Monday, March 05, 2007
so.
they closed down one of my favorite video stores nearby without warning.
at least, they forgot to tell me.
sad. shed a tear. moving on.
luckily, in it's place they erected a save-a-lot ( i think that's what it's called).
it's like an aldi or some other store that sells generic brands at affordable prices fo po folk like me. it's clean and nice looking right now. but these places tend to lose their luster over time. why people choose to ruin things i will never know. go ask your mom.
the point of this story is not about the store. sure i'm glad to have a place where i can but a full sized 89 cent bag of chips, but the heart of the matter is this:
i love generic brand names.
it's the same item.
probably the same ingredients.
quite possibly even made in the same location.
but yet, it has a name that is close enough to the original brand name to be recognizable but not sued for copyright infringement.
my favorite would be the selection of pop.
i.e. the wal-mart equivalent of mountain dew is mountain lightning.
i believe save-a-lot sported the title, mountain hopper... i think.
but oddly enough, it had no caffeine.
so i went for the Dr. Pepper knock-off, Dr. Pop.
it's like they are not even trying anymore.
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/drp/kr.html
hopefully, the link above works.
but i found out the many guises of imitation Dr. Pepper.
one of my favorites being Dr. Publix. where'd they pull that one from?
anyway, i hope you see my point.
a light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
p.s. bring back JOLT RED and i will buy you something shiny.
they closed down one of my favorite video stores nearby without warning.
at least, they forgot to tell me.
sad. shed a tear. moving on.
luckily, in it's place they erected a save-a-lot ( i think that's what it's called).
it's like an aldi or some other store that sells generic brands at affordable prices fo po folk like me. it's clean and nice looking right now. but these places tend to lose their luster over time. why people choose to ruin things i will never know. go ask your mom.
the point of this story is not about the store. sure i'm glad to have a place where i can but a full sized 89 cent bag of chips, but the heart of the matter is this:
i love generic brand names.
it's the same item.
probably the same ingredients.
quite possibly even made in the same location.
but yet, it has a name that is close enough to the original brand name to be recognizable but not sued for copyright infringement.
my favorite would be the selection of pop.
i.e. the wal-mart equivalent of mountain dew is mountain lightning.
i believe save-a-lot sported the title, mountain hopper... i think.
but oddly enough, it had no caffeine.
so i went for the Dr. Pepper knock-off, Dr. Pop.
it's like they are not even trying anymore.
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/drp/kr.html
hopefully, the link above works.
but i found out the many guises of imitation Dr. Pepper.
one of my favorites being Dr. Publix. where'd they pull that one from?
anyway, i hope you see my point.
a light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
p.s. bring back JOLT RED and i will buy you something shiny.
