Perfume Is in Aisle 6, with Solvents

The other night, I was in Home Depot, buying some damned thing in a futile attempt to keep the house from falling down, when I came across the flowers.  Bouquets.  In Home Depot.  Flowers.

Someone is a genius.

Three types -- small mixed, large mixed and roses -- all fresh (enough) and pretty and all, sitting right there with the wall-plate screws and drills and plaster.  Of course I bought one.

You see these convenience pitches more and more often -- snacks in Kinkos, banks in supermarkets -- where something is put somewhere it doesn't belong, just because it's going to trigger your feeble, deflated memory. You say, "Hey... I need that" and you pay a premium for it and everybody ends up happy.  Bouquets in Home Depot.  For the absent-minded jackass.  Perfect.

Now if I could just buy an anniversary gift in Team Fortress 2, I'd be set.


 




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