Thought Distillery

I confess – it was me who knocked that bottle of vinegar off the shelf in Fred Meyer on Saturday. At first I was a bit embarrassed, then somewat remorseful. (Especially to the guy I tracked down to clean up the mess) After about 5 minutes of walking around the store I started to notice the pungent vinegar smell permeating throughout most of the supermarket. The other customers started to notice as well. Gradually a sly smirk grew on my face as I passed countless wrinkled noses and heard numerous “ewwwws” and “yuuuucks”. Suddenly my innocent bought of clumsiness had the whole store in a roar. I was quite pleased with myself!

I’m sure the crowd would have preferred me to break a bottle of pinesol, but somehow I doubt it would have elicited as strong a response as that lowely bottle of vinegar. Now instead of being sorry for the accident – I am looking forward to my next chance at some smashing crowd entertainment. Perhaps we’ll see how Corvallis likes sauerkraut next!