$5.37 meal

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    December 31, 2010 8:51 AM PST

    Does any of this sound familiar?

             

    "$5.37." That's what the kid behind  the counter at Taco Bell said to

    me. I dug into my pocket and  pulled out some lint and two dimes and

    something that  used to be a Jolly Rancher. Having already handed  the

    kid a five-spot, I started to head back out to the truck  to grab some

    change, when the kid with the Elmo hairdo said  the harshest thing

    anyone has ever said to me.

                       He  said, "It's OK. I'll just give you the senior

    citizen  discount."
     

                       I turned to see who he  was talking to and then heard

    the sound of change  hitting the counter in front of me. 
     

                       "Only $4.68," he said cheerfully. 

                       I stood there stupefied. I am 58, not  even 60 yet. A

    mere child! Senior citizen? I took my  burrito and walked out to the

    truck, wondering what was  wrong with Elmo. Was he blind? As I sat in

    the truck, my blood  began to boil. Old? Me? I'll show him, I thought. I

    opened the door and headed back inside. I strode to the  counter, and

    there he was waiting with a smile. 
     

                       Before I could say a word, he held up  something and

    jingled it in front of me, like I could  be that easily distracted! What

    am I now? A toddler? 
     

                       "Dude! Can't get too far without your  car keys, eh?"

                       I stared with utter disdain at the  keys. I began to

    rationalize in my mind. "Leaving keys behind  hardly makes a man

    elderly! It could happen to  anyone!"

              I turned and headed back to the truck. I  slipped the key into

    the ignition, but it wouldn't turn. 

              What now? I checked my keys and  tried another. Still nothing.

    That's when I noticed the  purple beads hanging from my rearview mirror.

    I had no  purple beads hanging from my rearview mirror. 

              Then, a few other objects came into  focus. The car seat in the

    back seat. Happy  Meal toys spread all over the floorboard. A partially

    eaten doughnut on the dashboard. Faster than you can say  ginkgo biloba,

    I flew out of the alien vehicle. 
     

              Moments later I was speeding out of the  parking lot, relieved

    to finally be leaving this nightmarish  stop in my life. That is when I

    felt it, deep in the  bowels of my stomach: hunger! My stomach growled

    and  churned, and I reached to grab my burrito, only it was  nowhere to

    be found.

              I swung the  truck around, gathered my courage, and strode back

    into  the restaurant one final time. There Elmo stood,  draped in youth

    and black nail polish. All I could think was,  "What is the world coming

    to?"

              All I could say was,  "Did I leave my food and drink in here?"

    At this point I was  ready to ask a Boy Scout to help me back to my

    vehicle, and  then go straight home and apply for Social Security

    benefits.

              Elmo had no clue. I walked back  out to the truck, and suddenly

    a young lad came up and  tugged on my jeans to get my attention. He was

    holding up a drink and a bag. His mother   explained, "I think you left

    this in my truck  by mistake."
     

              I took the food and  drink from the little boy and sheepishly

    apologized. 
     

              He offered these kind words, "It's OK.   My grandfather does

    stuff like this all the  time."
     

              All of this is to explain  how I got a ticket doing 85 in a 40.

    Yes, I was racing  some punk kid in a Toyota Prius. And, no, I told  the

    officer, I'm not too old to be driving this  fast.
     

              As I walked in the front  door, my wife met me halfway down the

    hall. I handed  her a bag of cold food and a $300 speeding ticket. I

    promptly sat in my rocking chair and covered up  my legs with a blankey.

              The good  news was I had successfully found my way home. 

                

              -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- READ BELOW  !

                

              Just in case you weren't feeling  too old today - - -

                

              The  people who are starting college this fall were born in 1991.

                

              They are too young to  remember the space shuttle blowing up. 

                

              Their lifetime has always included  AIDS.

                

              The CD was  introduced two years before they were born. 

                

              They have always had an answering  machine.

                

              They have always had  cable.

                

              Popcorn has always been  microwaved.

                

              They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

                

              They don't  know who Mork was or where he was from. 

                

              They never heard, "Where's the Beef?",  "I'd walk a mile for a

    Camel ," or "de plane, Boss, de  plane."

                

              They don't  have a clue how to use a typewriter. 

                

              Pass this on to the other old  fogies on your list.

                

              Notice  the larger type? That's for those of us who have trouble

    reading.

                

              P.S. Save the earth.  It's the only planet with  chocolate.

    Happy New Year y'all  

  • December 31, 2010 1:07 PM PST
    lol love it
  • January 1, 2011 1:36 AM PST
    now thats the way to Start off the New Year lmao too funny
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    • 1516 posts
    January 1, 2011 3:25 AM PST
    good one!
  • January 1, 2011 1:03 PM PST
    I'm sharing that one.... Good one....
  • January 1, 2011 11:42 PM PST
    Thats funny!, and thanks for the large type.
  • January 2, 2011 12:31 AM PST
    Uhhhhhh......Yup.
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    January 2, 2011 5:13 AM PST
    Now that there is funny, I don't care who ya are. Lol