Subject: Activities » Shopping (Page 3)

Anything labeled "NEW" and/or "IMPROVED" isn't.

Bargain: Something you can’t use, at a price you can’t resist.

If an item is advertised as "under $50," you can bet it's not $19.95.

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.


Men can say things in stores women can't believe like, "but I already have a pair of black pants.”

(1952 – ) comedian

The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread are three billion to one.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

I went to buy some condoms today, and I said to the pharmacist, 'Excuse me, I need some condoms;' and he said, 'Just a minute,' and I said, 'Oh, that's my brand.'

American comedian & actor

That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

If you need n items of anything, you will have n – 1 in stock.

Our culture teaches us to buy things we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like.

(1946 – 2007) American entrepreneur

A necessary item goes on sale only after you have purchased it at the regular price.

I buy a dress because I need change for gum.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I liked Amsterdam… I spent $2,000 window shopping.

(1957 – ) American comedian

When I was a kid, you ate, and you drank, and you passed out and nobody woke you up and said, 'Let's go shopping.'

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

Bargain Hunter: One who is often led astray by false profits.

I'm not embarrassed going to a drug store anymore to buy a condom; although, the woman behind the counter said, 'Save your money; buy a lottery ticket.'

(1955 – ) American stand-up comedian

Never try to guess your wife's size. Just buy her anything marked ‘petite’ and hold on to the receipt.

The one you want is never the one on sale.

Futon World – a wonderful place that becomes slowly less comfortable over time.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market is hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping; men invade another country.

(1952 – ) comedian