One of the solar globes in the garden was broken and repaired with duct tape. It has that, 'There, I fixed it," look. Searching the Internet, I came across at Target a Titania fairy statue. She held a glowing solar globe and the statue looked pretty damn good. A hundred bucks and I could now keep up with the Joneses who are coming over Sunday. They aren't Jones, they are Sirkus, Lower, and Brogden. The three snobs. Okay, the Titania fairy statue would be perfect among the carnations and it was almost three feet high.
It came yesterday and when we pulled it from the box the entire base was shattered. It was said in the description that it was a kind of fake rock. That turned out to be a brittle thin plastic that had the strength of an eggshell. Made in China. Now there's something to think about. China, where they have so much industrial garbage they have become experts at reusing the shit. I'm sure the fairy was full of toxic waste.
It went back to Target today and a review was submitted--mine. The first review said they tried several times to get a statue that wasn't broken. Now I know what they mean.
Back to searching for the Jones, one up special, to make them run out and get some of their own goddamn toxic waste from fucking China.
China, China, China...what can one say about China? The only Chinese food I like is at PF Chang's -- their orange peel beef. Panda Express' Beijing Beef will do in a pinch and is cheaper. But other than that? I don't like China.
ReplyDeleteFun blog, Michael. Keep up the cynicism. It works.
And what's with food from China? I went to the store and the garlic was from China. There were organics from China. How organic can it be if it came from the other side of the world in a boat.
ReplyDeleteI'm worried to, in what they consider organic. Does that mean that some China-person ate something and then shat it out and let it grow?