> See if you can read without laughing til you cry. > I went grocery shopping recently while not being altogether sure that said > course of action was a wise one. You see, the previous evening I had > prepared and consumed a massive quantity of my patented 'You're definitely > going to mess yourself' chili. > Tasty stuff, albeit hot to the point of being painful, which comes with a > written guarantee from me that if you eat the next day both of your butt > cheeks WILL fall off. > Here's the thing. I had awakened that morning, and even after two cups of > coffee (and all of you know what I mean) nothing happened. No 'Watson's > Movement 2'. Despite habanera peppers swimming their way through my > intestinal tract, I appeared to be unable to create the usual morning > symphony referred to by my next door neighbors as thunder and lightning. > Knowing that a time of reckoning had to come, yet not sure of when, I > bravely set off for the market; a local Wal-Mart grocery store that I > often haunt in search of tasty tidbits. > Upon entering the store at first all seemed normal. I selected a cart and > began pushing it about dropping items in for purchase. It wasn't until I > was at the opposite end of the store from the restrooms that the pain hit > me. Oh, don't look at me like you don't know what I'm talking about. I'm > referring to that 'Uh oh, gotta go' pain that always seems to hit us at > the wrong time. The thing is, this pain was different. The habaneras in > the chili from the night before were staging a revolt. In a mad rush for > freedom they bullied their way through the small intestines, forcing their > way into the large intestines, and before I could take one step in the > direction of the restrooms which would bring sweet relief, it happened. > The peppers fired a warning shot. > There I stood, alone in the spice and baking aisle, suddenly enveloped in > a noxious cloud the likes of which has never before been recorded. I was > afraid to move for fear that more of this vile odor might escape me. > Slowly, oh so slowly, the pressure seemed to leave the lower part of my > body, and I began to move up the aisle and out of it, just as an elderly > woman turned into it. > I don't know what made me do it, but I stopped to see what her reaction > would be to the malodorous effluvium that refused to dissipate, as she > walked into it unsuspecting. Have you ever been torn in two different > directions emotionally? Here's what I mean, and I'm sure some of you at > least will be able to relate. > I could've warned that poor woman but didn't. I simply watched as she > walked into an invisible, and apparently indestructible, wall of odor so > terrible that all she could do before gathering her senses and running, > was to stand there blinking and waving her arms about her head as though > trying to ward off angry bees. > This, of course , made me feel terrible, but then made me laugh. > Mistake. > Here's the thing. When you laugh, it's hard to keep things 'clamped > down', if you know what I mean. With each new guffaw an explosive issue > burst forth from my nether region. Some were so loud and echoing that I > was later told a few folks in other aisles had ducked, fearing that > someone was robbing the store and firing off a shotgun. > Suddenly things were no longer funny. IT was coming, and I raced off > through the store towards the restrooms, laying down a cloud the whole > way, praying that I'd make it before the grand mal assplosion took place. > Luck was on my side. Just in the nick of time I got to the john, began > the inevitable 'Oh my God', floating above the toilet seat because my butt > is burning SO BAD, purging. > One poor fellow walked in while I was in the middle of what is the true > meaning of 'Shock and Awe'. He made a gagging sound, and disgustedly > said, ' Oh my God!', then quickly left. > Once finished I left the restroom, reacquired my partially filled cart > intending to carry on with my shopping when a store employee approached me > and said, 'Sir, you might want to step outside for a few minutes. It > appears some prankster set off a stink bomb in the store. The manager is > going to run the vent fans on high for a minute or two which ought to take > care of the problem.' > That of course set me off again, causing residual gases to escape me. > The employee took one sniff, jumped back pulling his shirt up to cover his > nose and, pointing at me in an accusing manner shouted, 'IT'S YOU!', then > ran off returning moments later with the manager. I was unceremoniously > escorted from the premises and asked none too kindly not to return. > Home again without having shopped, I realized that there was nothing to > eat but leftover chili, so I consumed two more bowls. The next day I went > to shop at Albertson's. I can't say anymore about that because we are in > court over the whole matter. They claim they're going to have to repaint > the store. > >
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