Ages ago, I briefly dated a mechanic. His name was Tyler. He was 6'4", had bright red hair, and was very sweet. One evening while I made dinner, he ran to the store for a couple of things we might need, and came back laughing hysterically at the look the cashier gave him when he paid for a chocolate cream pie, a toothbrush, some motor oil, and a box of condoms.
Mike came home in the worst mood tonight. Bad day at work, insanely hot and no air conditioner in his car, and feeling kind of blah. It was Todd's night with the kids, so to cheer Mike up, I took him out for a martini, and then to play a game based on that experience at the drugstore nearby. In five minutes, we each had to find three disparate objects that would be mortifying to buy together.
Mike chose Nair, KY, and numbing cream. I chose a Christian sympathy card that started with "His Healing Love," Preparation H suppositories, and a plunger. Who do you think won?
8 comments:
Too close to call!
As long as you didn't go home and use all those items at once, everybody won.
I'm going to guess that *if* the cashier gave either of you a funnier look than the other, it would have been over Mike's selections.
Now IMO, if you had picked an enema instead of Preparation H, my guess would be different!
You two are hilarious. XOXO
Close call! The Christian sympathy card though... *that's* quite heavy on the scale.
So one for Mike, one for me. (Good call, @nylonthread!)
Mike actually buys those items on a regular basis, so what's the big deal? Kelly wins by a landslide.
Preperation H might be low hanging fruit, but the plunger is genius in both its implication and its impossibility to conceal or otherwise camouflage with other purchases at the checkout. I think, instead of the card, a brick of cheese might have told a more complete story, but now I'm just nitpicking.
Yeah, I totally panicked on the Preparation H. Mostly I was looking for something that had to be inserted in some way.
At the drug store, they also have cards for "I'm sorry about your failed relationship, at least God loves you." I would have gone for one of those if you could get all that out of the first three words.
I'm late to the game here, but Kelly, I also think that you won, hands down. I'm going to have to play this game too.
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