People of Walmart

[Legs]

lulz (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/)

:groceries:

[LadyShea]

OMG I live in Alabama. I can get 40 pics in an hour to rival those.

* LadyShea is off to Walmart with my camera

[lisarea]

That's really mean.

Also funny. I feel like a bad person.

[Legs]

C'mon, mean & funny is the perfect combo.

[godfry n. glad]

It needs more gap-tooth smiles!

As their next marketing innovation, they need to get a Wal*Mart corrective dentist in every store. They've got the biggest burgeoning market segment in the country already wandering through their outlets.

[Ensign Steve]

The lifeguard is cute. And I don't get the hate on the guys in shorts. He's got legs, indeed. :lecher:

Anyway, most of these people are better dressed than what I wear to Wal-Mart. I'm really not out to impress a bunch of stuck up bitches. :shrug:

[Shelli]

I don't know where that is, but here, you're not allowed in any public establishment without a shirt or shoes. Also, drinking beer in public like that guy is on the bench would not be tolerated. :nuhuh:

[Shelli]

The lifeguard is cute. And I don't get the hate on the guys in shorts.:yeahthat:


I'm really not out to impress a bunch of stuck up bitches. :shrug::yeahthat:

[godfry n. glad]

The lifeguard is cute. And I don't get the hate on the guys in shorts. He's got legs, indeed. :lecher:

Anyway, most of these people are better dressed than what I wear to Wal-Mart. I'm really not out to impress a bunch of stuck up bitches. :shrug:

Yeah...Neither is the dude wearing the keys.

Jes go git yersef a mullet, ES. Yer a snatcheral!

It's just stuck up bitches like me that like those signs that say "NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE".

[godfry n. glad]

That's really mean.

Also funny. I feel like a bad person.

Funny....You ARE a bad person.

Bad, lisapea....bad.

Bad to the bone.

[biochemgirl]

That's why I joke that a trip to our local Wally world is always good for a game of count the prison tattoos.

[Shelli]

The "no shirt, no shoes, no service" gave me a thought. :girlthink:

I'd be surprised if, by now, someone hasn't tested that rule with showing up in nothing BUT a shirt and shoes. :flasher:

That would actually be kinda funny. :lol:

[Shelli]

Also, I have to say, I don't notice too much what other people are wearing when I go shopping. I really don't care. I want in, get what I want, and then out. The rest of y'all do whatever it is you do; it makes no difference to me. :shrug:

[viscousmemories]

I tried the link in three different browsers and all I get is a blank page.

[Shelli]

I tried the link in three different browsers and all I get is a blank page.bummer.. you're srsly missing out on some awesome moobs. :shakebewb:

[Qingdai]

I knew a guy who said he liked to pick up women there.
Died in a police shooting after a bad meth trip a few years back, no tattoos though.

[Legs]

I tried the link in three different browsers and all I get is a blank page.bummer.. you're srsly missing out on some awesome moobs. :shakebewb:

and mullets :laugh:

[D. Scarlatti]

I clicked on the link and it's asking me to install WordPress.

[Shelli]

:shakespam:

[LadyShea]

I generally don't pay attention to other people, but it's hard to miss the homemade wifebeaters and srs mullets.

What kills me is during hunting season, people are walking around WalMart in full on layers of Mossy Oak camo with pops of safety orange. I guess they go straight from the store to the woods.

[Shelli]

:okaaay:

:cletus:

:lol:

[Dingfod]

GTFO, haters, you people are making fun of me and my neighbors. And we'uns don't like it none.

[Shelli]

A store here that rivals what you might see at Wally World is Price Rite. While I don't give a rat's ass what people are dressed in (so long as they are dressed, tyvm :nooo:), the one thing that does bother me is when I occasionally end up next to someone in the checkout line who apparently has never heard of soap and water. :bo: At that point, what they do affects me and the buck stops there. :nojustno:

One of these times when it happens, I'm not going to hold my tongue. :tongtied:

Ya know, you might consider checking out the bath and hygiene aisle. Just sayin'
:blankstare:

[Legs]

I clicked on the link and it's asking me to install WordPress.

Strange, it was working fine yesterday. Either they were overwhelmed by hits or Wallmart Corporate shut them down. :noid:

[Adam]

I was getting a blank page last night, but now it works for me.

I knew a guy who said he liked to pick up women there.
Died in a police shooting after a bad meth trip a few years back, no tattoos though.

Weird, I know a girl who has been hit on in WalMart a couple times. I keep telling her that magic would happen if she'd just agree to a quiet dinner for two in the food court.

[LadyShea]

At our local WM groups of 5-6 guys will follow women around, but act like they aren't ya know? One time they followed me (with my son!) into the female aisle, and I looked and laughed at them, because pretending to inspect the maxi pads didn't really work.

They don't speak English, but my friend speaks Spanish and she says they are blatant about what they are doing when talking amongst themselves, and they assume nobody understands them. She freaks them out by confronting them in Spanish, then they scatter.

[Shelli]

At our local WM groups of 5-6 guys will follow women around, but act like they aren't ya know? One time they followed me (with my son!)... :whatthefuck:

That's pretty fucked up, IMO. I've never had anything like that happen to me in any store. :shudder:

[Ensign Steve]

I usually just get trolled at the laundromat. Another place where I don't usually dress to impress.

[Legs]

It appears to be working again, some nice entries today :laugh:

Incidently, it may be a climate thing, but I don't see people dressed like that here (very often).

[godfry n. glad]

I usually just get trolled at the laundromat. Another place where I don't usually dress to impress.

Well, now that you've a house, you can get yourself a washer and dryer and pitch that whole scene.
Then you won't even have to dress...then you'll really impress. Well...bub, that is.

Washer and dryer were first things Ivy bought after she closed on the house.

[LadyShea]

It seems to be unique to this one WalMart. Doesn't happen at the one in the neighboring town, and never happened to me in any other city. And FTR I am usually make-up free, hair clipped, and baggy t-shirted. I certainly don't dress for a trip to WM.

They're migrant workers, in town during various plantings/harvests, so I kinda assumed they're just rubes that don't know any better. But my friend said they do know better, and when she confronts them she pretty much uses something along the lines of "You're mother would be ashamed".

[godfry n. glad]

I didn't know that chick-trolling was a team sport amongst migrant laborers. Is that a cultural thing?

[LadyShea]

I have never had this happen in other areas I've lived with migrant worker populations. And I know it's not a Mexican cultural thing.

That's who follows women around at our local WalMart though. My gorgeous 18 yo niece can't even go into that store.

I don't know why they do it or why it seems to be here only.

[lisarea]

At our local WM groups of 5-6 guys will follow women around, but act like they aren't ya know? One time they followed me (with my son!) into the female aisle, and I looked and laughed at them, because pretending to inspect the maxi pads didn't really work.

They don't speak English, but my friend speaks Spanish and she says they are blatant about what they are doing when talking amongst themselves, and they assume nobody understands them. She freaks them out by confronting them in Spanish, then they scatter.

Some of the LM's Spanish speaking employees do stuff like that. Which seriously: Dumb. We are in Colorado. Lots of gringos know Spanish here, and most who don't can probably at least pick out a few keywords and general themes.

But also, sometimes they get pretty cavalier about it, and you can even pick up random English words, or other clues like that stupid lascivious giggling thing that young men in packs are sometimes prone to. So it's sometimes worth just taking a gamble and looking at them like you're offended when you pick up on a cue like that.

I used to work in a Chinese restaurant, and the kitchen guys would do the same thing. After a few well-timed hairy eyeballs and a couple of roughly translated versions of 'Shut up,' they apparently became convinced that I knew Chinese and they stopped doing it when I was there.

[Adam]

I usually just get trolled at the laundromat. Another place where I don't usually dress to impress.

With my freeze ray, I will...stop...the world

[lisarea]

I didn't know that chick-trolling was a team sport amongst migrant laborers. Is that a cultural thing?

If 'men' counts as a culture, yeah.

[Ensign Steve]

I usually just get trolled at the laundromat. Another place where I don't usually dress to impress.

With my freeze ray, I will...stop...the world

If only! :beloved:

[Shelli]

I didn't know that chick-trolling was a team sport amongst migrant laborers. Is that a cultural thing?

If 'men' counts as a culture, yeah.:sniggle:

[wildernesse]

There was a period of time when my friends back home all seemed to be dating soldiers that they all seemed to have met at Walmart.

[Plant Woman]

:faint:

[Legs]

Klassy! :laugh:

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/312.jpg

[freemonkey]

Will he or won't he turn into the "America! Fuck Yeah!" aisle?

[Shelli]

Klassy! :laugh:

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/312.jpgJudging from the people there I've seen so far, not many will be backing up. :blank:

I know.. not nice.. not nice... :sadno:

:smack:

[viscousmemories]

lol good one

[Shelli]

Reposted for page two: People of Walmart (http://peopleofwalmart.com/) :link:

[lisarea]

OK, I'm a gigantic wimp. The guys trying to skate by on 'shirt' technicalities are hilarious. As are mullets. And I almost even admire the complete lack of self-consciousness of some of those people.

But this is just making me really sad:

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/281.jpg

It doesn't even look comfortable, and something about the way his arms are crossed or something, it doesn't look like simple unselfconsciousness. It looks like he's sick. Drunk or mentally ill or something.

Maybe it's just because I'm naive from never going to Walmart.

[Legs]

Why don't you go to Walmart, lisarea? are you a stuck up bitch? :laugh:

I don't have a Walmart around me, I have a Zellers though. :nod: (much like a Walmart)

[lisarea]

Why don't you go to Walmart, lisarea? are you a stuck up bitch? :laugh:

I am hurt that you would even have to ask.

HAVE YOU HAD ME ON IGNORE UNTIL TODAY OR SOMETHING?

[Shelli]

:lol:

[Shelli]

OK, I'm a gigantic wimp. The guys trying to skate by on 'shirt' technicalities are hilarious. As are mullets. And I almost even admire the complete lack of self-consciousness of some of those people.

But this is just making me really sad:

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/281.jpg

It doesn't even look comfortable, and something about the way his arms are crossed or something, it doesn't look like simple unselfconsciousness. It looks like he's sick. Drunk or mentally ill or something.

Maybe it's just because I'm naive from never going to Walmart.Yeah, I have to think that someone who would walk around in public like that is not all there. :halfmind:

[Legs]

We saw a guy like that on Fremont St. in Vegas... we stayed waayyyy back.

[Dingfod]

No, that's pretty much all, there.

[Shelli]

:rimshot:

[Legs]

Not from that site, but still... :eek:

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/09/02/georgia.tot.slapped/art.stephens.jpg

A Georgia man allegedly slapped a toddler at a Walmart store because she wouldn't stop crying, authorities said.

Roger Stephens, 61, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree cruelty to children. An incident report obtained from police in Gwinnett County indicated Stephens did not know the 2-year-old girl he stands accused of hitting.

The confrontation (http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/02/georgia.tot.slapped/index.html) happened shortly before noon at the Walmart in Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta.

According to the arresting officer, the child's mother said her daughter was crying as they walked down one of the aisles.

The mother said a stranger later identified as Stephens approached them and said, "If you don't shut the baby up, I will shut her up for you."

A few moments later, while the mother and the crying child were in another aisle, Stephens allegedly grabbed the girl and slapped her across the face.

Police said he hit her four or five times. "See, I told you I would shut her up," the suspect allegedly told the mother.

:stunned:

[ITSOZAZ]

did she stop crying?

[livius drusus]

A few moments later, while the mother and the crying child were in another aisle, Stephens allegedly grabbed the girl and slapped her across the face.

Police said he hit her four or five times. "See, I told you I would shut her up," the suspect allegedly told the mother.

:stunned:

According to the video clip, it was a third person who actually stopped the guy and held him until store security showed up. It takes a village...

[Qingdai]

...to restrain an idiot?

[Legs]

A few moments later, while the mother and the crying child were in another aisle, Stephens allegedly grabbed the girl and slapped her across the face.

Police said he hit her four or five times. "See, I told you I would shut her up," the suspect allegedly told the mother.

:stunned:

According to the video clip, it was a third person who actually stopped the guy and held him until store security showed up. It takes a village...

I'm surprised her mama bear instinct didn't kick in and eat the guy alive without good Samaritans having to get involved. If someone slapped Horse Girl I'd take them down. :fuming:

[Qingdai]

:yeahthat:

[livius drusus]

I'm surprised her mama bear instinct didn't kick in and eat the guy alive without good Samaritans having to get involved. If someone slapped Horse Girl I'd take them down. :fuming:
I was surprised too. Before I watched the vid I assumed she got him in a sleeper hold until the cops came.

[Legs]

and if I had been in the cutlery section at the time, the dude might be dead.

[livius drusus]

CLEANUP IN AISLE 7!
:loud:

[Legs]

:laugh:

[viscousmemories]

I'd be lying if I said the thought never crossed my mind.

[Legs]

Maybe on a plane or something where there is no escape, but Walmart is pretty big.

[Adam]

Is there, like, an hour long window each day that you have to know about to hit the People of Walmart site when it's not throwing database errors?

[Corona688]

It's one of those imaginary things, like the Tree Brains band.

[Legs]

Here's something to pass the time when you can't get on the site.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/1/5/wm-bingo.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

The bearded woman was my checker the other day. Do I get a bonus point for that?

[slimshady2357]

I had to google "tramp stamp" :shyblush:

[Smilin]

me too...and I'm sorry I did.....

[Legs]

Well, it's hit CNN now...

Viral Web site mocks Wal-Mart customers

(CNN) -- It's a blog where people post, and make fun of, pictures of out-of-shape, poorly dressed and otherwise awkward people shopping at Wal-Mart.

And, in less than a month, with no marketing to speak of, it's become the toast of the Internet.

"People of Wal-Mart," a gag started by two 20-something brothers and their buddy to share crazy pictures with their friends, has gone viral. Promoted largely on sites like Digg and Funny or Die -- and linked ad nauseam on Facebook and Twitter -- the site picked up enough traffic to crash its servers on Wednesday.

"I'm still baffled -- I really am," said Andrew Kipple, 23, one of the creators of the site, who said his team was frantically working Wednesday to add enough server space to handle the surge in traffic.

Photos on the site, sent in by viewers all over the United States, frequently feature overweight people wearing tight clothes, bizarre hairstyles (with versions of the short-in-front, long-in-back "mullet" leading the pack) and fashion crimes ranging from furry leg warmers to miniskirts that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination.

There's a guy enjoying a can of beer outside a Wal-Mart, a guy dressed as Captain America and another guy with a goat. Yes, a live goat.

Story (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/03/walmart.people/index.html)

[Ensign Steve]

They brought up the website on the radio today while they were talking about the Stone Mountain story. I figure the new popularity of the one has to do with the timeliness of the other.

My mom had to google tramp stamp recently, and she was totally asshurt (ha!) because she has had one for years. I never had the heart to tell her.

[viscousmemories]

Oh burn!

[godfry n. glad]

That's a 'tramp stamp'?

That's what I call 'ass antlers'.

[erimir]

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/94.jpg

That's cool.

[Adam]

OMG WANT!

[Corona688]

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/94.jpg

That's cool. Someone worked real hard on that one. Looks done by hand, but done by hand well. And that doesn't look like one of them newfangled bugs, but a restored original.

Or it could be professionally done and dirty. That'd be somewhat less cool but still kinda cool in that whoever owns it isn't afraid to use it and get a little dust on it boo hoo.

[BrotherMan]

I've searched for VW replacement panels that could mock a Batmobile design. Doesn't seem like there's a market for it. I think it'd be a hoot to have a Batwagen.

[Dingfod]

That's a 'tramp stamp'?

That's what I call 'ass antlers'.Lots of tramp stamps here (http://www.oddee.com/item_96801.aspx), weird and whacky tramp stamps. My favorite:

http://208.106.191.145/_media/imgs/articles2/a96801_a501_duck-hunt.jpg

[Dingfod]

I've searched for VW replacement panels that could mock a Batmobile design. Doesn't seem like there's a market for it. I think it'd be a hoot to have a Batwagen.The Batmobug! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/briankeathley/3304322819/in/photostream/)

http://bunkstrutts.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/babe-magnet-bugbat.jpg?w=320&h=235 (http://tackyraccoons.com/category/babe-magnet/)

[viscousmemories]

Some gossip blogger was giving Christina Ricci shit for a tattoo on her boob, snidely remarking "that's gonna look awesome when she's 70".

Because we all know that 70 yr. old tits without tattoos are things of unparalleled beauty?

[lisarea]

Some gossip blogger was giving Christina Ricci shit for a tattoo on her boob, snidely remarking "that's gonna look awesome when she's 70".

Because we all know that 70 yr. old tits without tattoos are things of unparalleled beauty?

And, of course, anything a woman does should have the intent and effect of increasing her physical attractiveness.

It's not like when men get tattoos to represent something of significance to them.

[godfry n. glad]

Some gossip blogger was giving Christina Ricci shit for a tattoo on her boob, snidely remarking "that's gonna look awesome when she's 70".

Because we all know that 70 yr. old tits without tattoos are things of unparalleled beauty?

And, of course, anything a woman does should have the intent and effect of increasing her physical attractiveness.

It's not like when men get tattoos to represent something of significance to them.

Yeah. I hadn't thought of that.

So...What thing of significance do all those ass antlers signify, you suppose?

[Legs]

Yeah, their owners can't even see them.

[lisarea]

Yeah. I hadn't thought of that.

So...What thing of significance do all those ass antlers signify, you suppose?

The same thing that a back tattoo signifies.

That is, it sort of depends on what the tattoo is of. Some have more personal significance than others, and some really are just about ornament. But you rarely hear people complaining about lasting cosmetic effects when a guy gets a tattoo between his shoulderblades or anything, regardless of what it represents.

And in my experience, I'm more likely to see an old man walking around with his shirt off than I am an old woman. So if I were going to go around caring deeply about people displaying their unattractive bodies, I'd start with men.

[godfry n. glad]

So....lisapea...

Please explain significance:

http://mywebduck.typepad.com/pentimento/images/180pxassantlers.jpg

Given that fashions tend to persist amongst age cohorts...the group of women who engaged in the above 'ass antler' type of tattoo I would adjudge to be just as likely, if not more likely, to be displayed than any male in the same age cohort with a back tattoo...which, in my experience, is relatively rare. Contrarily, these 'ass antlers', or 'tramp stamps' seem to be widespread...even beyond the Wal*Mart crowd.

The 'attractiveness' escapes me...what does it signify, any way? Why is that particular spot so...popular with the tattoo crowd? Do men get tattoos there, too? If not, why not?

[roastelk]

Americans are Weird, Ive never seen any thing to out of the ordinary at the local wall marts....save for the odd drunk native staggering through, but that's not unusual anywhere up here.

I tend to not shop at wall mart much. They're just another chain store up here, and their prices usually are not any better than anywhere else, I usually stick to Canadian tire, Canadian superstore, and sears for day to day shopping.

[erimir]

The 'attractiveness' escapes me...what does it signify, any way? Why is that particular spot so...popular with the tattoo crowd? Do men get tattoos there, too? If not, why not?It doesn't signify much of anything in the example you gave, I'm guessing. It's just decoration, unless she used the triquetra to signify her belief in the Trinity... It's popular because it's a relatively large spot that can be displayed easily, and isn't as painful as some other places to get tattoos. Some men do.

Also, I don't take issues with questions of the sort "How's that going to look at age X?" or "How's s/he gonna feel about that when s/he's middle aged?" whatever. At age 70 is a bit old to be asking about for the former question tho...

I'd say the same thing about a man getting a tattoo I thought was stupid. But I guess in this case it depends on what kind of tattoo Ricci was getting.

[Legs]

I usually stick to Canadian tire, Canadian superstore, and sears for day to day shopping.

Do you have a Zellers?

[Shelli]

Well, I did my weekly pilgrimage to Wally Wold today and honestly, the college kids who were out en masse were, by far, 10 times more rude than the native Wally Worlders. :shakeglare:

[Dingfod]

...weird and whacky tramp stamps. My favorite:

http://208.106.191.145/_media/imgs/articles2/a96801_a501_duck-hunt.jpgFor those that never played Nintendo Duck Hunt, the dog is snickering and pointing at the "shooter" in this scene.

[Demimonde]

Hmm, I've been misusing the tramp stamp appellation. I always thought that it referred to getting a tattoo around the belly button. A placement choice that reflects that the woman has no intention of ever being a mother, ie only good for sex to some morons. It's a nasty term either way.

I think the reason why women choose to get the small of their back tattooed is because it has less of a chance getting warped overtime with the natural inflations that occur with pregnancy. No saggage, less chance of stretch marks. It is, IMO, an intelligent place to choose if you want to express yourself.

[viscousmemories]

I use the term "tramp stamp" to refer to tattoos on the small of the back, but affectionately. Most of the time I think they're pretty hot.

[Legs]

Just a reminder of why we're here.

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/116.jpg

[viscousmemories]

Now that's hot.

[Legs]

Think liv would like a pair of those shorts for secret santa?

[viscousmemories]

I know she would.

[roastelk]

I usually stick to Canadian tire, Canadian superstore, and sears for day to day shopping.

Do you have a Zellers?


There are several zellers in town, just not in my neiborhood. Its not like edmonton is small town or anything. theres over a million people in the aria. so there are more places to shop than you can shake a stick at.

[Legs]

we have a smilie for that :shakestick:

[roastelk]

thinking about it... thiers is one thing that alwasy pissed me off about wallmart....walmart mcdonalds dont serve filet o fishes. the felet o fish is the only burger worth getting from Ronnies.

[Dingfod]

YouTube - Square Fish Commercial

[Dingfod]

Hmm, I've been misusing the tramp stamp appellation. I always thought that it referred to getting a tattoo around the belly button. A placement choice that reflects that the woman has no intention of ever being a mother, ie only good for sex to some morons. It's a nasty term either way.

I think the reason why women choose to get the small of their back tattooed is because it has less of a chance getting warped overtime with the natural inflations that occur with pregnancy. No saggage, less chance of stretch marks. It is, IMO, an intelligent place to choose if you want to express yourself.I'm surprised they don't have their own name tattooed back there, that way the guys that are doing them will know what to call them.


I'm sorry about that, it's an old joke about the Wyoming girls with tooled western belts with their name on the back.

[chunksmediocrites]

The 'attractiveness' escapes me...what does it signify, any way? Why is that particular spot so...popular with the tattoo crowd? Do men get tattoos there, too? If not, why not?
In the series Dead Like Me, the characters Mason and Reuben are noting a woman with a tattoo at the small of her back, and one of them remarks that they all mean the same thing: "aim here".

[ChuckF]

n/m

[Master Taran]

Two employees of a Wal-Mart store in eastern China were arrested after a woman was beaten outside the store on suspicion of being a shoplifter and died, a state-owned newspaper reported Tuesday.

Link. (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090908/D9AJ5J600.html)

[Adam]

But did anyone get a picture for the People of Walmart blog?

[vremya]

I'm surprised they don't have their own name tattooed back there, that way the guys that are doing them will know what to call them.


Wouldn't they need to have their name tattooed on their forehead then?

[godfry n. glad]

I'm surprised they don't have their own name tattooed back there, that way the guys that are doing them will know what to call them.


Wouldn't they need to have their name tattooed on their forehead then?

Heh...

In the series Dead Like Me, the characters Mason and Reuben are noting a woman with a tattoo at the small of her back, and one of them remarks that they all mean the same thing: "aim here".

And to think I got the impression that they were some kind of directional arrows for hand grips.

[Shake]

Just a reminder of why we're here.

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/116.jpg
She's actually rather cute.
we have a smilie for that :shakestick:

Of course we do. We have smilies for everything here.

Anyway, I thought this one was pretty amusing:
http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/122.jpg

[godfry n. glad]

Anyway, I thought this one was pretty amusing:
http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/122.jpg

Yeah...I agree. Appropriate for her trip to Wal*Mart, though.

I do rather wonder why her ass isn't jumping all over the store, cutting prices, though...

[chunksmediocrites]

I'm surprised they don't have their own name tattooed back there, that way the guys that are doing them will know what to call them.


Wouldn't they need to have their name tattooed on their forehead then?

Heh...

In the series Dead Like Me, the characters Mason and Reuben are noting a woman with a tattoo at the small of her back, and one of them remarks that they all mean the same thing: "aim here".

And to think I got the impression that they were some kind of directional arrows for hand grips.

A friend reminded me that the Dead Like Me episode actually had a woman with ass antlers featuring Japanese or Chinese characters, and that "aim here?" was the conversational guess as to translation.

[Qingdai]

People of wall*mart, rise up! You have nothing to lose, but your cheap stuff.
I just couldn't keep that in anymore.


East China has Wall*marts? It really is the "Great Mall of China."

[Dingfod]

Does the Chinese Walmarts have a bunch of cheap Chinese made junk for sale like they do here?

[Qingdai]

Well, the whole of Nanjing was full of cheap Chinese made junk. So, I bet yes.

Only without the Mao lighters that play the Chinese national anthem.

[godfry n. glad]

Well, the whole of Nanjing was full of cheap Chinese made junk. So, I bet yes.

Only without the Mao lighters that play the Chinese national anthem.

Good luck finding Mao stuff in China. If you do, it's now kitsch.

I was told that there are only two external statues of Mao still standing in all of China, one in Kashi, the other in Chengdu. I also understand that Mao's hometown, once a major internal tourist destination, is now nearly a forgotten backwater, again.

[Qingdai]

The bridge in Nanjing, spanning the Yangtze river, has a huge statue of Mao, which I saw as recently as 2001.

[godfry n. glad]

The bridge in Nanjing, spanning the Yangtze river, has a huge statue of Mao, which I saw as recently as 2001.


I was in Kashgar in 2004 when the group was informed that this:

http://www.yoyv.com/mini/blog/org/20088/200882582735769.jpg

was the one of the last two external statues of Mao in China.

Perhaps it was meant to mean that it was the last of two "of its kind" left? It is frikkin' huge and during my peregrinations around Beijing, Xi'an, and Turpan, the ONLY representation I saw of Mao in public venues was the single portrait hanging above the entrance of the Forbidden City. There was not even a Mao statue on Tiananmen Square, in front of the location of his tomb.

Given this, I was ready to accept our Chinese guide's assertion that there were only two remaining external statues of Mao in China. I do know that Mao's hometown, and the museum of his home, have fallen in to disrepair and few Chinese visit them any more.

[Qingdai]

Oh, this statue (about 20 feet high) was in a building in the bridge, near where you went for a full moon viewing boat ride.

Found a picture:
Me with statue of Chairman Mao, Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing, China on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmannix/314106201/)
or two
Stock Photo of Low angle view of a statue, Mao Tse-Tung, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China gwt168074 - Search Stock Images, Photographs, Pictures, and Clipart Photos - gwt168074.jpg (http://www.fotosearch.com/GLW342/gwt168074/)

[godfry n. glad]

It seems that most of these huge outdoor sculptures of Mao were erected during the 1968 Cultural Revolution...usually in the more 'distant' locales...further from the 'center of the empire' and more likely to drift from the 'true way' of adulation of the wisdom of Mao.

Consequently, I suspect that in a hatred of the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution, most of them were torn down after Mao's death. As to why the one in Kashgar still stands, given that there is an active Uighur resistance movement in the Kashgar region...I suspect that it is because the Uighurs did not suffer the depredations that the Chinese did under Mao, and consequently do not have as much personal antipathy toward Mao.

The Mao statue I pictured, though, seems to me to be a cultural affront to the Uighur people, who are the majority population in Xinjiang, a 'semi-autonomous' region that it is known as targeted by the Party in Beijing as a desired internal migration destination of Han Chinese to non-Han regions. It seems a rather glaring demonstration of insensitivity of the racist colonial overlords.

[JoeP]

From mocking Walmart customers to the repercussions of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Only on :ff:.

[Legs]

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/1261.jpg

[Shelli]

As long :tiggermonkey:s aren't on his list, I'm happy.

[Shelli]

:spew:

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/121.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

Is it a soccer ball? :scratch:

[lisarea]

It looks like some kind of Buckminster Fuller tensegrity model.

And the lady before's are Joe Boxer brand, which are sold at K-Mart.

OK. I am done explaining old people underpants for today.

[Adam]

If they'd just worn me patented eyepatch underwear, they could have spared themselves this embarrassment. There be no lines showing! Yarr!
:pirate:

[Shelli]

:spew:

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/121.jpg

Is it a soccer ball? :scratch:I thought of that and also, a spider web, but however you see it, there's a bullseye alright. :target:

[Garnet]

I can only imagine what he looks like from the front. :rughide:

[Shelli]

... or from the back if that black hole is the size necessary to cover his black hole. :kass:

[lisarea]

That wasn't a regular Thanks, Garnet. That was me PUNCHING YOU ON THE INTERNET for making me think about the front of that man.

[Watser?]

Yeah!!

:asskick:

[Shelli]

But the back "butt" naked is okay? :butthurt:

[lisarea]

We already had to think about the back bottom.

Reminding us that there was also a front bottom on the other side was completely uncalled for.

[Shelli]

aha, well, while we're on the subject of front bottoms, who says it's a "he"? :medusa:

[Watser?]

:lalala:

[lisarea]

You can see the side of a beard. Not 100% proof, but taken with the hairy legs, the hip-to-waist ratio, and the lack of a visible bra strap, I'm calling it for 'he.'

[Sock Puppet]

I didn't think that random speculations on an Internet message board could violate international protocols on torture, but there it is.

[Shelli]

:chuckle:

[Garnet]

That wasn't a regular Thanks, Garnet. That was me PUNCHING YOU ON THE INTERNET for making me think about the front of that man.

Yeah!!

:asskick:

I'm all about sharing. :guilty:

[freemonkey]

There's a Tigger on there! :tigger2:

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/137.jpg

[Legs]

You can see the side of a beard. Not 100% proof, but taken with the hairy legs, the hip-to-waist ratio, and the lack of a visible bra strap, I'm calling it for 'he.'

They don't wear bras at Walmart.

[vremya]

Only without the Mao lighters that play the Chinese national anthem.

WANT!

[Qingdai]

I have some students going to China, I'll put in an order.
I hope you irritating tin-y music as much as I do.

[slimshady2357]

How many threads could this be posted in?!

This thread
The Fail (really a WIN) thread
The fixed it myself thread
and if he actually wired in the flashlight into the truck battery it deserves a whole new AWESOME thread of it's own!
http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/133.jpg

[Adam]

:lol:

What really impresses me, the real coup de lol here, is the fact that he (she?) used three different flashlights mounted asymmetrically across the bumper. That's art, people.

[Dingfod]

I didn't know whether to post this in this thread or my Only in Oklahoma thread because it took place in a Fort Smith, Arkansas Walmart. Note: I've been in that Walmart before (a bathroom stop on a motorcycle trip).

Two 20 year old Muldrow, Oklahoma men were arrested after playing a porno DVD on a bank of six televisions in the Fort Smith Walmart, (http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11116477) entertaining the masses. One fuddy-duddy reported it to the manager, who put a stop to the shenanigans by these two pranksters. The charge was felony obscenity.

Hello, ACLU?

[godfry n. glad]

It's what I'd expect at Wal*Mart, actually.

But felony obscenity?

[Stormlight]

I usually stick to Canadian tire, Canadian superstore, and sears for day to day shopping.

Do you have a Zellers?


There are several zellers in town, just not in my neiborhood. Its not like edmonton is small town or anything. theres over a million people in the aria.

Note to self: buy decent ear-plugs before visiting Edmonton! :tooloud:

[Nullifidian]

I have some students going to China, I'll put in an order.
I hope you irritating tin-y music as much as I do.

Put in an order for me too, please. It'll go great with my KU bottle opener that plays the KU fight song. :#1:

YouTube - University of Kansas Fight Song

[Qingdai]

Holy shit, here it is on the you tubes.

YouTube - Mao Lighter

[erimir]

:lol:

What really impresses me, the real coup de lol here, is the fact that he (she?) used three different flashlights mounted asymmetrically across the bumper. That's art, people.But headlights are supposed to be asymmetrical.

They're just not supposed to look asymmetrical.

[Adam]

Are they? How come?

[ceptimus]

They dip towards the kerb. When we take right hand drive cars over to mainland Europe, we are supposed to stick headlamp beam deflectors onto the lamps.

[erimir]

Are they? How come?Because as a function of driving on only one side of the road, our needs for illumination are asymmetrical.

[Watser?]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/35044060.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1256755041&Signature=kHdgfm9o%2FBgQw3%2BHFnvecy%2B0YHM%3D

[Legs]

:foggy:

[erimir]

Picture no worky for me.

[Dingfod]

Dirty Walmart-loving bastards have put hotlink prevention on their pictures.

[Shelli]

:scaredshiver:

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/402.jpg

[Dingfod]

_______________________↑ Could be my eldest daughter.

[Shelli]

:runaway:

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/299.jpg

[Dingfod]

I have a shirt like that, and brown hair, and am about that size. Yep, could be me.

[Shelli]

:nuhuh:

[Garnet]

Looking at that site makes me feel a LOT better about how I look and how I dress.


How pathetic is that?

[Dingfod]

Looking at that site makes me feel a LOT better about how I look and how I dress.


How pathetic is that?Not at all, I feel like I should be very careful when I go to Walmart because someone might snap my picture with their cellphone camera, and on to fame and misfortune on the People of Walmart blog.

[Garnet]

I just don't go to Walmart anymore. It's too bloody crowded.

[Ensign Steve]

Looking at that site makes me feel a LOT better about how I look and how I dress.


How pathetic is that?Not at all, I feel like I should be very careful when I go to Walmart because someone might snap my picture with their cellphone camera, and on to fame and misfortune on the People of Walmart blog.

Are you kidding? I pick out my outfit specifically on what I think will most likely get me to the front page.

[Garnet]

:foocl:

[erimir]

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/333.jpg

Scottish pimp!

[LadyShea]

Dalip Singh looks like the missing link, he should be studied or something.

[godfry n. glad]

Looking at that site makes me feel a LOT better about how I look and how I dress.


How pathetic is that?

My wife's advice: "You think you look drab and homely? Need a pick-up? Just go to the Wal*Mart and wander the aisles....it'll make you feel pretty, tasteful, and fashion-wise."

[Dingfod]

I just don't go to Walmart anymore. It's too bloody crowded.I only go at times when I know it's not going to be too bloody crowded. It's not bad at 6:00AM, or any time early Sunday morning.

[Dingfod]

For those whose life revolves around Walmart, one can now purchase caskets from walmart.com (http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE59S3IV20091029) and have them delivered to your nearest Walmart store for as low as $994.88 plus sales tax, if applicable. A top of the line Walcasket will set you back almost three grand. I guess if you're in the market, you won't be needing that ratty old minivan much longer, or that big screen Visio flat panel TV in the trailerhouse.

[Ernie Lundquist]

Costco has been selling caskets (http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?cat=20595&eCat=BC|20595) for like forever, and they start cheaper than Walmart's, so HA.

[Dingfod]

So, you can buy a Cessna Jet at Sam's Club (http://pressroom.samsclub.com/News/6355.aspx). I'd rather have one of those than a casket.

[Dingfod]

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/658.jpg

[BrotherMan]

You wear a disguise to look like human guys but you're not a man you're a chicken, Boo.

[godfry n. glad]

They sell chickens at Wal*Mart!? Or...That's a customer?