On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:09:27 +0900, B Robson <Xb-robsonX@gol.com>
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:19:12 -0500, Kevin Gowen
>> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>> inscribed:
>> 
>> 
>>>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.
>> 
>> 
>> Reminds me of my childhood.
>> 
>> My grandfather owned a small grocery store and people used to try to
>> buy dog food with their food stamps. When they were told that the
>> rules didn't allow that, they just ordered a couple of pounds of ham
>> or some other meat for the pooch instead.
>> 
>> 
>
>and how exactly did he know that the dog ate this ham?

He didn't, and I didn't. 

Was there something about the way I worded the anecdote which might
indicate that it was known whether the dog actually ate the ham or
not?





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College