Subject: Activities » Shopping

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

The customer is always ripe.

Grocery list: What you spend half an hour writing, then forget to take with you to the store.

A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.

(1922 – 2018) comedian & actor

Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I’d rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.

Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.

(1939 – 2010) American actress

I went to a 7-11 and asked for a 2×4 and a box of 3×5′s and the clerk said, “ten-four.”


I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

(1882 – 1942) American 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 it feels good, it’s ugly. If it looks good, it hurts.

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

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

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

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

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

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

People who say that money can't buy happiness just don't know where to shop.

(1958 – ) Australian author

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

(1957 – ) American comedian

I went to a general store, but they wouldn’t let me buy anything specific.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

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


Consumer: One who delights advertisers by acquiring unnecessary products.

The first time you go out after your wife’s birthday, you will see the gift you gave her marked down fifty percent.
Corollary: If she’s with you, she’ll assume you chose it because it was cheap.