Ha, Ha! Look at Me, I'm Funny!
In the quest for organic, sorta free-trade food, if I'm given a choice between Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, I'll take the former. No question about it.
And it's not just because Trader Joe's is quaint and charming, whereas Whole Foods seems unable to shake its undeniable air of pretension...
But because I'd be considerably more at peace with the world if I never again had to hear someone refer to "Whole Foods" as "Whole Paycheck."
And it's not so much the pun that irritates me (true, I found it amusing the first time I heard it), but rather the self-satisfied chuckle that invariably follows on every punster's face, and that knowing look as if to say:
Man, I am sooooo clever.
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6 comments:
Wow. Sad but true about the cost. And the pretension.
~BPP
Yes, yes, this is all too true. And I prefer TJs, myself.
...but TJs has nothing on Whole Foods when it comes to produce. Not even close.
You should hear some of the stuff I say when I shop at Wild Oats. Do you guys have those up north?
While you may not like the "whole paycheck" joke, you must understand that it works because of the first rule of comedy: "It's funny because it's true."
I only go to WF once a year, to buy oils to make soap, and that one trip is an assault on my psyche to last the whole year.
Trader Joe's: Owned by German billionare
Whole Foods: Owned by Texas Republican
That being said, I'm a Trader Joe's junkie.
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