Friday, 17 April 2009
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High Fidelity: A Novel
By Nick Hornby
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I'm sick to death of this global warming, recycle, diet, eat healthy age because it's a bunch of rubbish. Cows will always belch greenhouse gases, Obama can't save the world and McDonalds doesn't give a rip about your health. And rightly so. I don't want my fast food supplier telling me to eat healthy...that's my doctor's job. When I go to McDonalds I want deepfried carbs and God help the soul that gets between me and my McChicken.
I'll tell you what brought this on. During this economical meltdown bordered by hostile consumerism takeover, such as your friendly Wal-Mart, some bunch of nuts in support of Earth Day contacted all the local businesses in my home area to buy these re-usable shopping bags for the special occasion in support of shopping local. They put all the town names on it and then in big, bold letters across the front printed, "Shop Local - Shop Perth County." Hoo-Ra. But what this bunch of brain-blistered bone heads achieved was only the most hypocritical crap I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Shop Local bought these bags from, of course, China (which is not one of the towns in Perth County mind you) and then had the nerve to even get them screened from said supplier. (Silk screening is the printing you see on bags/t-shirts/what-have-you that my boss's company specializes in as well as several other companies in the area. In this country for that fact.)
So the next time you preach at me for buying bottled water bought at Wally's World, you can go save your greenhouse gas and go take a flying leap at a rolling donut...locally of course.
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Comments (9)
Oh the irony...
That's too funny! Thanks for a great post!
Actually I would get on you for buying bottle water period. Not that I have any pull with you since you know me ummm... not at all.
*sigh* Buying water. It rains out there doesn't it?
Other than that, great post.
@airgrizzly - "out there?" You mean Canada? Earth? Yes it rains out there. I can even get water through my tap at the sink. Amazing isn't it? But when I'm thirsty and I want water I don't care if it comes in a plastic bottle or a moose hide. And my own mother couldn't change my mind on that.
Thunderous applause.
@Gerbs11
:) It's just a pet peeve of mine. Having to purchase something like water. You have my permission to buy water bottles. Like you need it...
I carry an aluminum water bottle when I think I'm going to be thirsty. Not a very manly thing to do, but at least I don't have to buy water. It was kind of pricy, some I'm glad my sister in law bought it for me for Christmas last year. I would highly recommend one.
I'm mad because Aquafina, my bottled water of choice, just began making their bottles with "50% less plastic"... But now the bottle is so flimsy that they struggle just standing up in the fridge. And all companies say they do this stuff because they want to do their part in the fight for conservation. But of course they do it because it's cheaper for them. It just infuriates me that corporations just spin everything & expect us to give them an ovation. Here's an ovation: "f you Walmart.... f you Aquafina!"
@Noel_Bo - hahahahahha. Do I ever have a book you need to read. Hahahaha.
@wardenman - ha! What book??