Sometimes in life you come across something and you have to stop and ask "who thought that was a good idea?" I had to make a quick trip to Petsmart yesterday and I contemplated which way I would take to get there. I settled on the back roads, which although no shorter, they don't involve me driving in traffic on Wade Hampton Blvd. On my way, I decided I needed to stop and get a pack of smokes. Well I shouldn't say I "needed" the pack of smokes, but I wanted. Anyway, I grabbed a Pepsi and went to stand in line at the counter. In front of me was a short skinny brunette with a purse almost as big as she was and a boy of about 10. I hear the cashier ask the woman how much an item was. The woman said 4.99 then turned around and walked next to me pointing at a display and said "Yes, 4.99 it says right there. See? Well I looked at the item she had on the counter, and was not readily able to identify the object so I turned and looked at the display as she pointed to it. It was labeled "Manicure pen." Now you might ask yourself, what is a manicure pen exactly? Well I will tell you. It is a ballpoint pen with a toenail clipper on the top. "What?" I know I said the same thing. The woman then turns to the cashier and says in a thick southern trailer park kind of way, " I thought that was cool. I needed a toenail clipper." So the woman digs through her monster purse and eventually locates enough bills and a change purse to pay for the items and leaves. I step up and pay for my Pepsi and smokes and turn to leave. Ever so discretely I quickly snapped a picture of the "Manicure Pen" so that I could prove to you my fine readers, that it actually did exist. So here we are. Good Idea: Ball Point Pen. Bad Idea: attaching a toenail clipper on the end of said ball point pen. Sadly there was more than one Manicure Pen missing from the display so others have bought or stolen said item. Whether as a joke or for real, I could not tell. But if this woman was any indication, I dare not hold out hope that it was all as a joke.
