Food of the clods.
Posted on 11/25/2011 2:00:53 PM PST by beaversmom
Remember in 2008 when Barack Obama promised to restore the perception of America abroad? On hand at a Walmart near Little Rock, Arkansas today were throngs of Black Friday shoppers hell-bent on keeping that image tarnished, thank you very much.
Walmart put a mini waffle maker on sale for 2 dollars. As WBTV news notes, the mini waffle iron makes only 2 waffles at a time, but the store carries a larger 4-at-a-time version at a much higher price per waffle.
With supply limited and demand for said waffle iron apparently sky-high, the crowd launched headlong into that great American tradition known as the retail riot.
The retail riot isn’t exactly a new phenomenon—it’s at least as old as Tickle-Me Elmo—but this may be the first riot over a 2 dollar item in history. It’s likely a sign of the continued brutal economy that has 1 in 3 Americans either in poverty or “near poverty,” and has to be the most topical Black Friday story this year along with the woman who co-opted cops’ favorite toy of 2011, pepper spray, to mow down the competition for an Xbox 360.
Get yourself in the Christmas spirit by checking out the video below.
When mini-waffle makers are outlawed, only outlaws will have mini-waffle makers!
LOL. Perfect.
Anyone going in those stores today deserves what they get.
I can’t wait for the Tickle Me Cabbage Patch doll.
LAND OF $2.00 (plus sales tax) WAFFLE IRON!
Millions across the planet want to come here.
LOL...that makes waffles
These people truly embody the Christmas spirit.../s
And in Cuba they gave away rice cookers.
“I put myself in the middle of a riot, and all I got was this $2 waffle iron.”
Did you catch the, umm, woman, with the blue t-shirt and pants with the proverbial “plumbers crack”? Just precious.
Just wait until 0bama’s wished for pricing kicks in at the pumps and you have no choice but to wait in line for the best price to fill your tank....
June, I agree with you on the brutal economy, but a near riot over a $2 waffle iron is an absurdity. It’s comical! When was the last time anyone even ate waffles? Hope nobody in my family got me one...I’m sticking with Fancy Feast.
LOL! Imagine that, a Black Friday Wal-Mart shopper with no shame.
I shop there for the prices.
I hear you, I would MUCH rather have pancakes or French toast!
Oh I know. There is no doubt that if this country goes down and this is what people act like over a waffle maker?! How would it be over food?
Food of the clods.
I just wanna eat my waffle!! ~Barack Hussein Obama
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