Choose your liquor store wisely

6 Responses to “Choose your liquor store wisely”

1. Matt on September 28th, 2007 7:29 am

   As in, “We’re sorry daddy’s gonna beat you in a few hours, so have some candy?”

2. C on September 28th, 2007 10:00 am

   What I want to know is where to find this gem of a store.

3. Kelley on September 28th, 2007 6:07 pm

   One near us gives out stickers advertising beer.
   Wouldn’t mind a lollypop though, cause that would mean I wouldn’t have to cook dinner….

4. JG on September 29th, 2007 6:49 am

   my father the alcoholic always took me to the liquor stores like that, too. it got to be where i would slyly suggest in my five-year-old way that maybe i should go get a lollipop, can i have a lollipop, please? and my father the alcoholic would be obliging and take me, and of course pick something up for himself, because he was there and it was there and then he would sit back when we got home and drink until he passed out. i thought he was just sleeping, and when he would wake up puking, i thought he just ate something that made his stomach upset. i was five, what did i know.

   i’m sorry, mb, i know that the situations have nothing in common, but this post triggered the shit out of me. and i think maybe i’ll just stick to e-mailing you from now on.

5. supa on September 29th, 2007 7:35 pm

   i’m sorry, jg.

6. supa on September 29th, 2007 7:47 pm

   Here’s the rest of what I should have written: we stopped in to our local package store (Maryland doesn’t allow alcohol sales at Target) for a six pack of Labatt; Owen was being his charming self, and the manager handed him a lollipop, which made his day (and mine, to be truthful), and I got to reinforce the message that good public behavior benefits everybody, toddler included.

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