38How Many Characters Does it Take to Buy Groceries?
Difo: …but that's my point. If we could actually understand what cheese was saying, we could create the first cheese embassy.
Mino: But why would you want to talk to cheese in the first place?
Pury: Are we out of hotdog buns?
Mino: Yeah, I think so.
Pury: What brand should I get, the Sarahloo brand, or just the store brand?
Mino: Get the store brand, it's cheaper.
Difo: …but what if, Mino? What if we could talk to cheese? Can you imagine the cultural impact on the dairy market?
Sate: Excuse me.
Pury: Is that you, Sate?
Sate: Who would have guessed? It looks like our attraction to cheap, lower-quality food has lead us to the same store.
Difo: This place isn't cheap. Oh my gosh, look! Onion rolls, 2 for $6! We'd be idiots not to get that.
Mino: Dude you're allergic to onions, remember?
Difo: That was the onions that did that to me? I thought it was two gallons of lard.
Pury: How low are we on cereal?
Mino: Well, after that little mess that Difo made this morning, we're all out.
Sate: Don't buy cereal! That stuff can cut the top of your mouth.
Difo: That's just crazy! Almost as crazy as- OH MY GOSH!
Mino: What is it, Difo?!
Difo: I have overdue library books.
Sate: It's not like the library can do anything about it. I would hate to work for a library. Just sitting there, watching people leave with my books, not knowing if I'll ever see them again.
Pury: How about potatoes?
Mino: Actually, we have plenty of those. Besides, there's no room in the cart for them.
Pury: Wow! We sure go through food fast. Well, I guess that's everything.
Sate: Sure for now, but what about later? Don't you see? We eat and eat and eat, but we'll never eat enough to never have to eat again, and with out of control population expansion we'll all be starving in about five or so years.
Difo: STOP THAT! YOU'RE SCARING ME!
Sate: The truth is scary, Difo.
Mino: Lets just ring up these groceries and get out.
Kale: So like, thanks for shopping at umm… Supply-Mart, was there anything you like, totally had trouble finding?
Pury: Nope. I think we found everything okay, except those inflatable outhouses.
Kale: An inflatable what?! Oh wait. I think those were like, recalled for some reason. I think someone got like, sick on one or something.
Difo: Eew! Gross!
Kale: Yeah, totally!
Mino: So umm… were you going to scan our stuff?
Kale: Oops! Sorry! I totally spaced there for a minute!
Vixo: What did I tell you about paying attention?
Kale: Oh crap! It's my boss.
Vixo: That's right! I am Vixo: evil assistant store manager! Ha ha ha!
Kale: Don't be such a jerk!
Vixo: Why "Jerk" is my middle name!
Difo: Ooh! So then is "Vixo" your first name or your last name?
Vixo: Quiet scum!
Sate: Now look! There's even corruption in the lowest levels of authority!
Vixo: Hey! I'm not that low in authority.
Manager: Vixo!
Vixo: Uh-oh.
Manager: Are you holding up customers by chewing out a cashier?
Vixo: Bu-bu-bu-
Mino: Why yes he was! We were just here being rung up when he came along and slowed the whole thing down!
Manager: That's it! I'm demoting you to janitor!
Sate: Now corruption is in the lowest level of authority!
Vixo: Hey!
Difo: Horray! The lower authentic cooperation is demising!
Kale: Your total is $154.52.
Mino: What?!
Kale: Just kidding! This is Supply-Mart, your real total is $62.52
Difo: With the money you saved, we can all go get Pizza!
Pury, Mino, Difo: Horray!
Sate: Actually, Pizza can cause clogging in the arteries and also create chemical imbalances in the brain.
Mino: Oh, and lets not take Sate with us.
Sate: Hey, I like Pizza!