Every couple decades an event will take place that shakes a society to its very core. The Great Depression of ‘32, the Wall Street Crash of ’86, the Britney Spears Wedding of ’04, all tragedies to be sure. However, we have always been able to come together as a people, supporting each other through the crisis, giving each other the strength to rebuild from the ashes. I fear though that this resolve is about to be cracked by the most terrible disaster we have ever faced. Mother will turn against son, brother against brother, dog against cat, farmer against cow and everything will be left in ruins. The very fabric of our existence will unravel and all because of…
THE X-BOX SHORTAGE OF ‘05
This sinister threat was brought to my attention by my roommate Ryan. He did not think it would be difficult to replace his beloved X-box which passed away on Saturday. He spent all Sunday with family and friends watching the SuperBowl, thinking that afterwards he could still go to Meijers (the WallMart of Michigan) which is open 24/7, and pick up a new system. He was mildly irritated when none could be found. He asked the clerk to call the store on the other side of town. No luck. The store in the next town over? Zilch.
Frustration was now turning to panic. He offered to buy the clerk lunch if he could locate the closest store that actually did have an X-box. After several calls, the clerk finally found one…in Toledo, OH. Ryan was about desperate enough to drive to the Buckeye boarder, but I talked him down. Just wait till tomorrow – you have MediaPlay, GameStop and Toys R Us all within 100 feet of each other. One of them will have it and everything will be ok. Little did we know just how far from ok things are…