Friday, April 06, 2007

America.

The other day I went on an errand for work. If you've ever been to XpedX you will know they offer endless possibilities for invitations and paper creations. It only makes sense that they would also have pinatas, since they are made mostly out of paper, right? As we were waiting for an answer about a particular paper product, a customer asked the price of these pinatas ($7.99 in case you were wondering). The gentleman helping us then felt the need to tell us that a lady once returned a $7.99 pinata because there was no candy in it...Wait, hold up. In case you missed that, she had no clue that you had to fill the paper donkey with your own damn candy! What made the story even better, was that she didn't realize this until the kiddos at the birthday party were swinging away at an empty pinata. Imagine the horror! You are 7 years old, bashing a donkeys head in, expecting piles of yummy goodness to flow from its being, and then...nothing. Just the thrill of being blindfolded, trying to hit a floating paper animal is all they got. No reward for little Jimmy! I can totally understand why this lady was so frustrated. I mean, she did pay eight dollars! Maybe one of the parents should have clued her in before she made an idiot of herself...

4 comments:

ekmadsen said...

The genious is astounding.

Oddly enough, my brother filled a pinata with insolation foam (that crap that gets really, really hard) as an April Fools joke this last Sunday . My nephews and neice spent at least 30 mins trying to crush the belly of Jimmy Neutron to no avail!

Ashley said...

i think it's funny that you used the name "little jimmy" whilst telling this story. what a coincidence, in light of certain circumstances (ehem, sarah). also a coincidence, is that i was telling josh something and also used the hypothetical name of "little jimmy." hmmmm.......... so anyways, funny story. who knew you had to fill the pinata YOURSELF?!?! wow.

4 Reale said...

"little Jimmy".....

It was good until that moment.

Really? "Little Jimmy?"

Really...

Still love you.

cds said...

don't think so highly of yourself. the name little jimmy has nothing to do with you, believe it or not! haha!