much I need what they are trying to sell me.  Hang on with me here and you will see what I mean.

There seems to be an abundance of 4 kinds of ads on the radio lately: 3 of which (to me) are virtually worthless.  Here they are in no particular order:  supermarket ads, new car ads, mortgage refinancing ads and mattress ads.  

 Now I can understand supermarket ads–we need to eat food daily, and unless you are a survivalist who grows your own food, you probably visit a grocery store at least weekly, if not more.  Its a competitive market out there and they grasp for every sucker…er customer…they can get.

Its the other three that I don’t understand very well.  I have a car, a mortgage and a bed.  These are not things that I replace weekly, monthly or even yearly!  I have driven the same car for 8 years. Mr chick has had his for 12 years.  They work fine, they are paid for and I am in no hurry to buy something newer EVEN IF I GET 0% financing and free oil changes for life or what ever else they are promising me.  I hate shopping for a car, as most  car salesmen are weasels dressed in a cheap suit. ( Forgive me if there are any honest car salesmen…all 2 of you).

Secondly,  my mortgage rate is fine thank you.  I wasn’t stupid enough to purchase a home I couldn’t afford and I made sure that I always knew what my interest rate would be, and I didn’t lie on my application about my income to get a loan too big for my britches.  I’ll bet I hear a dozen ads every day telling me what a GREAT TIME it is to refinance my home and get money for that great vacation or home improvement. What a crock.

And lastly, I have to wonder,  what is it about mattress companies that requires them to run 100 ads every single day on the radio?  Are they trying to convice Americans that mattresses need to be changed with the sheets? It would seem so.   “Replace your old mattress with a NEW SleepComfortTempurPostureNumber Bed! You’ll sleep so well, an atomic blast will nary stir you!”   When we moved a dozen years ago, we decided to “invest” in a quality bed.  To date it has served us well and by all accounts I still sleep comfortably in it without any pain or discomfort. 

 The only thing I would change?  Get a double KING so the dogs would leave ME a place to sleep.

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