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Default Where is Orange Julius?!!

On Jul 1, 3:31*pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On Jun 30, 12:30*pm, Andy > wrote:
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> > Where is Orange Julius?!!

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> > After some talk of chocolate limeaid and orangeaid in the "What does Summer
> > taste like" thread, I began thinking about what would I drink that I
> > wouldn't make at home? And then it hit me...

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> > Orange Julius

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> > I didn't remember liking it somehow but earlier today it sounded more
> > appealing than water. So, I visit their website and check locations and
> > there's one at the mall not two miles away.

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> > I rang them up and finally a kid answers "Orange Julius/Dairy Queen". ???

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> > Anyway... the conversation went like this:

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> > "Where are you located in the mall?"

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> > "We're directly across from us there's a 'New York Boutique'."

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> > What the heck? I almost asked him where that was located.

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> > "Is it close to the Sears end or the Boscovs end of the mall?"

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> > "Uhm, hold on..." long wait, "it's by the Sears."

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> > "OK, on the first or second floor?"

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> > "Uhm... ...first floor?!"

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> > "Thanks." <CLICK>

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> > After that, my interest in an Orange Julius jumped out the window. I
> > should've followed it out of disbelief! I came to my rescue by reminding
> > myself that I didn't really like Orange Julius.

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> > Trying to figure out the kids ineptness, I pictured some poor alien from
> > outer space had just been transported into the store by mistake next to the
> > phone just as it was ringing and it was really trying to be helpful. I
> > hoped he scurried off unnoticed to do something useful, like taking over
> > the planet!!!

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> We got a damned good laugh out of this post. *My wife was reading it
> with me, and the line, "I didn't remember liking it somehow but
> earlier today it sounded more appealing than water," cracked us both
> up. *Then we got to, "I came to my rescue by reminding myself that I
> didn't really like Orange Julius." *We both laughed for a while.
> Those are very Brautiganesque lines. *You should go to your public
> Library and check out "So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away."
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> > Andy

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Good thing I supplied the recipe, huh?