May 1, 2009
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Florida Funnies
I should first provide a little background.
Special Someone and I drove down to Omaha the Friday night before our VERY early Saturday morning flight to Tampa. For whatever reason I wasn’t able to sleep. I got about a 45 minute nap on our flight from Omaha to Dallas, but otherwise I was basically up for 44 hours straight.
When we got to Sarasota Dr. Linda took us on a whirlwind tour of the area. As we were driving along she informed us that the plan was to have a picnic on the beach that night. To that end Special Someone and I were to decide what we wanted to eat for the picnic.
“Will we have time to hit a grocery store and get some dinner fixins” I asked.
Friend Brian said “Sure. There’s a public grocery store on just about every corner.”
Public grocery store? Frankly I was confused. I thought most grocery stores were open to the public.
So I asked. “Public grocery store? Are those like little Mom and Pop type grocery stores?”
“Oh no” Brian replied “They’re pretty big and have a good selection.”
I let it go at that. I was too tired to pursue it.
It wasn’t until much later, when we were planning our “picnic” that I asked Brian to give me more information about “public” grocery stores.
“You know…Public Grocery Stores…like that one over there…”
Yeah…it was a riot. It was also a joke that never died the entire time we were in Florida.
I’m off to Sioux Falls this weekend. Shopping for new patio furniture and a front door are on the agenda. Apparently we’re also working on Special Someone’s new pond. That, of course, means that he’s working on it and I’m cooking dinner.
Comments (7)
I miss Piggly Wiggly.
you are not from the south are you??? ; ) that is funny stuff!!!
Oh Publix is awesome…better than Kroger and even Harris Teeter…but a bit pricey sometimes.
Your mom is adorable by the way.
-M
Holy hell! That’s hysterical!
I believe I would have had the same questioning look on my face…
that’s pretty darned funny.
So what did you fix for dinner?
(I love to hear what you cook, does that make me odd?)
*~matthew~*
@bleuzeus - Not at all. We didn’t really cook. My favorite thing for picnics is sort of an antepasta approach. Good cheeses, olives, cured meats like salami or smoked chorizo and ripped french bread. Add in a little red wine (or hard cider) and you’ve got the best picnic nibbles. Sometimes I’ll also roast a chicken. I’m just not a picnic/sandwich kinda guy.
@Anatomicsd - Oh…and no fixing dinner for Special Someone. He actually put me to WORK on the pond. I toted retaining wall brick for HOURS. He was lucky I managed to order pizza for us.