The Purina Diet...

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Yesterday, I was at Costco buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Necco, the Wonder Dog, who weighs 191 lbs. I was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had an elephant? So because I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.



I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is, to load your jacket pockets with Purina Nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.) Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care, because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stopped to pee on a fire hydrant and a car hit me.



I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.



Costco won't let me shop there anymore. Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the world to think of crazy things to say. Forward this (especially) to all your retired friends... it will be their laugh for the day.

Oldie but a goodie...
 
I buy dog/cat food at the farm store. They know what it's for-- I tried to convince them it was tax deductible since I was feeding it to pigs. They didn't buy that at all but it did get a chuckle.
 
When i was younger i was a cashier at a small grocer. I had an old lady insist she ate the canned cat food i had just rung up and shouldnt charge her the tax because it was for human consumption. She was very serious. Manager took the tax off!
 
While at the doctors office today I was reading an AOPA magazine and in it was a section on survival gear. The instructor suggested that you pack either/or some dog biscuits or gerbil food in the kit. Both are edible and nutritious and you WILL eat it if hungry enough.
 
I was wheeling my Wallie World cart through the magazine aisle, stopped to browse.
I woman saw my 40 lb Purina DC bag in the cart, and asked what kind of dog I had.
Rottweiler's and Chihuahuas.
"my, they eat a lot, she said."
Not really, I feed the dog chow to the Chihuahuas, and the Chihuahuas to the Rotties..
I didn't stick around for the response, but I could hear her eyeballs pop off her glasses.
I don't really have Chihuahuas...
 
Jack, you missed it! That lady wasn't interested in your dog, she was interested in you! Her way of trying to get to know you better.
 
I was checking out at Wally World with a 100' extension cord to use around the yard. The checkout Guy asked me "WOW that is a long cord why do you need a 100' cord"? My answer "So I can reach stuff a 100' away" Silence :D
 
Just a comment from an old curmudgeon.

I've noticed for a lot of years that as a result of the false information spread by the politically correct FDA, the livestock feed that we ranchers feed our livestock is more nutritious than the recommended diet propaganda information sold to humans.
 
It's fun to catch folks off-guard with silly statements like Bear Paw mentioned. It's like being Don Rickles for a few minutes.

Wyandot Jim said:
I was checking out at Wally World with a 100' extension cord to use around the yard. The checkout Guy asked me "WOW that is a long cord why do you need a 100' cord"? My answer "So I can reach stuff a 100' away" Silence :D

Jim, a safety practice for folks who make their own black powder is to remotely start and stop the ball mill a 100' away by use of an extension cord. If she's gonna blow you might as well be at a safe distance.

Pierow
 
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