necoandjeff wrote:
> tm wrote:
> > Louise Bremner wrote:
> >> necoandjeff wrote:
> >>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> >
> >>>> The other day I was in the checkout line at the grocery store and
> >>>> the lady in front of me was trying to buy beer with her food
> >>>> stamps EBT card. She was DENIED by the teen running the register.
> >>>> I added, "Any beer bought with my money will be bought by ME!"
> >>>>
> >>>> That was awesome.
> >>>
> >>> Hilarious! Judging by the title of the thread, can we expect more
> >>> of these little gems?
> >>
> >> I can hardly wait.
> >
> > Think I'll wait for the "Today I Dreamt of Kicking a Hobo" thread.
> 
> Come on now, I'm as sympathetic with the next guy toward those who are down
> on their luck and having trouble making ends meet. I've been darn near close
> myself in fact. But I have little sympathy for someone who decides to spend
> their "public assistance" on beer. Kevin's lack of sympathy was quite well
> placed IMHO.

No, no, you missunderstand, I'm all for laughing at the less fortunate 
and their pathetic attempts at catching a buzz- trying to buy beer 
with food stamps, really, that's so sad and pathetic, surely they have 
tractor petrol to huff?  
I'm just waiting for a thread with a more humourous title.