A RETIREE'S LAST TRIP TO Foodland

email from friend | 8/21/2021 | unknown

[sodpoodle]

Yesterday I was at my local Foodland buying a large bag of Purina Dog Chow for my loyal pet, Jake, the Wonder Dog, and was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

What did she think I had....an elephant ?

So because I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again.

I added that 'I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is, to load your pants pockets with Purina Nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry.

The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and , I was going to try it again.

(I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)

Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me.

I told her no, I stopped to pee on a fire hydrant and a car hit me.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.

Foodland won't let me shop there anymore.

Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in theworld to think up crazy things to say.

[Nuocmam]

The version I heard was: “I fell off my chair and had multiple injuries and a concussion when I was licking my ass!”

[Tudorfly]

As kids, my younger brother and I sampled our dog’s Purina dog chow, just because we could. Crunchy. Not terrible.

40 plus years later my bride was hosting a ladies Bible study at our home. I was in charge of babysitting a five year old grandson of one of the women. When it came time for a snack, he and I each had a Purina dog food nugget, just so we could say we did. The grandmother was aghast. The grandson and I thought the experience was incredibly funny. We topped off our snack with cookies and ice cream. The lad’s grandmother took several years to get over the experience.