Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 20, 2015
Transcript:
Alice: BEHOLD! A truly dazzling sight! Alice: What may well be the finest selection of trinket and gumball machines ever assembled in one grocery store! Alice: This quarter is my ticket to a world where the mysteries of commerce, desire and sheer random chance collide! I've got my eye on a gaudy purple ring, and I feel Lucky! Alice: I GOT THE STUPID PLASTIC WHISTLE AGAIN! Alice: I ALWAYS GET THE STUPID STUPID PLASTIC WHISTLE! Mom: ALICE! THAT'S IT! NO MORE QUARTERS! Petey: Let's never take her to Las Vegas, okay?
As a kid I was practically always more satisfied with the plastic capsule than with whatever cheap crap was inside it.