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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    Are they made in China like the rest of Wal-Mart's crap? 'Cause I'm concerned about lead content. #walmart
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    Beats the cheap polyester coffins at Penney. #walmart
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    Image of MrHaroHaro MrHaroHaro
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    They're just helping you prepare for the death panels. #walmart
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    That lush velvet interior really helps the maggots wriggle up to your eyeballs and proceed to eat 'em up. #maggots
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    10/29/09

    @BookishLookish: It all goes well for about a week
    And then Wal-Mart's coffin begins to leak #walmart
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    Image of Monkeyrash Monkeyrash
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    Costco sells them as well, but you have to buy them in two packs. #walmart
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    Ah, the "American Patriot"

    - 18 Gauge Steel
    - Stars and Stripes motif

    How come they're down to 14 models today from the 27 that you found? The PR was very very successful?

    Can we purchase one on the lay-away plan?

    Suggestions for new models:

    Verdant Splendor: comes with built-in grow lights.

    The Levi Johnston: with a discreet plexiglass viewing port.

    The Susan Finkelstein: Red, white, and blue, but otherwise lacking character. #walmart
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    Alternative Hed:
    Stiff Competition for Big Box Bucks #walmart
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    This will go great with my Sam's Club home crematory/woodfired pizza oven. #walmart
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    Not available in stores?!? What if I want to save money on my zombie house but I only have a PO box? Can they deliver to my place of business? #walmart
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/29/09

    In reply to Wal-Mart Assists Consumers With Affordable End-of-Life Accoutrements
    "Lovely in All Ways Stainless Steel Casket"

    I mean, it sucks that I'm dead, but wow! It's so comfy in here! Thanks, Wal-Mart! #walmart
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    Image of fuzzymuffins fuzzymuffins
    11/06/08

    In reply to Has Disney Infected Your Cool Lifestyle?
    Why does this feel like nothing new?


    LooneyTunes/WarnerBrothers had ghetto-wear back in the early 90's


    in the early 70's at 7 years old i rode 'space mountain' in disney world before it even opened to the public. my family went down there 4 christmas vacations in a row and knew every inch of that park. i LOVED disney. growing up i wanted to be a disney animator. then in college i aspired to work for the disney channel when it started.


    i was told that if you worked at disney parks, you couldn't have facial hair, wft. granted i don't like beards, but that rule rubbed me the wrong way. then came radio disney and ABC and film studios. they went from 'a cool place' to 'a watered down mass entertainment marketing machine' that wasn't about making great animation and a fun theme park. and now the only thing that doesn't have hannah montanna on it are condoms. they even have tinkerbell on 'art staples' for housewives that make scrapbooks.


    you broke my childhood heart disney. i won't support you anymore.

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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    11/06/08

    @fuzzymuffins: I have a great Iceberg/Peppy Le Pew long-sleeve two-tone T that I got on sale at Century 21. I was not the target audience but I love it.
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    Image of DancinCoyoteX DancinCoyoteX
    11/06/08

    In reply to Has Disney Infected Your Cool Lifestyle?
    Instead of being cynical why not let go and enjoy. Disney is a corporation, yes, but it's also a place founded on imagination and innocence. A place where even a rat-raced New Yorker can be transported to a time where all one needed to worry about was coloring in the lines...and even then it didn't really matter. Just let go and enjoy being joyful.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    11/06/08

    @DancinCoyoteX: I hate everything Disney and they are not about imagination and innocence. They are about corporate greed and marketing.


    I walked out of Disney World the first time I went after seeing children crying on long lines and also being rushed through the Mickey Mouse house to see Mickey for one second. Children are treated like cattle with money at Disney World. It's a racket pure and simple.


    Wake the fuck up.

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    Image of fragglewaggle fragglewaggle
    11/06/08

    @DancinCoyoteX: Is that a new part of job descriptions these days for PR people? "- Defend our corporate image when we get slammed on Gawker."


    Like JLynRedux, I also think Disney is a joke.


    Many, many years ago I went to Epcot Center during spring break. I found it a very distasteful experience.


    I was offended that visitors to the park are forced to suffer through commercials from sponsors before being admitted to each attraction.


    I remember visiting the 'World of the Seas' at Epcot; a group of us were ushered into a large anteroom where we were subjected to a two-minute commercial from the company that sponsored the attraction, before we could actually go on to the attraction. I PAID for this??


    I came to realize that Epcot was intended for people who don't have the intellect or initiative to seek out the world's great treasures, like zoos, museums and different cultures, but need to have their experiences spoon-fed to them.


    Why would anyone pay out the nose to go to Epcot for attractions that don't hold a candle to the wonderful zoos, museums, etc. all around America?


    And don't even get me started on the $8,000 a former boss spent for a 2-week vacation at Disneyworld. My boyfriend and I spent that much for three months in Europe and Africa.

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    Image of ObtuseIntolerant ObtuseIntolerant
    11/06/08

    @DancinCoyoteX: I so agree! As long as people remember it's a business, and you can pick and choose the products you consume from them, I see no problem. Love it!
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    Image of ObtuseIntolerant ObtuseIntolerant
    11/06/08

    @fragglewaggle: It's primarily for families...you know, when you don't have the money and time to go to Africa and your kid is FIVE YEARS OLD. Jeebus.
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    Image of midwestkel midwestkel
    11/06/08

    In reply to Has Disney Infected Your Cool Lifestyle?
    That brown skull and cross bones Mickey hat is pretty fresh, I would buy one.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/06/08

    @midwestkel: I wish they would do a Mickey Rat line, now that I'd buy.
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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    11/06/08

    @midwestkel: It's amazing they didn't sue the shit out of Robert Armstrong for that. But then again, they did sue the Air Pirates.


    [www.toonopedia.com]


    [home.freeuk.net]

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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    11/06/08

    In reply to Has Disney Infected Your Cool Lifestyle?
    Disneyland's new motto is The Coolest Place on Earth (tm)
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    11/06/08

    In reply to Has Disney Infected Your Cool Lifestyle?
    ...but they did give us this...

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