Wow! Did this picture ever come out crappy! This is Bimbo brand bread. I find this funny for fairly obvious reasons. After further investigation, according to their website, they also sell donuts, cupcakes, poundcakes, and breadcrumbs in addition to other fine foods. Bimbo! Not only is it a slang term for a young, stupid woman with loose morals (see here); it is also a word to associate with baked goods.
We were browsing the toddler clothes section and found this hanging among other shirts. The piece of paper that is stapled to the collar indicates that this shirt is a recalled product and is not for sale because it poses some sort of health threat. Needless to say, I did not touch the shirt. I took my picture and walked away.
This one is not as obvious. You're saying to yourself right now, "Greg, what is so funny about mouthwash?" I will tell you. This is the brown antiseptic mouthwash that is the Wal Mart knock-off equivalent to Original Listerine. The funny thing is, the Original Listerine bottle makes no reference to flavor and neither did this bottle until recently. If you have had the displeasure of using either of these mouthwash products, you know that the taste is what you would imagine paint thinner to taste like. The alcohol feels like fire in your mouth and throat. I believe that it does its job of killing germs, but the scent of your breath is not really improved. So, the word "flavor" does not really belong on this bottle.
One thing that made me a little angry was an example of Wal Mart censorship (which makes absolutely no sense in my mind) that I spotted while walking past the dvd section on my way to get some diapers. One of my favorite directors, Kevin Smith, released his latest movie "Zach and Miri Make a Porno" this week on dvd and I saw the box prominently displayed. The dvd box displayed an incomplete title, though. It said, simply, "Zach and Miri" (you can view the sanitized box by clicking this link). I thought that maybe this was how all of the dvds were packaged, so I checked Amazon, Best Buy, FYE, Barnes and Noble, Hollywood Video, Movie Gallery, and Blockbuster and they all had the unedited original title on the boxes. Now I know what you are thinking. You are thinking "Greg, this is just Wal Mart protecting their young patrons from seeing risque' words like 'porno' that some parents would object too." Here is my complaint. Wal Mart needs to either go the full nine yards with the sanitizing the media that they sell or quit doing it at all. Cosmopolitan magazine is always on display at the checkout in Wal Mart. Last month's cover has the headline "Have an Orgasm Everytime." This month's cover displays the headline "What Sex Feels Like for Guys: Once you know the key arousal triggers, you can double his pleasure." Why isn't Wal Mart censoring this sex related print that is certainly just as offensive to some as the word "porno?" Once again, I should not be surprised because this sort of hypocritical, selective censorship has been going on at Wal Mart for years. It is well known that the biggest chain in the country will not carry cds that have a parental advisory sticker. They only carry edited versions of those cds that contain strong language and sexual/violent references. Yet, you can hear 139 uses of the f-word and watch a man have sex with a donkey when you buy the movie Clerks II (another Kevin Smith flick) right off the shelf at Wal Mart. CASE CLOSED!
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