Ever wonder what it's like to spend 16 hours in a Home Depot?

January 4, 2002 3:05 PM

Ever wonder what it's like to spend 16 hours in a Home Depot? Now you don't have to. "Many people asked what it was like to spend 16 hours in the home depot. For those who want to know I provide you with a transcript of the journal that I kept during the event. It is raw and unedited so be warned. Due to the state of insanity that I was in on this strange day I take no responsibility for what I wrote."
posted by manero (19 comments total)

Kids paint is fucking gay. Let's check out some color names

That's brilliant! Oh, wait, no it's not. It's lame. He writes like alternative radio, if you say "shit" and "fuck" every couple of words, it must be cool.
posted by eyeballkid at 3:46 PM on January 4, 2002

I would be more impressed if he pulled it off on 2 hits of acid.
posted by a3matrix at 3:47 PM on January 4, 2002

That's a great post, manero, thanks. That's the kind of random web stuff I love finding/linking on MeFi.
posted by msacheson at 3:48 PM on January 4, 2002

I may try this tonight, now that I just bought a house and they have a 40% off sale!. I'll be eating "windy city dogs" (are they at every HD?) and drinking diet coke till the break of dawn. Might take some classes as well. See yall later.
posted by phatboy at 3:51 PM on January 4, 2002

That was beautiful.
posted by Jeremy at 4:16 PM on January 4, 2002

I recently had to spend 18 hours at Miami International Airport.
I can relate to every paranoid, misanthropic and juvenile thought that dude expressed.
posted by dong_resin at 4:31 PM on January 4, 2002

That was great. I agree with msacheson, I love it when stuff like this pops up on MeFi.

Good post.
posted by perplexed at 4:32 PM on January 4, 2002

I especially liked the random "Pi" reference ["Were they afraid that I would crack the numerical code that would let me speak directly to God? (Don't worry HD guys, I went to the demo drill aisle and drilled that part of my brain out.)"]
posted by elvolio at 4:35 PM on January 4, 2002

I enjoy random nonsensical projects like this, too. Toss my thanks on the pile as well.
posted by youhas at 4:48 PM on January 4, 2002

you know, I must say I'm partial to the other part of this nutty bet: the Peanut Butter Frosting challenge
posted by jessamyn at 5:16 PM on January 4, 2002

I wonder if this guy knows that Christian over at The Spark is (or at least was recently) hiring henchmen.
posted by Optamystic at 5:28 PM on January 4, 2002

excellent post. although i cant believe i actually spent almost an hour looking at everything on that website. i hope he's not scarred for life.
posted by sixtwenty3dc at 5:35 PM on January 4, 2002

I'll toss my thanks on the heap as well. In addition to providing some much needed comic relief, this reminded me of the documentation from Teching Hsieh's "One Year Performances" - art projects in which he spent a year in a cage, a year homeless in Lower Manhattan, and a year tied to another person (see "Tied" about 1/2 way down the page.)
posted by ryanshepard at 7:07 PM on January 4, 2002

this has never been posted before? amazing...
posted by machaus at 7:08 PM on January 4, 2002

Too bad Jackass is going off the air, Brian's a shoe-in for that show.
posted by bicyclingfool at 8:42 PM on January 4, 2002

call me nightwing. please.
posted by babychet at 8:51 PM on January 4, 2002

call me nightwing. please.
posted by babychet at 8:51 PM on January 4, 2002

No, I haven't wondered that.
posted by davidgentle at 10:58 PM on January 4, 2002

Oh, that's some good stuff. Thanks for my first good laugh of the new year!
posted by Spinderella56 at 8:32 AM on January 5, 2002