I didn't win the sweepstakes featured on my 10-pack of hot chocolate mix. The inside of the box said ""Sorry." You are not a winner. Please try again." And no, that wasn't a typo: the word "Sorry" was in quotes, the rest of it wasn't.
That was a little confusing. What are the quotes supposed to mean? "Yeah. I'm "Sorry" you didn't win. "Sorry" you don't get to go to Disney World while I sit here printing out box after box of cocoa mix. You know, my six-year-old daughter loves Mickey Mouse. She sees the ads for Disney World and she wants to go. And, you know, the only way I could possibly afford to take her to Disney World is if I won this stupid sweepstakes, but of course--of course--factory workers are disqualified. And I don't even have time to take her to the goddamn park because I'm working these long shifts making boxes of hot chocolate, every single day. What am I supposed to tell her? "Sorry"?"
My family and I went to Disney World when I was five, but I don't remember much except that a) most of the time, I was scared shitless and b) we got stuck on the "It's a Small World" ride for a really long time. It's funny: I don't remember the actual experience of being stuck on that ride, but many years later, when someone brought up the song "It's a Small World," I found myself effortlessly recalling the words despite not remembering hearing the song before. "It's a world of laughter, a world of tears, it's a world of hopes and a world of fears, there's so much that we share, that it's time we're aware, It's a small world after all..." I'd like to think that even at age five, I realized how moronic that song was.
Sunday, November 14, 2004
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