Ah, Rockford...

[timelord1]

So, the town where I live has a bit of a...rough edge to it. It's like the 9th or 10th most violent city in the United States (of our size? I don't know, anyway, people were up in arms about it) - we're like the Detroit of mid-sized cities, I guess. Anyway, there's also a pretty serious lack of quality education. The fact that I can construct a sentence at all has more to do with my parents' insisting I grow up something of an intellectual snob than what I learned in school.

Anyway, so Mr. Timelord and I are going to go as a mad scientist (me!) and her fiendish creation for Halloween this year. I wanted an Erlenmeyer flask, and can't find a place in town that would have something like that. So I called this one local party store that has the best Halloween room in town. Bearing in mind the entire store is staffed by a bunch of snooty women - they've been around for decades, and no teenager has ever worked in this store. I think you actually have to be an uptight old broad who looks like they have a lot of money to even apply to work there. This is pointed out just so you know I wasn't talking to some young kid who didn't know any better.

Here was our conversation:

Me - Hi, I'm looking for an Erlenmeyer flask, like a mad scientist would have in their lab.
Clerk - Huh?
Me - Oh, sorry. It's kind of an odd shaped glass container. Sort of like a bottle, but wide at the bottom. Like they use in a lab.
Clerk - No, we don't have no glass bottle thing.

Now, as some of you know I am a grammar nut. I nearly burst into flames. Just had to share. Today's adventure: find an Erlenmeyer flask. Given the intellectual atmosphere of this town, it will probably end up being a road trip.

Comments

[who-in-whoville.livejournal.com]

Good gravy...

[kelkat9.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Well, I have experienced something similar. It's a bit shocking when you run into someone like that. At one point during my many moves, I ended up living in a more metropolitan area. (Yep, like you it was the murder capital of my state. Lovely huh.) I was quite stunned to learn that there are still people born and raised in this country who cannot read or sign there name.(Yes, there are still people who sign with an "X") I was floored.

Well, on the bright side, a road trip is fun! Your costume sounds awesome!

[country-who.livejournal.com]

Good luck with finding your flask! :)

Hee! I'm not commenting on grammar. (My worst grades are always in grammar and English. I'm not sure how they let me loose in Honors lit.) :P

[onabearskinrug.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the search! Maybe a parent-teacher store would have them?

LOVE the costume, though! Pics or it didn't happen...

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

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WHUT?

*HEADDESK*

[develish1]

so did you find it, and will there be, or are there already, pictures?