Nov 6, 2007

Good morning Rain Man, Burned Out Ozzy Osbourne Fan & Chocolate Addict

Some days start with a yawn, others with sheer terror, but today was just above yawn. It was rain man (as portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, but not the actual real rain man) and his buddy, here only buy an Ozzy Osbourne poster.
The price came to $10.25 and burnout was short a quarter. Rain man had a $20. They gave me $25 and before I could take another sip of my soap flavored coffee, they had the exact appropriate change worked out. I gave it to them and watched as they divided it down to within 0.25 of a Canadian dollar.
I was astounded; It was almost as impressive as when Dustin Hoffman's Rain Man memorized the Vegas phone book. Though it was not impressive in his ability to do very very simple math, rather the constant mumble-talk that rain man did while this transaction took place, just like Hoffman!

Shortly after that, a middle-aged woman walked in to purchase a Doobie Brothers CD she had ordered. Upon first glance, I pinned her as a pharma-junkie, the kind that don't know they're junkies and act really weird, not unlike in Requiem For A Dream.
Boy was I wrong! During our transaction, she ate as many as 5 foil wrapped chocolates! She couldn't stop. I was dumbfounded. She's totally addicted and needs serious help before her teeth rot and she gets a stomach ache.

Tuesdays suck!
Here's to looking forward to Super-fun Saturday... 4 days to go!!

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