Ok, here’s the free food story. It’s not very good, but you asked for it :-P

Saturday morning, before leaving for Greenwater I made a quick run to Canadian Tire for some tent pegs (which we didn’t end up using — don’t ask) and a new hatchet (our old one was getting treacherous.) While I was up there, I also decided to stop at the IGA to get some ice and apples.

Bryan was working, and I was hungry, so I asked him what was fresh. I wound up getting an apple strudel too. So, I’m in line at the only open cashier — ok, I say line, but really there was no line, in fact I was probably the only customer in the store at 8:30 AM on a Saturday — Anyway, I’m in “line” with my three items, and a guy comes up to me and says “do you eat hotdogs?” I slowly nodded and said “yeees.” He said “we’re not carrying these anymore, and their the last box - still in date and everything. Do you want them for free?” So, I wound up with a free box of “Top Dogs” which were actually pretty good hotdogs.

You have to understand that I used to eat hotdogs by the dozens. It wasn’t unusual for me to come home from school and eat 4-6 hotdogs (microwaved) as an after school snack. What’s amazing to me is that I was skinny while practicing this behaviour. Anyway, I’m a bit picky about what kind of tube-steak I eat. Some kinds are nearly inedible to me, while others are scrumptiously delicious. I was wary of these “Top Dogs” but I needn’t have been. Make no mistake, they’re not actually the best hotdog I’ve ever eaten, but they were pretty good.

So, I’m getting my free hotdogs rung through the till, and the bagger offered me a free brownie to go with my free hotdogs. They had a big stack of them - I assume they were day old or something. Still pretty tasty, and free. What the heck. So, to recap, a bag of ice, four apples, an apple fritter, a box of “Top Dogs” and a brownie for under $4.00. Not a bad shopping trip overall.

I told you it wasn’t a very good story.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Well, he’s kind of had it in for me, since I accidently ran over his dog. Actually, replace ‘accidently’ with ‘repeatedly’, and replace ‘dog’ with ’son’.” - Lionel Hutz