While the rest of you fat cats feast on your Friskies, luxurious pillow-soft 12 grain buns and wear pants with working zippers, I am THAT guy who eats p-butter and toe jam sandwiches off of the 99 cent kids-food menu. No really, I gnaw that stuck-stuff right off the kidlet menus to help build-up my ‘rug-rat’ germ immunity, while hopefully strengthening my teeth and breath as well.
If you don’t finish that last cold shriveled fry, hot pepper or undercooked bite o’ burger, you can bet I’ll be asking for a take-home box and feasting on it tomorrow. There’s nothing like ‘hot water chili’ and donning the dream of a hobo-king at somebody else’s expense. Yes the only Wet Nap luxury in my pocket will be AFTER you’ve used yours; because when you’re flying as high as I do there’s little room for oxygen and even less for pride - that slipped through the holes in my lining long ago.
Oh of course I jest, despite my thrifty proclivities I clearly have had a pretty lucky life. I’m not complaining and have gotten used to clawing my way out of the sweaty throws of the bargain basement. Being cheap is my personal success thrill-quest, where every ransacked trash-can is one raccoon away from a winning lottery ticket and the lofty lore of living large. The only thing is if I ever REALLY do find myself snugly cradled in life’s easy breezy luxurious LAP – I wholly hope at least one of us will have holy intentions and wear a pair of ‘un-holey’ pants.
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At the rate our government is spending shekels, you're wise to save yours.
ReplyDeleteI see nothing wrong with pinching pennies...Remember, "One mans trash is another mans treasure."
ReplyDeleteMy Grandma is very cheap. She was in the Depression era. She actually washes out her Ziploc baggies and reuses them. My brother once said, "Grandma, why don't you just throw them away! They are only a few cents each." Her reply? "Well, that's why I'm rich and you're not."
ReplyDeleteRe-using some stuff is smart. I read in Mother Earth mag a guy said "Not flushing toilets each
ReplyDeletetime saves water." I tried it and agree.
But now what do I do with all that disgusting water I've been saving?
Funny writing and pic, Willie. Wanna buy some old, slightly-used blogs I found floating?
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Raccoons and possums definitely rank very high on the re-use chart. If more people were like them, we wouldn't have such a waste issue.
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh out loud! The thought of you asking for a box for my old, cold french fries was too much.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite funny!
ReplyDeleteat least you didn't mention road-kill.
ReplyDeleteLove it! My kids often compare their dad to Julius. The father from the show Everybody Hates Chris. I can't remember the last time I paid full price for something. Cheapskates UNITE!
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