Attention Walmart shoppers!
 

I reluctantly went to Walmart yesterday after failing to find what I needd at a couple of small local stores. On my way out the door I was amazed to see an very classy-looking man and woman pull up in a Rolls Royce Silver Spur. I thought it looked so ironic, I had to take a picture of it.

The economy affects everybody. :D

Apparently. God! Think of the lousy mileage THAT thing probably gets. I read somewhere recently that Rolls Royce was planning on bringing out a diesel model. Wonder how long it'll be before we see Rolls Royces running WVO?

I knew they shouldn't have re-vamped Medicare.

They merely stopped to pick up some of that fine vintage in that new wine section that Walmart has been promoting recently... :rolleyes:

Does Walmart sell Gray Poupon now? Only with a gray COUpon . . .

Old money.

Those are amazing cars, they get about 8mpg but who cares.:D Compared to one of those my W126 is like a Civic!

Somebody said to me, "That's why they HAVE money." Sounds like something my dad would have said.

Probably right, too.

Not now, not ever. Never that's when. I don't even own a RR and I wouldn't do WVO or Homebrew Bio.

I was jesting, my good man, jesting!

I know a developer who is worth about $30m; I was laughing one day when I say him directing traffic at one of his condo developments. He looked like a freaken bum, 15 year old beat to hell F250, ripped cloths, cigar hanging out of his mouth, always brings his own lunch never eats out.

I was looking at the complex with a couple of other people, and I was like see that guy he has more money than God.:D

He rather buy a new dumptruck for his business than a new truck for himself, I guess thats why he has money.

I picked up a lovely Zin yesterday at Walmart: $2.95 a bottle. Actually, I haven't tasted it yet. I'll let you know how that goes. Fortunately, I'm not a wine afficianado. Now, I would NEVER buy Scotch at Walmart even if they SOLD it.

Wanna bet someone is actually thinking about it?

Remember, when you are poor, you have to think about where your next meal is coming from. When you are rich, you can start thinking about all sorts of high faluting socialistic, green ideas.

Cold Duck. When Bud Light just doesn't cut it anymore.

Yeah. "Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs." I remember my son once telling me how he wasn't materialistic like I was. I told him that that's because he hasn't started paying the bills yet .

Maybe they were lost, and needed to buy a map?

Yeah, maybe. They didn't look like the typical Walmart shoppers. That's for sure!

They must have accidentally wandered in from Middleburg (horse country) . . .

I bet your mind would change if they sold Macallans there.

If thaey sold Macallans at Walmart all of my selfrighteousness about Walmart would go right out the window . . . Man, I hope they don't start THAT!

i can hear the grass growing....

Soon, I'll hear the Toro amowing . . . .

and with V.I.P parking to boot as evidenced by the handicapped placard, mabye they are old and senile. . .

LOL. Good times Dee8Go.




I like to support the local small stores, and Lowes/Home Depot, but when you just need something at midnight, the small guys are not open, making me go to wally world....



Its funny going to wally world in the G500.... Gets a pretty good deal of odd looks...

Well, they didn't appear to be fiscally handicapped . . . . I didn't notice either of them limping, either . . . :mad:

Hard to say. My buddy has 45% lung function due to cancer. He walks like you and I and parks in the handicap spot. Make him walk more than 200 yards and it probably will make him stop to take a breath.

How do you know how I walk?

I am amazed at all the handicapped spaces at Home Depot. I always wonder if there are THAT many people with physical handicaps who are doing home improvement projects.

I don't know about you but I walk with a limp because I have my Johnson strapped to my thigh and it interferes with my walking.

Okay, I guess I DO walk the same as you then . . .

. . . a little stiff-legged.

I goosestep when scantily clad hotties are around.

What's so amazing about rich people shopping at Walmart? You're just not around that many people with lot's of money.

Where I live here in Care Free Arizona i'm surrounded by the super rich! I always see Ferrari's and Lambo's at the Target I shop at. Range Rover's, Range Rover Sport's, Maserati's, 911 Porsche's. I have seen a MB S65 parked next to a MB SL65! The poor people around here drive the 3 and 5 series BMW's and the C and E class Mercedes, as well as some of the cheaper Jag's.

We all shop at AJ's gourmet grocery store, but... we all buy our liquor at Fry's grocery Store. We're not stupid!

I'll tell you what is amazing about rich people shopping at Wal-Mart. It is the same thing that is amazing about rich people shopping for necessities anywhere.

Do you recall George Bush (41) at the check-out lane, saying how amazing the scanners were? There is a reason that he hadn't seen these things every week of his life -- someone else buys his groceries.

Driving an expensive car doesn't make you rich. In fact, it may force you to shop at Wal-Mart.

Maybe it was the mechanic taking it out for a test drive, and he needed something from there.
Then again, if your last name ends in Walton, you would probably shop for a few things there (after you made sure that you bought the Rolls for the least possible price).

You don't get rich and stay rich by buying without haggling it down as far as possible.

i work for a grocery store and drive a Mercedes....so ha!

Yeah if I could afford that life style I would gladly pay someone a few bucks to shop for me and free up some time.

Shopping is a waste of time, if you spend 2 hours a week in the store thats 104 hours a year. So you lose 2 work weeks a year.

Not Bashas?;)

Since it wasn't a chaffeur driven Rolls, what's suprising?

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Two great RR stories

Until recently, RR did not publish any "horsepower" specifications. When an inquiry was made as to the output of the engine, the response was generally along the lines of "Enough."

A South African physican's RR suffered a broken rear axle on an primitive road. The car was towed to a mechanics shop and the part was ordered. RR sent the part via air and it was replaced. After waiting to be invoiced, the doctor contacted the South African agent for RR and explained that he wanted to settle the bill. The agent told the doctor, "You must be mistake, Roll Royce axles do not break."

There are plenty of wealthy people around here. Fairfax County, VA is one of the wealthiest counties in the US. I see a lot more Rolls, Bentleys, Ferraris, Lamborginis (Truckinik must shop around here), etc. over near Tyson's Corner and in McLean at the Neiman Marcus, Saks, etc, than I do at Costco. The rest of us more pedestrian, middle class types drive MBs, Porsches, Audis, etc. and shop at Safeway and target.

Around here it seems that it's not enough to have an expensive car. You have to spend extravagantly everyWHERE and on everyTHING to maintain the impression that youre something special. . . .

We buy our liquor at the ABC store in Virginia, rich and poor alike. When it comes to liquor, Virginia is very egalitarian.:D