My Lewis Black end-of-the-universe moment

[nickgutierrez]

On my way home today, I'm stuck in traffic, looking out the passenger-side window - I see a Wal-Mart, one of those big-ass suburban Wal-Mart Borg Cubes that's part grocery store, part clothes store, part tire shop... you get the idea. In the parking lot of this Wal-Mart is a McDonalds.

Disgusted, I look out my driver's-side window. On that side, there's a Publix strip mall. You know, Publix, dentist, lawyer, shoe store, and so on. In the parking lot of this strip mall... yeah, another fucking McDonalds.

Now, I'm sitting still in traffic, trying to figure out why anybody would need a McDonalds across from a McDonalds, and I'm reminded of the Lewis Black bit where he finds a Starbucks across from a Starbucks and proclaims that place the end of the universe. I had to laugh.

This place really is the end of the universe...

[Swede]

1. They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

It's either laugh or cry.

[bertha katzenengel]

2. Are we in this Starbucks or the one across the street?

Love it - "Lewis Black end of the universe moment" :bounce:

[sendero]

3. Lewis Black..

... is great. So is Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Ron White, Richard Pryor, Dane Cook, Mitch Hedburg, Steve Wright, George Carlin, dang I love me some intelligent comedy :)

[Goblinmonger]

8. Try some David Cross

he's hilarious. And Larry the Cable Guy hates him, so that is just a nice little bonus.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. I've seen a Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks.....

It was in Seattle and I swear there were three other coffee shops on the same damn block.

[nickgutierrez]

5. Yeah, but that's Seattle.

Seattle has coffee shops like Chicago has bars.

:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. And that is why I like Chicago!!!!

Though I like Seattle as well.

:hi: We miss you up here.

[alarimer]

6. We have Circle K stores kitty-corner from each other

I think the aim is to put one on each corner of the intersection.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. I'll up you on that one.

We have an intersection in town that has two Starbucks across from one another AND two McDonald's across from one another. A drunk wouldn't know if he was seeing double or not. They both do booming business!

[nickgutierrez]

10. Dude. You... win, loosely speaking.

That's just absurd. Does anybody really get any additional benefit from having that kind of saturation?