Because nothing says class...
...like a Mother's Day gift purchased at the pawn shop.
Sometimes I can't contain my excitement and I take a really crappy cell phone photo. But if you can't read it, this banner on ye olde neighborhood pawnne shoppe says, "Give her the gift she deserves. Mother's Day SALE."
It stirred this writer's imagination.
"Hello Mother. Happy Mother's Day."
"Well, I'll be...it's a Fender Stratocaster with no packaging and a bullet hole in it."
"I love you, Mama. Thank you for bearing me from your loins and doing all that gross pregnancy stuff."
"And I'd do it again--but next year, can you get me a .357 Magnum?"
[both laugh, freeze frame]
~ Fin~
the pawnshop capitol of the world is Killeen, Texas....they advertise on the radio there...
Posted by: vl100butch | May 01, 2008 at 07:22 AM
Nothing says teh awsomez like a little pawn shop jewelry.
Posted by: Trey | May 01, 2008 at 07:44 AM
That's where I was planning on buying my mom her present. Apparently you seem to think that is low class. Hmph.
Posted by: roopa | May 01, 2008 at 08:56 AM
I think I just teared up a little.
And Great.
Now I have the lyrics to "The Way We Were" stuck in my head.
*sigh*
Posted by: Lioux | May 01, 2008 at 09:21 AM
I thought Atlantic City was the Pawn Shop Capital of the World...
Posted by: therese | May 01, 2008 at 09:26 AM
Colleen.
Would you mind picking up something for my mom there.
I mean, you're already out shopping, right?
Posted by: Lioux | May 01, 2008 at 09:55 AM
AWESOME! totally awesome!
Posted by: beth | May 01, 2008 at 11:08 AM
"... with a bullet hole in it."
~nice. only the best for our mamas!
Posted by: andrea | May 01, 2008 at 11:31 AM
I think the one thing that could beat a pawn shop Mother's Day present is a pawn shop engagement ring. "I love you baby, here's someone else's failed-engagement ring!"
Posted by: Caitlin | May 01, 2008 at 05:41 PM
I think what might trump that is a mother's day sale at a hardware store or gun shop. Please keep your eyes peeled for those!
Posted by: kartek | May 01, 2008 at 06:20 PM
don't act like nobody in jersey buys shit from the pawn shop for mother's day!!!
Posted by: the cajun boy | May 01, 2008 at 07:16 PM
don't act like nobody in jersey buys shit from the pawn shop for mother's day!!!
Posted by: the cajun boy | May 01, 2008 at 07:16 PM
It should read: "If your mom used to beat you in the grocery store as a kid...give her the gift she deserves".
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Posted by: nipsum | May 02, 2008 at 06:11 AM
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Posted by: ecs | May 04, 2008 at 09:05 PM