What a Load of Bologna

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"Now, that makes me mad." When you read that line, you have to take on the persona and voice the cartoon dog character, Droopy, to get the full effect. I had a few things to get at Walmart today. Luckily, it was a rather short list. Still, I spent just a tad over $100. I needed wet and dry cat food, some sour cream, some creamer for the missus, Rain-X windshield washer fluid (I will use no other anymore), I picked up a couple cans of peas, a jar of sauerkraut for a planned pork and Kraut dinner, some sliced mushrooms (for a beef stroganoff play along with the sour cream), an Intex pump for a Christmas gift (there's a reason), a jar of Tostito's creamy spinach dip for the wife (for brownie points), a loaf of bread... And a 1-pound package of Bar-S bologna. Well, that's where the trouble hit. I got home and checked my receipt, which was "a stupid thing to do..." Say that one like Mr. Magoo. I should have checked it at the store, of course, and it seems any time I don't, that's when something goes wrong. Call it irony. Murphy's law. Or Bauer's luck. Any of them fit, really. The cashier rung up my bologna twice. So, a 1-pound package that should have been $1.78 wound up being $3.56. Ooh, that grates me. For this one you will need to conjure up Wimpy from the Popeye cartoons. It's not a lot of money. But of course, every penny matters, and I just hate when that happens. I didn't go back for my money. I will find another way to recoup my loss. But all I can say is dammit. By the way, there's no cartoon character I can think of who said that, so on that one you'll just have to be on your own.