BECAUSE THE NEXT STEP IS HEROIN
(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)
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December 14, 2009
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oh, pass the lipitor.
Posted by: queensbee | December 14, 2009 at 10:10 AM
He said: "I think the school has made a beeline for him because of what I've done."
ya think?
Posted by: mudstuffin | December 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM
When crisps are outlawed...
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 14, 2009 at 10:17 AM
That kid's gonna have to go back to the classic junior high entrepreneurial endeavor of selling Dad's porn.
I knew guys that built their whole college fund that way.
Posted by: padraig | December 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Hey Pad, I sorted and delivered mail at my college. I would sell the copies of Playboy that were delivered for students who had graduated. It was a small school, so I didn't make much, but it paid for my trips to Dairy Queen!
Posted by: Braniff | December 14, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Good story, Braniff. What was the name of your seminary college again?
Posted by: padraig | December 14, 2009 at 11:30 AM
When is Dad selling stuff on the sidewalk illegal? What, he got suspended too?
Gone are the day of the portable "Chippers"?
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | December 14, 2009 at 11:59 AM
The mule ate all his profits anyway.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | December 14, 2009 at 12:39 PM
They're right to intervene early. Otherwise, you end up with the older kids doing the really hard candy.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | December 14, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Did anyone else in junior high school enjoy the fiery delight of illicit cinnamon sticks? Toothpicks soaked in cinnamon oil. They sold for about a nickel apiece.
Posted by: bonmot | December 14, 2009 at 02:47 PM
Oh NO! SO BAD! WOW!
No, seriously. Two kids at my school almost got suspended for bringing in SKITTLES, which were instantly deemed an "inappropriate" snack due to the fact that the school didn't make any money off of them.
HA!
Posted by: phelps101893 | December 14, 2009 at 03:58 PM
Cartman?
Posted by: Steve | December 14, 2009 at 04:53 PM
Shameless assault on capitalism.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | December 14, 2009 at 05:33 PM
Snack fascists.
Posted by: Loudmouth | December 14, 2009 at 06:37 PM
Illicit cinnamon toothpicks? Those were bad? Our mom would buy us the oil and the toothpicks. To this day, my tongue gets numb at the smell of cinnamon and to eat it gives me crazy, crazy dreams.
Posted by: shellinoz | December 14, 2009 at 09:28 PM
You should also roll them in a little sugar, and bind them with a rubber band for dealing (approx two dozen per pacl). I know 'cause I delt a few. I don't think its true that it leads to the hard stuff, lik Almond Roca.
I wonder how cinnamon toothpicks started? I saw some commercialy produced, but did that come first, or did the commercial product imitate the underground product. Fascinating social history here...
Posted by: Seeker | December 15, 2009 at 01:03 PM
You might be right Seeker...I love Almond Roca now. Those lovely foil wrapped logs that you can buy by the canister now!
Early 80's is when we dealt in "the sticks". There was a packet you could buy, but homemade was stronger. Just like bathtub gin.
Posted by: shellinoz | December 16, 2009 at 01:50 AM