Quote Originally Posted by Nighthawk View Post
*** I call Wal Mart an ignormagnet.
And you probably haven't even visited the one in Dover Delaware. I call it something else

I was in a Wal-Mart rocking my SWK wallace, when a rather brusque voice behind me yelled "Yo! are you Irish?".

My immediate inclination was to be rude and utter an unprintable reply but my gut told me chill. It's a big gut so I listen to it.

I turned around and three large youngsters, all wearing Tap Out shirts and two of them looking like they had just been run over by a truck were standing there. I smiled and said "When I can get away with it".

"Yo, my name is Phelps but it was shortened when my great grandparents came over, they are from Ireland. Good to see you rocking the kilt big dog!".

We all shook hands and had a short conversation. The youths were cage fighters, explaining the two who looked like they had just left the Emergency Room. The one who spoke was on his way to a fight. All three were heavyweights So they were shopping for "road food" plenty of and cheap.

Sometimes it pays to be cordial, and usually costs nothing. Since I'm a recovering you-know-what I would have probably countered by telling my wife we were going to get a pic of those two ugly (use your imaginations) together IN PUBLIC!!!.