Wal-Mart comes to Davis Square

[ron_newman]

No, not the store, but one of their empty shopping carts. In the past week I've seen it in two different places on Day Street, and now next to the bike racks in Seven Hills Park behind the Holland Street T entrance.

I have no idea how it got here, since the closest Wal-Mart store is 9 miles away in Lynn.

Comments

Only read the title...

[aki.livejournal.com]

Oh man, don't scare me like that. Now I won't sleep...

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD. Ron, you deserve a beating for scaring me like that.

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

I got my hopes up for a Walmart close by and am now disappointed.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but unlike most of the rest of us, you're evil.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

first the zombie carts. then they sprout roots. then more carts appear. the walmart host advances. critical mass occurs, and they can convert raw matter like willow trees, pasta joints, diesel, coffee grounds, patchouli, and urban detritus into structure. soon, they self-populate with good you THOUGH came from china, but are actually MANUFACTURED right there from the very dirt itself. yes. beware. it starts with one. keep your eyes open, and be alert.

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[infinitemorning.livejournal.com]

They can convert Diesel into Wal-Mart fodder? No! My lesbian hot chocolate! (I don't drink coffee.)

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

Well, this should raise some interesting questions for the dedicated locavores among us.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

zombie says "what"?

brains.

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[trtls.livejournal.com]

Seriously! No titles like that!

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

Santa is going to put coal in your stocking, Ron Newman! *shakes a fist*

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Is there a Jewish equivalent for Mr. Newman?

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Hanukkah Harry will put coal in his latkes.

[ron_newman]

Yum.

[perich.livejournal.com]

(1) I wouldn't mind a Wal-Mart closer than Lynn, but I can't think of where you'd put one without ruining traffic in Somerville. Maybe if you detonated the Foodmaster way up on Broadway.

(2) I'd like a 15-minute short film following the journey of that shopping cart from Lynn to here, a la The Red Balloon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048980/).

[infinitemorning.livejournal.com]

(1) Why do you hate us, Perich?

(2) Yes.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i think if wal-mart came to davis square, it would have to cover *the entirety* of davis square.

[perich.livejournal.com]

I'd live in camping goods!

[solarpanda.livejournal.com]

I, for one, welcome our new oppressive box-store overlords...

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

...Did I say "Overlords"? I meant "protectors."

[cos]

However it got there, its journey can't have been weirder than this car's:



(Click on the picture for a brighter version if you can't tell what's weird about it)

I took that in Tallinn, Estonia. How'd that get there, I ask you?

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

The person probably works for the US military or diplomatic service, both of which ship cars by container ship for its employees for a surprisingly affordable cost.

[ethanfield.livejournal.com]

Shipped complete with snow and all!