Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain ♪

[homodachi]

I'm in Oklahoma for my sister's wedding. So far we have:

• shopped at Wal-Mart
  (full disclosure: I got two great party dresses for $15!)
• heard a song called I'd Like to Check You for Ticks
• experienced the banjo riff from Deliverance as a ringtone
• bought these:

At Wal-Mart:
Sister: So the last thing we need for the BBQ is a case of Bud Light.
Mom: (whispers to me) I'm not wasting 150 calories on Bud Light! Do you want to get something else to drink?
Me: (nods)
Mom: How about Dos Equis?
Me: I dunno, I had one at the restaurant last night but it tasted kinda strange.
Sister: (chimes in) That's 'cause beer's not allowed to be more than 3.5% here!
Me: No way!
Sister: Yep. They even used to have dry counties here not too long ago.
Mom: So what should we get if we don't want to drink watered-down beer then?
Crotchety Old Lady: Hot chocolate.

Comments

[luthwyhn.livejournal.com]

Mmm... hot chocolate....

[quietgrrrl.livejournal.com]

Mom: So what should we get if we don't want to drink watered-down beer then?
Crotchety Old Lady: Hot chocolate.

ROFL!!

When I was job hunting, I interviewed at a place in Texas that was in a quasi-dry town. You could go into a restaurant and get a drink, but nowhere could you buy something like a six pack or a bottle of vodka to take home. You had to drive out of town to do that. I'm so glad I didn't get that job. That wasn't the only thing that made that town suck.

[homodachi.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that must have been fate—I really can't picture you in Texas!

I don't mind not drinking but it's funny how people like to put in their two cents here. My sister was trying on a top that was clearly too tight in the chest and as my mom was giving her feedback ("I think you need to go up a size, honey") the guy running check-in at the dressing rooms pipes up like, "yeah, I think she's gonna have some trouble here (points to armpits)."

[leafsfan-28.livejournal.com]

That is too funny! I'm glad we don't have that kind of stuff up here!

[bastion05.livejournal.com]

Heh. Seeing those religious candies reminded me of a some gummy crosses I saw in Tennenessee. I think the slogan was "They're cruxicious!"

[homodachi.livejournal.com]

Somehow this comes to mind

[hipnessmolecule.livejournal.com]

"My Sister's Wedding" - a new musical?

Meanwhile, in the non-Biblical Belt...

[hipnessmolecule.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention that I have a tin of Dilbert wintergreen "Appease-Mints" that I probably found in a dollar store years ago.

http://dilbertmints.com/images/supple-mints.jpg

[squishymoose.livejournal.com]

Wow.....so much has happened for you over the last year. I can't believe it's already November when it seems you were just here a short time ago after Christmas. :( I am a rotten friend and I am so sorry I let life carry me away. Would love to touch bases if you don't hate me.....

Leigh
animebabe@comcast.net