Black Friday and the Smell Hole

Greetings Faithful Readers..

As you might have suspected...I woke up early on Friday to visit the happiest place on Earth...the mall. I was at Wal-Mart by 5:40AM, Gamestop by 7AM and Sears by 7:45AM. Yes, the answer to what's in your head is...I am nuts.

The mall was filled with the usual suspects....angry shoppers, sleepy employees and the like. However, I had a blast. Here are some photos of my experiences on the busiest shopping weekend of the year:

I came across this gigantic monument to the Nintendo Wii. This is a cool bunch of white machines and blue glowing material. I actually saw two senior citizens playing Metroid on one of them. You haven't lived until you've seen an octogenarian
swing the nunchuk part of the Wii and cackle like a crow. I've seen it. It scared me.



A little further down the mall, I ran into this stink hut. It sells perfumes and colognes through a vending machine. How do you know you will like the scent? Easy! Just stick your nose into a hole in the side of the kiosk....press the button...and a blast of eau de stanky comes cascading into your olfactory nerves. I don't think I want to smell like David Beckham or Antonio Banderas...do you? WARNING: Keep your nose out of the smell holes...trust me.

I also passed by this lovely display...brighten your teeth completely in 15 minutes for 99 bucks! We're just going to strap on this gigantic vacuum cleaner meets light saber meets retainer to your face. Then we'll let passersby wonder why you couldn't do anything more constructive with a C note. "All I want for Christmas is my two bright teeth...my two bright teeth..."



Feeling discouraged by the festival of the weird that I'd just walked through...I began the long trek back to the car. It was then that my day brightened. Standing there like a beacon of light to the cheerless...was the Bumble....so I took a picture with him....

I have sticks for legs and a gigantic head...but this photo with the Bumble makes me smile. Isn't that what Black Friday is all about?

Until next time,
BV