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inthecorneroverhere Donating Member (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:26 PM
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Who on earth would name a grocery store.......
Ralph's?

Sounds like an offering to the Porcelain God.

Oh yeah - they're on strike. Another reason to keep one's stomach contents intact by going to Trader Joes or the farmers market or whatever.

:silly:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:28 PM
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1. who had/has an Uncle Ralph???
ME, ME
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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:32 PM
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4. I have a cousin
Ralph!
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Ohio Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:51 PM
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7. Me too.
Hell of a good guy.
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 06:10 AM
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14. Mimi?
Like the Drew Carey Mimi?

I have an Uncle Ralph. I also work with a Ralf.
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:29 PM
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2. Lake Wobegone has "Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery"
The there's "Ralph" Nadir.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:31 PM
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3. How about Harris Teeter?
We all call 'em "Harry Peter"s
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Xandor Donating Member (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:33 PM
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5. And how about Piggly Wiggly?!?!
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 08:11 AM
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15. I was gonna SAY that! I mean RALPH is a guy, right? You all southerners
shop at a store that's a WIGGLING PIG.

Oy.
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jburton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:36 PM
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6. I like Henry E. Butt's
a chain in texas that wisely calls itself HEB

but they take my check when I write "Butt's Grocery"

:smile:
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:20 PM
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8. My dog likes it
When I ask him where to buy kibble, he says "Ralph!"
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Pert_UK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 12:29 AM
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9. There's one at Swiss Cottage called "The Cage of Burak".....
Always makes me think of a Star Trek episode - Star Trek V, The Cage of Burak!

Swiss Cottage London, in case you were wondering.

P.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 12:58 AM
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10. food n drink
or Food n booze
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eauclaireliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:06 AM
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11. On the south side of Milwaukee
On the south side of Milwaukee, there is a small butcher shop called Becher Street Meat Market. It was renamed because the neighborhood residents didn't like the original name, Becher Meat.
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Punkingal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:24 AM
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12. Trader Joe's......
isn't that just the BEST grocery store ever? I always liked Mrs. Gooch's when we lived in Santa Monica. Someone told me they were bought out by someone.
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trigz Donating Member (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:47 AM
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13. Studying in Coventry, UK, I lived for two years on a street called
"The Butts". I kid you not.
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:03 AM
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16. Once again, Arkansas tops 'em all!
Several years ago, there was a small chain here called

The Mad Butcher.

Yes, their mascot was a wild-eyed, frizzy-haired type dressed in a spattered smock, hoisting a meat cleaver. Each TV commercial ended with Eville Laughter, a la Vincent Price.

:evilgrin:
dbt
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:07 AM
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17. How about "The Big BM?"
Edited on Wed Oct-15-03 10:08 AM by bif
It was a grocery store near here. How's that for a name? It was short for Bob's Market.
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