AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 7/26/2004 06:37:00 PM ----- BODY: this one is for zoot and mir.  but before i get to the good stuff, let's slog through the crap.  heh.   so friday afternoon i went to walmart.  (yeah walmart!)  ok.  it's not target, which is a mecca.  (more on that in a bit)  however, it does have groceries and an auto department where i can get my oil changed for less than jiffy lube charges.  AND i can do my shopping while they're working on the car, instead of sitting around doing nothing.  these are all pluses in my book.  so i go to pay for the oil change when i'm done spending all  my money on frozen meals to take for lunch and the gal behind the counter says "your oil was changed, the air filter was changed, and your tires are illegal."  excuse me?  what was that last part?  what do you  mean my fucking tires are illegal?  wtf??  so i do what any girl does when she has a car question. i called daddy.  observe:   me:  um, how much tread should there be on my tires?  i mean what's normal?   dad:  it depends.  how much is on yours?   me:  they told me that both front tires were at "3"   dad:  well, did you do the penny trick?   me:  what penny trick?   dad:  you know.  you put the penny in the tread and if you can't see abe's head,  you're  good. if you CAN see abe's head, you need to get your tires replaced.   me:  oh.  ok.  i'll try that.   so i did.  i took a penny and went out to the car because my daddy knows everything!  so i put the penny in the tread on one of the front tires.  it should cover abe's head right?  um, yeah.  about that.  it didn't even cover his fucking SHOULDER people!  this is NOT good!  the back tires?  not even up to his chin.  i need 4.  new.  tires.  shit!   so i spent the evening surfing the net looking for the best price i can get without having to drive 45 minutes away.  i opted for sears and i got my 4 tires.  fine.    there were other things that i wanted to achieve on saturday.  among them were:  get 2 new pairs of shoes, get tires, get windshield wiper fluid and go to the mecca that is target and get a pair of jeans.  i accomplished all but the target one while i was waiting for my car to get it's new feet.  so that left stopping at target to get the aforementioned jeans.  now.  my mom had accompanied me on this outing because it was fucking 100+ degrees and there is no air conditioning at her house.  (well, there is.  it's called a window and a fan.)  so we go to target.  (cue angelic music here.)   we're wandering around thru the clothing and my mother starts laughing uncontrollably.  i'm like wtf?  i didn't say anything witty that would get this response!  so i ask.  what's so funny?  look she says.  so i look.  this is what i see..........   in case you can't read it, it's SUPPOSED to say "merona silk shirts" (which it does) & "merona Silk Skirts" (which it doesn't)  what it DOES say?  "merona Dilk Dkirts".  um, did someone forget to proofread?  i mean you got it right on the top half.  i know that the "d" and the "s" are right next to each other on the keyboard, but didn't you NOTICE that the sign looked a little odd?  i mean, wtf is a "dilk dkirt" anyways?  i was so grateful that i had my digital with me so i could share this with zoot and mir! --------