Monday, August 16, 2004 it's why I'm always spaying stuff
When I was a kid, I didn't have TV until I was about six, and I didn't have regular network TV until my parents' resolve to raise me as a non-swearing culturebot finally wore down. 'Most every show I saw before that time is burned into my brain.
I remember once I was at my aunt's house, and I watched "The Price is Right". I was probably five. Bob Barker kept saying "You are automatically in the showcase! and it was so exciting. I had no idea what he was talking about. I remember hearing most of the things people said as gibberish at that time. I was encouraged not to ask questions to adults, because that was annoying (it's true, it was), so certain words and phrases stuck in my head as feelings rather than meanings.
The other day, I came home from work, and I went to Save A Lot. I paid for my items, and when the clerk said, "Would you like a bag?" instead of saying "No," and saving the ten cents they are militant about charging for every single grocery bag one might use, I said, "Yes!"
I handed over my ten extra cents, and then I walked home carying my groceries in a plastic bag, like a Rockefeller.
I was automatically in the showcase! posted by Frenz | 8/16/2004 11:50:00 PM
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