Wow! After doing a little research and finding out that my sister was right, I'm starting to feel greedy. Like flared nostrils and dilated pupils greedy. It turns out I'm sitting on a gold mine. Postum is a thing of the past--and judging by the Postum Forums out there (you heard me, Postum Forums) this stuff is soon going to be more valuable than....something quite valuable. Maybe I'll come back some time and fix that little non-simile. But for now, know this: I have 19 large jars of Postum in an undisclosed location and it's mine. MINE I TELL YA! I'm holding it for ransom.
Our arrangement was that, since Utah is fresh out of Postum from St. George to Logan, I'd cruise the markets here in Bako and ship her what I could find. Guess what, sister? DEAL'S OFF! Call me to make an arrangement. Or visit my new Postum eBay store.
Okay. I'm not really holding it hostage--I'll send it as soon as I get back from SLC--but you really should sell this on eBay--those people are nuts!
As a side note, I had just finished packing my cart with this powdered liquid gold when I spotted a not-very-active member of my ward walking past the aisle. Not wanting him to see me with a ridiculous quantity of something I had obviously just taken from the coffee aisle I quickly ducked my head and turned into the next aisle which, as it turns out, was the magazine aisle. If you're ever sneaking around in the supermarket to "avoid the appearance of evil" be sure to find a better spot to hide than the magazine aisle. I'd rather be seen juggling flasks of Jack Daniels with a cart full of pinot grigio than appear to be scanning the covers of Maxim and Hot Rod. Luckily, I don't think he saw me. At least not until he stood behind me in line at the checkout.
"Wow!" he said.
"It's Postum--no caffeine," said I.
"Don't worry; I won't tell."
"I'm serious--it's out of production and my sister wants it."
"I said 'don't worry; I won't tell.'"
"Yeah, thanks. See you around."
2 comments:
Hey, my hubby and I buy Postum in grocery stores back east...did I miss something? Is it going out of production for good??? Oh no! We take that on the plane when we work. I love the yummy creamers that I get to put in it. And as my hubby is an ex-coffee drinker (convert) he loves Postum! So seriously, it's out of production, or are you just joking??
I am loving reading your blog. You are such a great writer, and I love this story. I just posted a comment on an earlier entry as Samantha. (She is the gal that is living with us.) I didn't realize I was logged in as her. Just so you know it was me.
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