Subject: Activities » Shopping (Page 4)

The label "NEW" and/or "IMPROVED" means the price went up.

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

No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can’t make your children carry.

American author

People will buy anything that’s one to a customer.

(1885 – 1951) American novelist, short-story writer & playwright

I ask myself questions in those stores I don't ask myself anywhere else, like, 'Will I live long enough to use all those paper towels?'

American comedian & musician

Bargain: anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Three o’clock in the morning, you can get truck tires, falafel and a bag of heroin – in the same store.

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian, radio personality, author & actor

If it feels good, it’s ugly. If it looks good, it hurts.

Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85 cents at bowling alleys.

American comedian

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

(1952 – ) comedian

The slowest checker is always at the quick-check-out lane.

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

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Bargain: A transaction in which each party thinks he has cheated the other.

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

I buy a dress because I need change for gum.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

The most important item in an order will no longer be available.