This is why...

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/19/2018 at 12:52 • Filed to: None

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...the largest chain of grocery stores in Texas is called HEB. Nobody wants to go to Butt Grocery.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 12:54

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But people would go to Piggly Wiggly Grocery 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 12:54

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There is no Piggly Wiggly erection quite like when you see our local store’s beer selection.

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 12:54

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my grandmother loves HEB.

“El eich-eiii-beeee” 

TheRevanchist > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 12:55

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Butt Grocery

https://thetakeout.com/arrested-rubbing-grocery-produce-butt-virginia-1829167481

Textured Soy Protein > CaptDale - is secretly British 09/19/2018 at 12:56

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I personally have gone to a Piggly Wiggly grocery.

Their slogan is “Shop the pig!” 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 12:57

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Piggly Wiggly fun facts:

1. First self-service grocery store in America — the archetype for all grocers today.

2. The impetus for the Toyoda family to investigate the first version of Kaizen/lean manufacturing after their visit to the US (1930s, IIRC) .

Berang > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 12:58

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My favor thing i s their Dr. B soda. Sinc e the b means Butt.

ttyymmnn > Spanfeller is a twat 09/19/2018 at 12:59

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That’s where I shop. True story. It’s just about the only game in town,

CaptDale - is secretly British > Textured Soy Protein 09/19/2018 at 12:59

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Lol, nice

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:00

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Ironically, I never actually went to HEB no matter how often I visit them and Monterrey. 

ttyymmnn > TheRevanchist 09/19/2018 at 13:00

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ttyymmnn > Berang 09/19/2018 at 13:02

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Aaaannnnddd....now you’ve ruined it for me.

Got your email, btw. Will respond.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 09/19/2018 at 13:03

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I’m still trying to get my cranium around the words “butt” and “erection” used on the same sign. Certainly somebody thought about that in 1940 , dontcha think? Maybe not. It was a much more innocent time.

RPM esq. > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:05

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If “runnin’ through the okra patch” means this , “shopping at the butt grocery” should mean...something.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:05

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But when I see Butt and Texas, I think of pork butt  barbecue, and I get hungry.

I may be unusual in that, though.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:10

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Butt erects Piggly-Wiggly. Sir Mix-a-lot approves.

ttyymmnn > RPM esq. 09/19/2018 at 13:12

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Well, I guess it’s good work if you can get it.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 09/19/2018 at 13:12

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Everybody’s got their thing.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:17

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Yeah, but that one guy in the Virginia grocery store had everybody’s thing. On his thing.  I guess that’s a thing.

boredalways > RPM esq. 09/19/2018 at 13:19

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“shopping at the butt grocery”

‘ Tossin’ Salad' would work.

Just Jeepin' > Ash78, voting early and often 09/19/2018 at 13:28

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3. Made famous to those of us not conversant in Southern culture by Delmar from O Brother Where Art Thou.

Transit > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:44

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This guy in Virginia, maybe?

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/18/man-rubs-produce-behind/37850639/

ttyymmnn > Transit 09/19/2018 at 13:45

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Already been posted, so I will reply same:

Tapas > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 13:57

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I think He Butt’s would be a catchy name.

“Where’d you get those carrots?”

“He Butt’s! ”

facw > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 14:02

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I heavily avoided HEB when I was in Texas. Not because of Butt though, rather because I didn’t want to deal with their stupid paper coupons for sale items.

user314 > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 14:02

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“Huh-uh-uh. Butt! ”

“Heh, yeah yeah! Erection. Boooyii ing! ”

Stef Schrader > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 14:24

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excuse me, I like butts

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 15:01

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There’s a town called Beecher, IL about 40 miles due south of Chicago. It’s a long running joke that there’s a store there called Beecher Meat & Liquor, as well as a machine shop named Beecher Tool & Die.

Sadly, neither business exists IRL.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 09/19/2018 at 15:04

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But they should.....

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 15:07

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Someone did incorporate Beecher & Meat & Liquor, but I think it’s just as a joke to sell some t-shirts.

fhrblig > ttyymmnn 09/19/2018 at 15:28

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Ash78, voting early and often > Just Jeepin' 09/19/2018 at 16:37

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Don’t forget Driving Miss Daisy. That was her first stop, IIRC. And then Morgan Freeman had to drive her everywhere.

Just Jeepin' > Ash78, voting early and often 09/19/2018 at 16:40

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Alas, I’ve never seen it.

Ash78, voting early and often > Just Jeepin' 09/19/2018 at 17:03

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Put it on the list, it’s an all time classic and Morgan Freeman at his best (Jessica Tandy, too)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Stef Schrader 09/20/2018 at 11:50

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She ain’t lyin’...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/20/2018 at 11:51

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He was a good guy:

“ In 1934, after a destructive Texas hurricane, he founded the Howard E. Butt Community Investment Program whereby H-E-B would contribute 5% of its pretax earnings to various nonprofit organizations throughout Texas. Also in 1934, he established the H.E. Butt Foundation,[1] one of the first charitable organizations in Texas. The foundation focused on funding public school programs, establishing libraries and constructing recreational facilities.[4]

Butt deferred much of his philanthropic activities to his wife stating: “I make the money, and Mary spends it (on worthy causes). And I am glad she does.”[3] His wife started the State Crippled Children’s Program, served as chairwoman of the Cameron County Child Welfare Board, started the first tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment program in the region, and purchased the first equipment used to test the hearing and vision of schoolchildren.[4] In 1949, she co-organized and hosted the first Conference of Texas Foundations and Trusts which coordinated philanthropic giving so as to avoid duplication and promoted the exchange ideas and strategies.[8] In 1955, she was appointed by Texas Governor Allan Shivers to the governing board of Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools (later the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation). She served as the only woman member of the board for 18 years[4][5] being appointed by six different governors.[9]

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Butt to the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Butt also helped establish the University of Corpus Christi, now part of the Texas A&M University System.[2]”

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/20/2018 at 11:57

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Wow. Didn’t know all that. Makes me feel better giving them $150 every week.