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orangecrush

(27,794 posts)
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 07:09 PM Nov 23

a GLITCH in the MATRIX!


True story.

I was shopping for a few items at WalMart.

Had them in the basket thingee in front of the handle where stuff always falls out.

So I'm halfway up an aisle, and heard the distinctive "THWACK" of something hitting the floor.

Looked down, saw nothing.

Backed the cart up, nothing there

Looked up and down under the bottom of the racks on the floor.

Nothing.

MAYBE IT BOUNCED???

Looked on the bottom shelf up and down, both sides.

Nothing.

Double checked to see what was missing.

A round plastic shampoo bottle.

So I gave up.

Did a U-turn up the next aisle to go back and get another.

There it was, laying dead center in the middle of the next aisle.

W
T.
A.
F.


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a GLITCH in the MATRIX! (Original Post) orangecrush Nov 23 OP
get to a landline and get out NOW! ret5hd Nov 23 #1
Definitely orangecrush Nov 23 #3
Let's face it... ret5hd Nov 23 #7
Aliens! Marie Marie Nov 23 #2
Freaked me right out orangecrush Nov 23 #4
Cue it: lastlib Nov 23 #5
I've seen some weird stuff in this life. It happens, Gaugamela Nov 23 #6
You have been just transposed to an episode of the Twilight Zone, de dee de dee daa! SWBTATTReg Nov 24 #8

ret5hd

(22,061 posts)
7. Let's face it...
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:51 PM
Nov 23

not much reason to stay in this particular manifestation of the matrix anyway.

Gaugamela

(3,118 posts)
6. I've seen some weird stuff in this life. It happens,
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:11 PM
Nov 23

and you move on. At this point I find it amusing. You just make friends with whatever it is, and go with the flow. It's kind of like having a mischievous pet.

SWBTATTReg

(25,916 posts)
8. You have been just transposed to an episode of the Twilight Zone, de dee de dee daa!
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 01:58 AM
Nov 24

Ha ha heh...

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