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Laughter is the best medicine

ShawnP
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reposting this blog again for laughs.

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/ShawnP-blog/2013/08/04/just-for-a-good-laugh (original is here)

  Chili  (S590b) 
            From: gordonschuk on 5/1/2008
   
   I went grocery shopping recently while not being altogether 
   sure that course of action was a wise one.  You see, the 
   previous evening I had prepared and consumed a massive 
   quantity of my patented 'You're definitely going to $h!t 
   yourself' chili.  Tasty stuff, albeit hot to the point of 
   being painful, which comes with a written guarantee from me 
   that if you eat the next day Both of your ***** cheeks WILL 
   fall off.
   
   Here's the thing.  I had awakened that morning, and even 
   after two cups of Coffee (and all of you know what I mean) 
   nothing happened.  No 'Watson's Movement 2'.  Despite 
   habanera peppers swimming their way through my intestinal 
   tract, I appeared to be unable to create the usual morning 
   symphony referred to by my next door neighbors as thunder 
   and lightning.
   
   Knowing that a time of reckoning had to come, yet not sure 
   of just when, I bravely set off for the market; a local Wal- 
   Mart grocery store that I often haunt in search of tasty 
   tidbits.
   
   Upon entering the store at first all seemed normal.  I 
   selected a cart and began pushing it about, dropping items 
   in for purchase.  It wasn't until I was at the opposite end 
   of the store from the restrooms that the pain hit me.  Oh, 
   don't look at me like you don't know what I'm talking about. 
   I'm referring to that 'Uh oh, gotta go' pain that always 
   seems to hit us at the wrong time.  The thing is, this pain 
   was different.
   
   The habaneras in the chili from the night before were staging 
   a revolt.  In a mad rush for freedom they bullied their way 
   through the small intestines, forcing their way into the 
   large intestines, and before I could take one step in the 
   direction of the restrooms which would bring sweet relief, it 
   happened.  The peppers fired a warning shot.
   
   There I stood, alone in the spice and baking aisle, suddenly 
   enveloped in a Noxious cloud the likes of which has never 
   before been recorded.  I was afraid to move for fear that 
   more of this vile odor might escape me.  Slowly, oh so 
   slowly, the pressure seemed to leave the lower part of my 
   body, and I began to move up the aisle and out of it, just 
   as an elderly woman turned into it.
   
   I don't know what made me do it, but I stopped to see what 
   her reaction would be to the malodorous effluvium that 
   refused to dissipate, as she walked into it unsuspecting. 
   Have you ever been torn in two different directions 
   emotionally?  Here's what I mean, and I'm sure some of you 
   at least will be able to relate.
   
   I could've warned that poor woman but didn't.  I simply 
   watched as she walked into an invisible, and apparently 
   indestructible, wall of odor so terrible that all she 
   could do before gathering her senses and running, was to 
   stand there blinking and waving her arms about her head as 
   though trying to ward off angry bees.  This, of course, 
   made me feel terrible, but then made me laugh.  MISTAKE!
   
   Here's the thing.  When you laugh, it's hard to keep 
   things 'clamped down', if you know what I mean.  With each 
   new guffaw an explosive issue burst forth from my nether 
   region.  Some were so loud and echoing that I was later 
   told a Few folks in other aisles had ducked, fearing that 
   someone was robbing the store and firing off a shotgun.
   
   Suddenly things were no longer funny.  IT was coming, and 
   I raced off through the store towards the restrooms, 
   laying down a cloud the whole way, praying that I'd make 
   it before the grand mal assplosion took place.
   
   Luck was on my side.  Just in the nick of time I got to 
   the john, began the Inevitable 'Oh my God', floating above 
   the toilet seat because my *** is burning SO BAD, purging. 
   One poor fellow walked in while I was in the middle of 
   what is the true meaning of 'Shock and Awe'.  He made a 
   gagging sound, and disgustedly said, 'Sonofabitch!', then 
   quickly left.
   
   Once finished I left the restroom, reacquired my partially 
   filled cart intending to carry on with my shopping when a 
   store employee approached me and said, 'Sir, you might 
   want to step outside for a few minutes.  It appears some 
   prankster set off a stink bomb in the store.  The manager 
   is going to run the vent fans on high for a minute or two 
   which ought to take care of the problem.'
   
   That of course set me off again, causing residual gases to 
   escape me.  The employee took one sniff, jumped back 
   pulling his shirt up to cover his nose and, pointing at me 
   in an accusing manner shouted, 'IT'S YOU!', then ran off 
   returning moments later with the manager.  I was 
   unceremoniously escorted from the premises and asked none 
   too kindly not to return.
   
   Home again without having shopped, I realized that there 
   was nothing good to eat but leftover chili, so I consumed 
   two more bowls.  The next day I went to shop at 
   Albertson's.  I can't say anymore about that because we 
   are in court over the whole matter.
   
   Bastards claim they're going to have to repaint the store.
   
10 Comments
YoungAtHeart
Member

O M G - tears rolling down my cheeks, belly hurting -----

GREAT dopamine rush!

Thanks, Cyn!

Nancy

cheyenne7
Member

Laughing OUT LOUD...too funny!  Thanks for sharing : ))

Barbara145
Member

Thanks for posting that.  I love to laugh.  I laughed so hard for a long time.  I will feel great the rest of the day.  Maybe I will clean my house.

klv
Member

Now that's funny! :-} Thanks I needed that.

newlife5
Member

thats just what i needed .... that isn too funny.. thank you shawn

promise_judy
Member

I can't stop laughing!!! That is truly the most hilarious post I have ever read. Thanks for the laugh.

Judy

iaviksfan
Member

Thanks for the smile today Shawn.

freeneasy
Member

😉 Very funny!

ShawnP
Member

This will never get old hehe

malin
Member

ROFL!!!!!! OMG I soooo needed that laugh. 

About the Author
I am 51 yrs old and live in the Greater Cleveland area. I started smoking at a young age. I think it was more peer pressure at that time and just a few cigarettes a day until i became "LEGAL" to smoke. I then started smoking a pack or more a day, using stress as my excuse to smoke more. In reality, I realized after i quit smoking that there is no excuses for smoking. I am approaching 4 yrs next month, but I still have to work to protect my quit. I am here on Ex faithfully helping others and in return helps me. We call it here on Ex "Collateral Kindness" here is a link to my blog, 1 yr later that explained my trials in the the beginning of my quit. https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/ShawnP-blog/2013/03/14/one-year-later