05 June 2009

Orville Redenbacher Would Be So Proud

“OOOooo, tha’ popcorn smell good as shit!”

I beg your pardon? Really? (shaking head, tugging at ear)

Did I just hear that? Turning my head to see who said it, I spied a pair of teenagers walking fast and not watching where they were going, pushing and shoving on each other. It happened in a nearby mall, one that I didn’t frequent all that much.

“Damnnnn…” said the one who presumably hadn’t made the comment about the popcorn. “Too bad I ain’t got a dollah!” Then they were gone.

I sniffed the air, and indeed there was the heavy scent of popcorn in the air. I looked over the rail down the floor below, where I could see the popcorn vendor’s cart in the middle. Nary an inkling of fecal matter, olfactory or otherwise, could I discern. Which is a good thing, I suppose.

Popcorn that smells good as shit? Really, what were they doing with the cobs?

16 comments:

  1. that was a GREAT morning laugh.

    popcorn as good as shit- sounds like the Friday snack.

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  2. Well, you can tell THOSE kids have never changed a diaper...

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  3. I can tell you from personal experience that shit and popcorn smell nothing alike, for the most part, almost all of the time, typically.

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  4. Teenagers? Like the ones at my neighbours house last night celebrating graduation because mommy and daddy are out of town? They need some shit popcorn.

    I was never that rude when I was a teen.

    *clears throat*
    *looks over shoulder for his parents*

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  5. That's gonna be a disappointing cinema experience. I'd hate to be stuck behind them.

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  6. for smoe reason some of my inlaws say that food tastes like shit.(they think it is a complement)

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  7. :Heavy sigh:
    Kids these days...

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  8. *giggle snort* Oh LaLa told her dad the bon fire we had this weekend was "hot as shit"...yeah we had to have a talk

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  9. I think some teens think of drugs when they think of "shit". To some of them, smelling like shit is a good thing.
    There are a few other weird expressions, but my kids are in school...

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  10. They probably thought it was funnier than shit too.

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  11. Well, maybe their shit really doesn't stink?

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  12. hmmmmm.... am I wrong in saying that at times baby poop (before they start solids) smells like buttered popcorn? I have one momma friend who agrees! although I haven't really shared this thought with too many other mommies!

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  13. Ah, I remember when I got my first cuss word! I just couldn't wait to try it out, and used it on every occasion until, sadly, one day, it fell into little pieces, completely worn out.

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  14. I remember the first time I used the word shit...

    LOL..my mom was shoveling the horse barn out and I got hit with some of that horse shit...and I said to my mom.."You hit me with some of the horse shit"

    I didn't say that word again for many, many years!!!

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