Some of my posting problems have been resolved; I just have to code in html, which is my second language. Not easy but doable. And everything I publish will be posted "now" or at 12 o'clock (I'm not really sure if that will be noon or midnight) on some other date. Meanwhile, I got a lift by laughing at this no-doubt-satisfying eatery. (via Bits and Pieces)

I went to this list thinking I'd for sure know the top ten. But I was down in the 70s range before I found one I didn't know! Advertising sticks with us more than we think. The top ten most effective taglines are:

1. Got milk? (1993)
2. Don’t leave home without it. (1975)
3. Just do it. (1988)
4. Where’s the beef? (1984)
5. You’re in good hands with Allstate. (1956)
6. Think different. (1998)
7. We try harder. (1962)
8. Tastes great, less filling. (1974)
9. Melts in your mouth, not in your hands. (1954)
10. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. (1956)

The top 100 (according to the 2005 survey) along with the advertisers are listed at Tagline Guru. (via Euba)

The newspaper does their bit to support local business. (via Amy Oops)

A guy passes a shop window and there are a number of wrist watches that catch his eye.  He goes into the store and asks the bearded man with the yarmulka about the watches.

The bearded man says, "I'm sorry we don't sell watches here."  

The shopper says, "Well what do you do here?"  

The bearded man says, "I'm a moyel, -- I perform circumcisions."  

The shopper says, "Well why did you put watches in your window then?"  

The moyel says, "What did you want me to put in my window?"

(Thanks, Duke!)

A business name should tell you what kind of business it is, and it should be memorable. This one certainly is! Best Week Ever has pictures of 50 storefronts featuring giggle-inspiring puns. (via I Am Bored)

You name it, and somewhere there’s a place where you can buy it right out of a machine! Marijuana, live bait, toilet paper...Let’s take a look at some of the weirder vending machines you can stick your money into.

Disclaimer: I wrote this.

This is the only time of year that Wal*Mart has more than two of their 24 registers open, but its still not enough to make me want to do my Christmas shopping there. I worked at Wal*Mart in the late 70s-early 80s back when it was a small midwestern chain, and Christmas was crazy, even back then. I took over the toy department temporarily one year while the woman in charge was on maternity leave. I’m still convinced that she timed her baby on purpose. I spent a lot of time putting bicycles together in the back just to hide from the Walmartians looking to save a few pennies. Not gonna do my Christmas shopping there. Nope, I’ll go downtown to the few stores brave enough to hang on or open up in that ghost town, or else order online direct from the vendor (or maybe eBay).  



Harry Potter and The Dark Lord Waldemart (via Simply Left Behind)

The Wal-Mart Greeter.

Disgusting sights witnessed at Wal*Mart (and other stores).

The Wal*Mart Prank. (via Grow-A-Brain)

This is why you NEVER order custom cakes from Wal*Mart.

Wal*Mart’s latest ad campaign says that Wal*Mart saves the average family $2,400 a year. However, you don’t have to shop there to see the savings. They also don’t mention that the effect is halved if you factor in the wage depression the store’s presence brings to a community.

A hometown grocery store is fighting back against Wal*Mart and winning -for now.

The World of Wal*Mart Cartogram is a world map redrawn to show where Wal*Mart gets the biggest percentage of their products. (via Cynical-C)

Mom and Pop vs. Wal*Mart

The Wal*Mart Money Card charges you monthly, plus fees for transactions, checking your balance, and a paper statement.

Woman gets chemical burns from flip flops. (Warning: gross pictures) She contacted Wal*Mart, where she bought them, but they said “tell it to the manufacturer” -in China! (via J-Walk Blog)

Forbes slideshow: Wal*Mart takes over the world.

A couple of songs about Wal*Mart.

Walmart vs. Heaven.

A couple of blogs supposedly showing independent support of Wal*Mart turned out to be produced by the Edelman public relations firm.

How Costco became the anti-Wal*Mart. Costco paid their employees an average of $17 an hour? In 2005? Where do I sign up?

BLONDES AT WAL*MART

(via Phil’s Phun)
A blonde was weed-eating her yard and accidentally cut off the tail of her cat which was hiding in the grass. She rushed her cat, along with the tail over to WALMART!

Why WALMART???

WALMART is the largest retailer in the world!!!

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While driving during a horrible snowstorm, a young blonde became disoriented and lost. She remembered what her father had once told her. ”If you ever get stuck in a snowstorm, wait for a snow plough and follow it.”

Pretty soon a snow plow came by, and she started to follow it. She followed the plough for about 45 minutes.

Finally, the driver of the truck got out and asked her what she was doing. She explained that her dad had told her if she ever got stuck in the snow, to follow a plow.

The driver nodded and said, ”Well, I’m done with the parking lot here at Wal-Mart, now you can follow me over to K-Mart

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I pulled into the crowded parking lot at the Super Wal-MartShopping Center and rolled down the car windows to make sure my Labrador Retriever pup had fresh air. She was stretched full-out on the back seat and I wanted to impress upon her that she must remain there.

I walked to the curb backward, pointing my finger at th ecar and saying emphatically, "Now you stay. Do you hear me?" "Stay! Stay!"

The driver of a nearby car, a pretty blonde young lady, gave me a strange look and said, "Why don't you just put it in park?"

Previously at Miss Cellania: Wal*Mart

Thought for today: Have you been to Wal-Mart lately? You have to be 300 pounds to get the automatic doors to open.

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