They had a special on meat at the Shoprite today

Buy one rump roast, and another comes your way

So I promptly picked up the two juiciest-looking joints

And then, found at the checkout, I had to make a point



For although both were on sale, and part of the deal

The two I'd picked up ... later became quite a steal

For they weren't both those rump roasts, you see ...

So neither of them qualified for buy one, get one free



Well ... they would have if I'd picked up a pair of either

But since I'd picked up different cuts, they both were neither

Which didn't make any sense at all, since both cuts had deals

But the register saw them both as different cuts (couldn't feel)



So, after hesitating just a little when asked for eighty bucks

I made the point that if both were two-for-one, why the fuss?

To which the supervising clerk then cracked register with key

Deducting forty ... so I wound up getting BOTH joints for free!!!



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

7:27pm Tuesday, Jan. 5th, 1998