Wow...I thought I was living the Collapse of Capitalism!!

[JazzManJim]

I had to run a couple errands today and I stopped in a convenience store where a friend of mine is the asst. manager. While we were chatting, I got a Big Gulp and handed him a dollar. He said "Come on, man. Your money's no good here. You should know better".

My heart stopped for a second. My money was no good?? OMIGOD!! REDWAVE was right!! Capitalism collapsed while I was sleeping overnight!

But then I saw the deposit bag of money on his desk and realized he was just using a cliche. Good thing I saw that before I started my potato farm....

 

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[p_p_man]

So the free flow of capital...

stopped with you...



ppman

 

[MissTaken]

Hmm I gotta a big gulp for ya!

 

[JazzManJim]

What's a Big Gulp, Jazzy?

Oh heck, I forgot some of y'all don't have the Wonder that is 7-11. It's a fountain soda.

 

[kotori]

if you saw my 401k over the last nine months, you might have second thoughts

 

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[SpectralDragoon]

I've never really had the chance to take advantage of the wholesome goodness that is a 7-11. Mostly 'cause we don't have many around here.

 

[kotori]

We have 7-11s but, sadly, no Big Gulps.

Well, not that I've seen, anyhow. Mostly cos I usually head straight for the chocolate

It's an American thing, consuming mass quantities. It's not enough to get a soda, you have to get at least a quart (liter) or half-gallon (2 liter). These are some big fucking cups of soda. But hey, 7-11 is a Texas-based company, and we all know they do everything big down in the Lone Star State.

 

[Freya]

It's an American thing, consuming mass quantities. It's not enough to get a soda, you have to get at least a quart (liter) or half-gallon (2 liter). These are some big fucking cups of soda. But hey, 7-11 is a Texas-based company, and we all know they do everything big down in the Lone Star State.

We have 7-11s and Big Gulps up here in Canadia too.

 

[kotori]

We have 7-11s and Big Gulps up here in Canadia too.

Ah well, you know what they say. The promise of Canada was to take the strength of thier influences: British form of government, French culture and American ingenuity. The result was British ingenutiy, French government and American culture.

 

[JazzManJim]

It's an American thing, consuming mass quantities. It's not enough to get a soda, you have to get at least a quart (liter) or half-gallon (2 liter).

For me it's a convenience thing. I don't have to buy a two-liter of soda or tea or lemonade and I get the ice inside it to keep it cold.

I get them a lot when I go into work since I can't readily leave my office to get a drink when I'm thirsty. I pour it into an insulated cup and I get nice cold liquid right there all day long.

 

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[scrymettet]

That dwarfs my daily consumption of Diet Coke - currently a litre a day and rising.

and what about chocolate in kg/day ?

 

[kotori]

That dwarfs my daily consumption of Diet Coke - currently a litre a day and rising.

hi, foxeen. ho ho ho to you too.

i get the convenience thing, hell, they're called convenience stores for a reason. i was just remembering when my mum was here from ireland last year, amazed at the size of everything. i got a cup of coffee after dinner, and she thought the waiter was bringing me a soup bowl.

not much of a soda drinker myself. cheffie left a two-liter of coke here two months ago and it's still in the cupboard, unopened.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Wait wait wait

So you were robbing a 711 and tried to buy a big gulp?

That's what I figured the deposit thing was all about.

 

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[scrymettet]

Hi Scrymmy

I like chocolate but sadly, it doesn't like me. So I indulge only occasionally, usually in the dead of night.

Hence, 7-11 stores

it's the dead of the night, and i received a parcel from Belgium.
Want some ?

 

[roxanne69]

We have 7-11s and Big Gulps up here in Canadia too.

None in Quebec (as usual, we don't have anything)...Am I missing something? Is it worth the drive to Ontario?

 

[Freya]

None in Quebec (as usual, we don't have anything)...Am I missing something? Is it worth the drive to Ontario?

Nope. It's just the same as Mac's Milk, or Mike's Mart or any of the other chain 24 hour stores.

 

[roxanne69]

Nope. It's just the same as Mac's Milk, or Mike's Mart or any of the other chain 24 hour stores.

*sob* we don't have those either...or taco bell, or outback, or diet dr. pepper, or pepsi blue or anything fun sucks to live here....the only good thing about it is that scrymettet lives here too misery loves company lol

 

[scrymettet]

None in Quebec (as usual, we don't have anything)...Am I missing something? Is it worth the drive to Ontario?

we have you

 

[SpectralDragoon]

Speaking of Dr. Pepper... I saw there was a new red type.

Anyone tried it?

 

[BgMma]

*stalking Jim*

*leaving as mysteriously as I appeared*