Didn’t Get What You Wanted For Christmas? « Just Goofing

Didn’t Get What You Wanted For Christmas?

Posted on January 5th, 2010 jean 6 comments

Fear not. The local movie store has you covered…

The small print says: See store for details. (Two times. They really want you to go in so you can fall in love with all those adorable little smiles and pleading eyes.)

I have to admit I am immensely tempted to run in and ask for two. Do you think I can choose their ages? 3-year-olds are a total blast with their creativity and goofiness. Boy or girl, it doesn’t matter. I’m quite curious where they got this stock pile of kids and what do they do with them when the store closes. And of course, I am pretty darn curious about how the store employee will react when I ask for my free kids. I’m fairly certain I will not receive two kids as requested, but instead, an unimpressed stare with maybe a few blinks thrown in for good measure.

Oh, well. The sign has kept me cracked up for hours. I guess that will have to do.

Just in case you are thinking the dirty player Jean might be pulling one over on you, here is a shot with more of the accompanying windows so you can see I didn’t just grab the sign out of context (Not that I would ever do such a thing):
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6 responses to “Didn’t Get What You Wanted For Christmas?”
- TK Richardson January 5th, 2010 at 18:19
  
  How funny!
  
  There is a sign I pass by on a regular basis that just cracks me up. It’s an Avon (cosmetics) sign attached to a dog grooming sign. To me it could mean several different things including ‘Your dog deserves the best, so we use Avon.’ My kids don’t see the irony in it, but I do!
- Jemi Fraser January 5th, 2010 at 19:10
  
  Yikes! Um… wow.
  
  I used to tease my kids by telling them I was going to dress them up spiffy and sit them on the shelves at Zellers. We’d see how much folks were willing to pay. They’d just roll their eyes and “Mooooom” me.
  
  Apparently someone thought this would be a good idea – without any price involved
- jean January 6th, 2010 at 08:20
  
  TK: That is one to tickle one’s funny bone. It would crack me up too.
  
  I love it when you can read something two ways and one way is sooooo not what they meant.
- jean January 6th, 2010 at 08:24
  
  Jemi, that reminds me of a Robert Munsch book “Something Good” where a girl stays still in the store (as per her frustrated father’s request) and people try to buy her, thinking she is a doll.
  
  I have yet to wander into the store and ask for my free kid…but I’m fairly certain they mean free kids movie. Probably with the rental of about 5 new releases.
- Cat Woods January 7th, 2010 at 07:39
  
  Aww shucks. I wanted a real boy. For free.
  
  Or maybe they mean baby goats? Now that would be something.
- jean January 7th, 2010 at 09:23
  
  I could go for a goat. That could be fun. For now, he could sleep in the bathtub and eat stale crackers that got lost in the back of our cupboards. Then in the spring, when the grass finally comes back to life, I could tie him to the crab apple tree in the front yard. Then when bad dog owners take their dog for a walk and leave a deposit in our yard, the kid could headbutt the depositing dog (and maybe the negligent owner as well). In no time flat, we’d have a clean yard. Well, except for the goat poo. Hmm… There is a fatal flaw in my plan, isn’t there? Doh!
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