Christmas Chaos.
Don't go to Wal-Mart. Not even for wrapping paper and ribbons. Because here's what you'll find:
First off, what is Speed Stacking? This game is the first thing we saw tonight. The object is to stack cups. Into a pyramid. That's it.
Mind you, this game costs $18.97 (because Wal-Mart is incapable of pricing anything out in a normal fashion). Almost $20 bucks to stack plastic cups and be timed performing this task. I'd rather go to a party and do this for free and also score free beer.
Secondly, we found a dead, singing deer tied to the top of a bouncing Jeep. See for yourself.
Note: We stared at this in horror for three full minutes. Then Chris turned to me and said, "You need to record this." And then we laughed until we were almost tossed out of the store. And there also is no "thirdly."
Comments
Just ask Sandra, the deer thing seems WAY TOO Wisconsin.
Posted by: Rachel | December 3, 2006 11:18 PM
Oh, this is too funny. And also, somewhat scarring....
Posted by: InSearchOfBalance | December 3, 2006 11:41 PM
Wal-mart and DMV = Hell on Earth!
Posted by: George | December 4, 2006 02:10 AM
omg! I'm dumbstruck.
Posted by: caramaena | December 4, 2006 03:08 AM
I saw those cups in Target and they were waaay more than $20, so Walmart is a bargain!
Anyway, running with your idea of doing this for free and getting a beer out of the deal is to let kids drink the beer and see how funny it would be to see them try to stack the cups. Now THAT my friend would be entertainment.
(I'm really just kidding...really)
Posted by: Shannon | December 4, 2006 06:58 AM
Oh, and about the deer....I have no words....I can't stop laughing.....it's really a sick toy isn't it?
Posted by: Shannon | December 4, 2006 07:20 AM
I've got to have one of those "Deer Ride" toys. That would totally rock for a white elephant gift... people would kill each other over that! Ha!
Thanks for the effort, Kerri. You made my Monday much better.
Posted by: ScW | December 4, 2006 09:24 AM
About 2 years ago I watched a programme called Newsround on BBC 1 in which they featured those there cups. Apparently there are world championships which revolve around stackin them into a pyramid as quickly as possible. One kid, a British kid, was bidding to become world champion, hence the feature, and what she didn't know about plastic cups wasn't worth knowing.
You can read the startling story here.
Anyway, point is, I've wasted my life.
Posted by: Kieran | December 4, 2006 09:44 AM
the stuff they come out with lately!!!!!who would want a dead deer on a roof of a jeep while its bouncing around???? And besides those cups are a joke anyway hehe.....Who knows what theyll come up woth next????
Posted by: Courtney | December 4, 2006 10:09 AM
Bizarre...very.
Posted by: Johnboy | December 4, 2006 10:20 AM
Ha! That deer is Great! Who else has seen the animated movie "Open Season"?
And I kinda thought the blond passenger looked like Larry B. all dressed up in his hunting gigs...
Posted by: Scott Johnson | December 4, 2006 08:58 PM
thanks for the walmart speed stack tip! Jake (9) used those in PE on a rainy day and loved them. go figure. I don't get the appeal either but... there's no batteries required!
Posted by: Kassie | December 4, 2006 09:44 PM
Don't shop at Wal-Mart period. That store is the evil empire of retailers.
The dead deer thing is kind of funny,though.
Posted by: julia | December 4, 2006 11:36 PM
I can picture the Walmart in my Pennsylvania hometown selling out of those singing deer thingies.
Some of you seem weirded out, but in my hometown, people DO actually buy that stuff. I'm waiting for my dad to ask if I've seen it.
Posted by: Hannah | December 5, 2006 12:37 AM
omg so funny. I think im going to walmart to find this. HAHAHA
Posted by: Laura | December 10, 2006 11:00 AM
I'm sending the You Tube link to lots of people. That's just too funny!
Posted by: Anonymous | December 12, 2006 05:36 PM
I'm dying here! That deer on the jeep is so sad and so funny!
And cup stacking? That's a new one on me. Kinda like Rubik's cube...my record for that is three minutes in 1983.
Posted by: Lori | December 19, 2006 12:39 AM