Wednesday, November 9, 2011

C-O-M Limit Offer

So YT has been putting some thought into the Midnight Move Up (MMU) by some of the major retailers. I was once told that it is better to respond than to react. I reacted for a while and now I can respond. The MMU movement was/is inevitable. The trend has been moving that way for years. Remember it wasn't that long ago that the 6AM opening was considered early! Why a person could have a proper Thanksgiving, go to bed at a reasonable time, wake up early but not too early, and go out,spend all of your money, and be at Cracker Barrel by.... oh say noon or so. Now enter the MMU people! They have ruined my carefully laid out routine and plans. With everyone starting at midnight I have been forced to use a combination of alchemy, bio-science and animal husbandry to solve this problem.

Let's face it, you can't be everywhere at once. There is only one of you right? Well I have solved the problem sort of.... I call it Clone-O-Matic. What C-O-M does is allows you to have up to 10 replicants of yourself at one time.

Need to be at Wally's to score the $150 deluxe gizmo and be at Tar-shay for the $99 electronic thing a ma jig, when they both open at Midnight? Or how about K-Smart and Big Pots at say 5 AM. Not a problem! With Clone -O-Matic you can make both lines with time to spare!

C-O-M does it all! for only 4 easy payments of $2.6 million, you can have the latest and greatest cloning device available to man. How does it work you may ask? Go ahead and ask... I'll wait....... Thanks for asking, that's a good question. Well here's your answer!

First you remove a toe using our toe removal clippers, which are included in the C-O-M kit (any toe will do). Then you inset the toe into our patent pending cryogenic replicator. Simply add our special blend of secret herbs, spices and dijon DNA sauce. Bring the mixture down to 10 degrees kelvin and in less time than it takes to cook a full grown elephant, you will have your very own clone.

Don't delay! The offer is limited to the first 5000 people who can get their payments into my Credit Swiss bank account before the feds get wise to the plan.
Visit our website @ www.clonemyassquick.tv. Enter the coupon code Jurassic Park into the box on the left of the screen and receive free shipping! Hurry as this deal can't last forever!

More on this later

Cheers
UB

HO HO HO!

Visions of BF Past 2007

The tur-duck-en was all nestled in it's aluminum foil bed, with visions of Cajun Ronny dancing in my head.
And I in my PJ's and Mark in his U of I hat had just settled down for a 15 minute nap.
When out on the drive there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the recliner to see what the hell was going on.
And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a silver Toyota with Kelly in the rear.
The driver was dress in jeans and a parka. The dos in the house where all a barka. barka.
"Get your butt in the car!" the driver she screamed. "We're on a VC run and you know what that means!"
The Toyota was swift like the wings of an eagle, and Mackenzie was hollering like a blankity blank Beagle.
Swift as corsairs the silver car flew, as nearer the interstate the anxious shoppers all drew,

On Darcy, On Kenzie on Kelly let's fly, Uncle Chuck is in the back seat wondering why..
As nearer the Ottawa exit we drew, the shoppers all laughed and shouted Yoo Hoo!
Then to the parking lot the car did fly, the beginnings of a line we all did spy.
The shoppers all rushed to the left hand VC door, except for UB who could take it no more.
The line was getting longer with people twas full, including a woman who looked like a bull.
The sights and the smells oh who could forget, the 2 people in front and the odors they let?
The cameraman snapped his photos with glee, when UB announced that he had to pee.
The doors they opened with a furious rush, the shoppers flew in to the sound of Mush Mush!
On Darcy! on Kelly! on Rory! on Kenzie! On Maureen lets feed this BF shopping frenzy!
And off in the corner a crumpled man lay, with footprints on his back and the marks of a sleigh.
And a murmur was heard as he was dragged out of sight, "Why in the hell did they open at Midnight?

Black thursday at Midnight update

Hey David Bowie! Talk about cha cha cha changes! The US Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the federal government to officially change the name of Black Friday to Black Thanksgiving Night at Midnight or BT@M. The petition that is being spearheaded by US senator Herb Kohl is designed, in his words, "to ensure that lazy assed people won't have to get out of bed too damn early. They can just stay up." Coincedentally Kohl's department stores has announced that they will be opening at Mid Night.

People what does this say about America? To me it says "lazy assed people, who won't get out of bed." Wait a minute, that's what Herb just said. What I meant to say was "If it's good enough for the Walton's then it's good enough for everyone". Well what I really meant to say was why the hell do you have to ruin BF? I am grossly disappointed with the move away from "get up get out " to "stay up stay out".

T-G has normally been a day of eating too much and then eating some more. Sleeping it off on the couch will watching Wizard of OZ or something. Going to bed at 9 or 10 and then getting up before the crack of dawn and flying out the door. Rushing to J C Penney's to get Rory's damn snow globe before they are all gone! Gone.... All of it ....... gone! Do you know what it does? It sucks that's what it does.

All my research on parking lots and traffic flows.... Gone! My hours of study on light refraction through tinted cars windows at dawn.... Gone! The migration and scatological habits of the Canadian Goose as it relates to slipping and falling in parking lots!..... Gone!!!!!! My studies on the cumulative effects of caffeine on the nervous system...... Gone! My study on the deleterious effect of "Pot O' Gold"..... Gone!!!!! My brief nights sleep.......... GONZO baby! Now is the time when all good people buy cases of "5 Hour Energy" and hope for the best!

Cheers
UB

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Oh the Humanity

This just in!

Office Products Giant Staples has petitioned Dictionary writer Webster's to have the definition of the word "Instant" changed from it's current meaning of "at this time or immediately" to mean "sometime before the next Easter". While on the surface this may seem silly. experienced BF shoppers can smell a rat! Staples has long used the rebate strategy to lure shoppers into their stores on BF. The "after rebate" model has been described by long time BF'ers as BS. By changing the meaning of Instant, Staples is hoping to avoid complaints from it's BF shoppers. We have all watched hope die a painful death waiting for the rebate check

An unnamed BF Staples regular points out that the Staples rebate form reads something like a "Chinese Cook book". "If you are lucky enough to actually figure it out, you wait until Memorial Day for the money." The rebate forms, which ideally are printed by the cash register as you check out, have long been blamed for the smoke and flames that come out of each register five minutes into the BF shopping day. Those registers burn quicker than the HIndenburg! Oh the humanity!

The 10 foot long forms, are always a source of aggravation. Some families like to have contests to see which will come first, the Easter Bunny or the Money. "It's a great way to keep the kids busy during the long winter" another shopper added. I know several families that use the rebate forms as streamers for their New Years EVe parties. "Its cheaper than confetti and curls easier" one shopper added. "The scorch marks from the burning printer only add to their charm".

Webster's Dictionary is considering the petition. It is expected to take 2-3 weeks to resolve. It may be a co-ink-e-dink but that puts us right at the start of the BF week. Hmmm. Staples has not commented on the petition other than to say. "Hey! It's worth a shot! You know, what do we have to loose?" Your Dignity people, you can loose your dignity!

By the way, I saw a truck backing into the local Staples loading dock. It was full of batteries, Lots and Lots of batteries. Word on the street is that Staples is offering a special door buster deal on the new HP net pad. The rumored price is $149.00 and it comes with the new "Sky Net operating system. It has Wi-Fi and a built in camera with a laser range finder. It also has something called a "launch button". Sounds cool. I will have to check it out!

More as it happens!
UB

Who Knew

This just in......

Rumors are swirling like Autumn leaves, that Retail Giant Federated Department Stores has lost the use of their catch phrase "lowest prices of the season" . In what can only be called truly stunning, Fred's Printing in Peoria Illinois laid claim to the slogan in a billing mess gone bad for Federated. Fred Snodgrass, owner of Fred's Printing, wife Shirley, a recent graduate of Peoria Community College with an Associates Degree in Paralegal Assistant, snuck a clause into the most recent printing contract for the weekly Bergner's ad flyer, that gave Fred's the right to the slogan if the bill for printing got beyond 35 days. Federated, which has always been a net 60 kind of company, didn't notice the addendum and sent it the PO. When the bill hit 36 days, Shirley and Fred pounced like cats on a mouse, and grabbed the catch phrase for themselves! Additionally, the contract allegedly requires Bergner's to use the word "Fred" in place of the word "Price or Prices". This is quite a coup for Fred and Shirley's business, which has been struggling as of late.

YT blew a call into Federated, but only got some questionable denials. I have seen a couple of things that lend credence to the rumors. First, Bergner's flyer for next week promises "Lowest Freds of the Season on Select Items". and Season, Fred's Printing is having a "Special Sale" on Business Cards and Holiday Cards, promising "The lowest Prices of the Season". Add this to the list of "Things that make you go Hmmmmmmm".

I checked out the Target Christmas Toy Catalog. I noticed that remote controlled items seem to be the hot item this year. They have some new items that caught my eye. One was a remote controlled ICBM with a "simulated" 40 megaton warhead. Another nifty one was the 80 ton RC Abrahns M1A1 tank with range finder and simulated 155 MM howitzer with "realistic" shells. They also are featuring a "life like" commander robot that has a built in web interface and a 10GHz processor with something called "Sky Net" software. Looks cute! I may have to get one.

I swung by the local Home Depot this morning looking for Halloween close outs. I was not impressed with what they had. Too little too late for me, I did notice that there was a truck in the loading dock that had lots and lots of batteries. I may be crazy but ........

More as it happens
UB

Friday, October 28, 2011

40320 minutes

Well Well Well... It's finally gotten down to this. 4 weeks and counting. I feel invigorated. I feel refreshed! I feel on top of the world. "I'm the King of the World!", hand on there Leonardo we're just getting started. Anyway I feel......Here it is 3 days before Halloween and I am getting into full Black Friday form!! Could it be the sugar buzz from the bag of Snickers that I just found? I can't say. No really I can't say, my mouth is full of Snickers!

This is the time when the good try to get better and the better try to get best. YT has begun the annual training program. Each year it gets trickier and trickier to work yourself into tip top shape. I mean how do you prepare to stay up all night to shop at stores that you will be at 6 more times before Christmas? The toll on the human body is frightening! I have seen some of the best BF'ers in the world crumble like Aunt Jenny's dinner rolls after 25 minutes in the oven! I have seen adults behave like petulant 2 year old's. I've seen screaming and fighting and chaos and that's just in my house on a Saturday! I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would end ... hey wait a minute! too much time listening to the Muzak at Menard's! More on that later......

I have my own patented training method. It may sound a little different but it seems to work for me. Just yesterday I spent 20 minutes yelling "Kenzie...Kenzie.. where the hell is Kenzie? Jesus H Christ can't she stay found for 5 GD minutes?" Boy that felt good! My doctor says I need to yell more. I am hoping that I can get in screaming shape by the 21st.

Then I found a cold hard piece of concrete outside and sat there for almost an hour practicing waiting for the Mall Gift Bag. Let me tell you folks that can give you buns of steel or at least frozen buns. Why you might say "Hey knuckle head, it's just another tote bag that will hang i the garage for 3 years until you throw it out!", I say "remember 2010". Remember the $50 gift card. Remember ... oh hell I already forgot.


Next I went to Menard's and stood outside in the cold for 2 hours just to get a feel for the place. Man I hope that those batteries are worth it! By the way, the music that they play over the PA System at Menard's is really mesmerizing! I really love it. Lots of smooth jazz! Just as an aside... Did you know that "You always save Big Money at Menard's"?

I cruised by the Walgreen's to see how the traffic flow was. Man there is a special place in the depths of hell for the person who designed the parking lots at Walgreen's. You can get in.... but just try to get out! It's worse than a ":roach motel". The customers check in but they ....No sign yet of any Blue Ray players being shipped in.... Must be too early. I did see a semi truck pulling in with batteries, lots and lots of batteries.

YT is very concerned that this could be the year that the machines take over the world. I guess that that might take lots and lots of batteries. LOTS and LOTS of BATTERIES!

Then I stood outside the WalMart just because I could. Shockingly, I was not alone. There were at least 50 other people waiting in line for the 32" flat panel TV that was going on sale in only 2,419,200 seconds. 25 people were waiting for the $300.00 laptop and 17 people told me that they "always stand outside the WalMart". There was a Semi Trailer loaded with batteries in the loading dock but no sign of any of the $19 inkjet printers. I don't know is this means anything but the line outside the Target was only about half as long.

Did you know that "You always save Big Money at Menard's"?

On to the Mall. I scoped out the Sears Parking lot . It was empty as usual. Except of course for the weird couple in the red pick up truck who are always there. I asked them if they were getting in line for the big Black Friday sales event. They tasked me "What's a Fry Day?". I noticed that there was a semi truck in the loading dock of the Radio Shack. They were unloading Batteries.

LOTS and LOTS of batteries!

There was a tent city outside the Best Buy that I thought was part of some protest about Wall Street. I talked to a few of the happy campers and found out that "Best Buy has some really smokin' deals bro!". 360 Craig told me he wanted to be the first in line to get the new I-Phone 4 for only $499.00. I didn't have the heart......... Oh and there was a semi trailer in the loading dock. It was full of batteries.

LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of batteries...........

More news as it get made up!
Cheers,
UB

Did you know that "You always save Big Money at Menard's"?

Part 2827 in a series

So I hacked into the aerospace satellite and tied it into Google Earth and Weather bug and then ran that through the old G3 and I have noticed several things. Migrating Canadian Geese have recently changed their pattern. Following a trail of Goose Scat, and let me tell you that is a slippery slope. I have discovered that there is a large flock of geese that has taken up residence just north of the interstate, right next to the Taco Bell. The possible fall out from this is stunning. That area is considered by many in the know to be the key to the entire BF operation. Now all this may seem like just the rantings of a crazy old man, until you do a Google search on the "Peru Mal". The map that comes up has no tie in to either Peru or Mall. The locator is over a former secret training base for VC employees located near Ottawa IL. YT is researching this as we speak. I am very concerned that the geese may have some connection to both Taco Bell and the now defunct VC. It might just be my imagination, but didn't VC offer a free mutant goose kit with every purchase on BF back in 2007? Is it possible that these mutant geese may be tied to a plot to fill the WalMart parking lot with Goose Poop?

Many have long believed that the death of VC can be tied to the birth of the Gigantic WalMart in Ottawa. Now with the WalNart s in Princeton, Peru,and Ottawa , coupled with the sudden appearance of Goose Scat and the disappearance of the Peru Mall from Google Earth, YT fears that there is a plot brewing to cause chaos on BF. YT believes that the alleged mutant geese may have been trained by the So Cal Chamber of Commerce. Their "Stop Darcy from Going Home for Thanksgiving and Black Friday and a Couple of days before that" better known as SDGHTGBFCDAT" campaign has been stymied by the sudden departure of one DRB on her annual purification trip to 18,000 feet. What do mutant geese, SC CofC DRB and VC have in common? I can't say. Run ours abound that a former CIA operative known only as "Rory Barron" may be involved. Seems they may have an old score to settle about an outfit at Marshall's or something. More on this later.

So anyway the whole Peru Mall disappearance thing....Ain't it sumthin? David Copperfield is en-route to see what he can do to bring it back. I think that it is going to take more than a magician to bring the mall back!


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