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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2013, 06:36 PM Nov 2013

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Why Can't We Just Start Saying "Walfart" When Referring To That Company?

It stinks like one.

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Why Can't We Just Start Saying "Walfart" When Referring To That Company? (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Nov 2013 OP

Toxic waste transfer station. adirondacker Nov 2013 #1

I hope that sticks FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #2

I call it "Satan Mart" myself WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2013 #3

Or Wel-Mart... Blue Owl Nov 2013 #4

Classy... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #5

We refer to is as Mao Mart. Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #6

Because it sounds like something a 6 year old would say? Retrograde Nov 2013 #7

The name "WalMart" is already enough to make many of us nauseated...no need to change it.... Rowdyboy Nov 2013 #8

adirondacker

(2,921 posts)

1. Toxic waste transfer station.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 06:41 PM

Nov 2013

Every time I walk into a big box store, all I can think is "all this shit is going into a landfill soon".

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

2. I hope that sticks

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:23 PM

Nov 2013

Pun intended

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

3. I call it "Satan Mart" myself

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:38 PM

Nov 2013

Not as catchy I know, but sums up my feelings better.

Blue Owl

(50,390 posts)

4. Or Wel-Mart...

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:44 PM

Nov 2013

Since they're the #1 welfare-queen of capitalism...

Decaffeinated

(556 posts)

5. Classy...

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Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:45 PM

Nov 2013

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

6. We refer to is as Mao Mart.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:46 PM

Nov 2013

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)

7. Because it sounds like something a 6 year old would say?

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:47 PM

Nov 2013

I call them Purveyors of Shoddy Products that Cost More in the Long Run Because You Have to Replace Them More Often. It doesn't roll as trippingly off the tongue, I'll admit, so I sometimes shorten it to Blot on the Landscape.

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)

8. The name "WalMart" is already enough to make many of us nauseated...no need to change it....

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 08:04 PM

Nov 2013

It already stands for the worst in America.

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