Beware of Greeks bringing gifts, and then storing their excess lumber on them

So, I was at my in-laws and decided to go for a walk. Imagine my surprise when this was in one of their neighbor's driveways:

It's a good 30ft tall, so I'd be very very concerned if I lived in Troy, California right now. Otherwise, this is the kind of trojan horse it's okay to have on your computer.

Passover Frogs

I received this picture from a friend today, and I'm still trying to understand its implications. The picture is of a pair of Happy Passover gloves that appear to have frogs on the end of the fingers, so I have to conclude it's supposed to represent one of the ten plagues of Egypt. Does this mean the other nine plagues also have Passover gloves associated with them?

I could see darkness gloves being easy to make, and probably locust gloves as well, but not many kids would want to wear gloves with boils all over them. And how would they depict the dead firstborn Egyptians on gloves? Ten little heads with X'ed out eyes on them?

Or are frogs now the Easter Bunny equivalent of Passover? Do they secretly hop around the world early Passover morning hiding toys and candy for for good little children while bringing famine and pestilence to the bad ones? I hope so, because that actually sounds awesome.

To the Retrieval-Mobile!

On my way back to the car from replenishing my supply of battle rolls at my local grocery store, I noticed this emblem on the vehicle next to mine:

I had no idea that shopping cart retrieval was even a career option! I always just kind of assumed the bag boy with the lowest seniority was sent out into the neighborhood, and came back either with missing carts or stab wounds. Now I know better. The guy who drives this truck was about 300 lbs of pure muscle, so no one was going to stop him from retrieving the carts he had piled up in the back of his truck. Plus, we all know "Independent Contractor" is really just code for "Hired Goon". That's also why I had to pretend to drop my keys in order to take this picture.

Please don't tell him where I live.

Battle Lines

A chill is in the air. Ahead, someone is staring at you, waiting for you to make a choice. A choice that could very well irrevocably alter your destiny forever. Lines have been drawn. Calves have been slaughtered. Now is the time for your decision. It all comes down to one question: Are you going to buy the strangest fruit roll-ups yet conceived, or not?


Yes! Batman Battle Rolls let you choose between good and evil with every bite! Simply choose if you would rather eat the hero or villain first, peel away the roll from the backing, and see if you chose the character with the higher hit points! It's like reading a comic book and playing an RPG at the same time, only without any annoying story interfering with pure battle mechanics! Also, Battle Rolls come in handy as the perfect analogy for the inner struggle between good and evil when writing your english, history, or media criticism papers - and they have over 5% vitamin C! Plus, the box makes it pretty clear Batman is ready to punch you in the stomach if you don't buy his products.


Note: Although I didn't actually see it myself, I'm assuming calves were indeed slaughtered at some point, since the meat department was fairly well stocked when I walked past it. So there was bound to be veal in there somewhere.

96 Days Later

A mere 96 days after starting, I have apparently completed my Jedi training on Wii Fit.

As you can see in the above picture, today I achieved perfect balance, even with my eyes closed. At this point, as a newly confirmed balance master, it is not unreasonable to conclude that balancing such things as my breakfast, California's budget, or the Force will seem like child's play. As opposed to the video game I just played, which is clearly rated "E" for everyone.

party ideas

Having a major get-together and need a party theme? Perhaps you invited your boss over in a desperate attempt to smooth over last week's cake-fire incident? Or are you a wedding planner and the DJ just called to say a black helicopter crashed into her mobile entertainment command center and the only music she has left are some Ukrainian drinking songs on her iPod shuffle?

If you answered "yes" to any or none of the above questions, don't worry. Gorton's has got you covered.


Finally, entertainment made easy! Just think how excited your guests will be when you pull out the fried shrimp and announce to all that they can begin watching the platter for the next few hours. Who needs board games with their complicated rules specifically designed to prevent you from winning without competing against other players? Now, you can forget games, movie rentals, or actual conversation, because each and every Gorton's shrimp is packed full of enough excitement-power to entertain even the most vegetarian of guests. Buy some today and be the life of any party!

Gorton's: trusted since 1849.*
*Before 1849 they were thought to be secretly working for the Spanish crown.