http://www.gadling.com/2007/03/28/7-elevens-to-be-converted-to-kwik-e-marts/ As a promotion for the upcoming Simpsons movie Fox is trying to get 7-11 to convert some stores into kwik-E-Marts. I would love this and would really go out of my way to go to one. It wouldn't be all that hard either, considering most of them are already run by Pakis.
I've often said our society/culture has become a Simpsons parody of itself. Let's melt away the screen, step inside, and get it over with.
No kidding, calling a convenience store clerk Apu is widely regarded as a term of endearment and respect. I wonder if these converted 7-11s will all be in towns named Springfield. It'd be a nice tie-in with the Real Springfield contest.
Shit. I was already in the habit of referring to all convenience stores as Kwik E Marts. Fuck it. I'm not changing.
I reserve that one for the special locations. Tiny, run down buildings on dimly-lit street corners in shitty neighborhoods. Where all the gas pumps are pre-pay, and the one-eyed, unshaven, 50 year old alcoholic ex-con chainsmoking pall malls on a stool behind the counter is protected by bullet-resistant glass.
I think changing all the 7-11's in towns named "Springfield" into Kwik-E-Marts is the best marketing idea I've heard in the last twenty years, is what I think.
I will buy a Squishy and keep it forever. After I drink it, of course. But if they're going to have Squishies, they have to have the Super Squishy. A little ice, and a SHIT TON of syrup. Duff beer and Buzz Cola, obviously... Hmmmm....Krusty O's, of course... And they should issue out miniature Vishnu warshipping statues to all clerks. Oh, and Radioactive Man comics. Playdude mags. Freezer man.... The little jerky tube with label stating "Hands off my jerky, turkey!" Laramie cigarettes.... Those are the only Simpsons products I can think of off the top of my head, though God knows there's more. Like Malibu Stacy dolls. And of course, the bagels are just stale donuts.
But of course. It can be really hard or impossible to flush radioactive particles out of the body once ingested.
From that article . . . So they called it quits back in 2002 or 03 then? That's being generous. But the movie looks funny. Of course I'll see it, probably opening night. How could I not?
