Comments on: clean up, aisle six http://thisfish.com/clean-up-aisle-six/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Krystl http://thisfish.com/clean-up-aisle-six/#comment-4319 Krystl Tue, 09 Mar 2004 23:15:31 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=678#comment-4319 <p>My best friend left for Madagascar & the Peace Corps in November, and we did some similar shopping before she left (Wal-Mart, not Target). Her first breakdown came in the sock aisle. She was panicking, grabbing 3-packs for every possible sock contingency when she quietly said to herself, "Ok, focus." Next was the toothpaste aisle. After 5 minutes of debate between practical (ADA approved) and fun (cinnamon flavored), it was time for intervention, "I'm saying this to you as a friend. You <i> cannot </i> spend this much time picking out toothpaste." My breakdown came in the camping section. Visions of large, strange African bugs had me shaking as I begged her to buy a large tube of insect bite analgesic. </p><br /><br /><p>In the end, it was the postage stamps I gave her that made us both cry.</p><br /><br /><p>Goodbye shopping is the best.</p> My best friend left for Madagascar & the Peace Corps in November, and we did some similar shopping before she left (Wal-Mart, not Target). Her first breakdown came in the sock aisle. She was panicking, grabbing 3-packs for every possible sock contingency when she quietly said to herself, “Ok, focus.” Next was the toothpaste aisle. After 5 minutes of debate between practical (ADA approved) and fun (cinnamon flavored), it was time for intervention, “I’m saying this to you as a friend. You cannot spend this much time picking out toothpaste.” My breakdown came in the camping section. Visions of large, strange African bugs had me shaking as I begged her to buy a large tube of insect bite analgesic.

In the end, it was the postage stamps I gave her that made us both cry.

Goodbye shopping is the best.

]]> By: sassylittlepunkin http://thisfish.com/clean-up-aisle-six/#comment-4318 sassylittlepunkin Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:46:28 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=678#comment-4318 <p>now you know what to leave him with as a souvenir-i'm-moving-away present: a bucket of monkeys! you're making me crave having semi-psychotic episodes in target!</p> now you know what to leave him with as a souvenir-i’m-moving-away present: a bucket of monkeys! you’re making me crave having semi-psychotic episodes in target!

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