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Better be careful what you ask a retired person....


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#1 scubagoddess

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 08:13 PM

A friend at work handed this to me today and I laughed so hard I cried! :o I know people who would say this!! I am actually related to people who would make this kind of story up! :iagree:

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"Yesterday I was at my local Target buying a large bag of Purina Dog Chow for my loyal pet, Sherriff the Wonder Dog, and was in the checkout line when the woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

What did she think I had, an elephant? So since I’m retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn’t have a dog. I was starting the Purina diet again. I added that I probably shouldn’t, because I ended up in the hospital the last time, but that I’d lost 50 pounds before I awakened in the intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV’s in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again.

(I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story. )

Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me.

I told her no. I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setters’ ass and a car hit us both!

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.

Target won’t let me shop there anymore.

Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the world to think of crazy things to say!!! " :lmao:

Edited by scubagoddess, 04 September 2008 - 10:32 PM.

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 08:47 PM

funny but so true :lmao: sniff sniff :iagree:

#3 Mitch0129

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:27 PM

Made me think of this one ....

I was driving down the road when I had a flat tire ....

I pulled into a gas station and the attendant said "Did your tire go flat?"

I said "Nope! I was driving right along and the other three just swelled right up!"

Without missing a beat, the attendant replied "Yep, heat will do that!"

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 05:19 AM

I'm not retired yet but old enough and plenty of free time to play the game.

A few weeks ago I pulled into a gas station and said "fill it up with regular please"

The attendant says, "doesn't this car call for hi test?"

"Yes, but if you unscrew the spark plugs half way it lowers the compression enough to run on regular."

From the look on his face I'm not sure if he knew I was pulling his leg or thought I was an idiot!
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Posted 05 September 2008 - 08:10 AM

I'm not retired yet but old enough and plenty of free time to play the game.

A few weeks ago I pulled into a gas station and said "fill it up with regular please"

The attendant says, "doesn't this car call for hi test?"

"Yes, but if you unscrew the spark plugs half way it lowers the compression enough to run on regular."

From the look on his face I'm not sure if he knew I was pulling his leg or thought I was an idiot!


:iagree: that's funny right there !!!!
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#6 Latitude Adjustment

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Posted 06 September 2008 - 06:44 AM

I'm not retired yet but old enough and plenty of free time to play the game.

A few weeks ago I pulled into a gas station and said "fill it up with regular please"

The attendant says, "doesn't this car call for hi test?"

"Yes, but if you unscrew the spark plugs half way it lowers the compression enough to run on regular."

From the look on his face I'm not sure if he knew I was pulling his leg or thought I was an idiot!


:canuckdiver: that's funny right there !!!!


I was in the car parts business for 17 years, now I'm wondering if some of my customers were pulling my leg or were idiots!
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#7 Mitch0129

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Posted 06 September 2008 - 08:06 AM

I was in the car parts business for 17 years, now I'm wondering if some of my customers were pulling my leg or were idiots!


I had a buddy who worked in the car parts business and was managng an auto parts store in Houma, Louisiana. He had a guy come in and said he needed parts for a Beep-Beep. That puzzled him as he had never heard of the car. Well, it took about a half-hour and a ton of questions to the guy but the car in question was a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner. The guy was illiterate and did not know what type of car he had but he could read the "Beep-Beep" decal on the side.
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