2 teenaged sisters, Megan & Carrie, were watching TV. Commercials, infomercials... everyone HATES those. They've had ENOUGH of the repetition & just wanted to get back to their show. It's a reality TV show, called, "Pet Lives Matter". The show is about people raising their pets with holistic, organic, natural living. It's educational, informative & humorous.
Carrie asked Megan, "Meggie. How come, even though we're watching a natural pet care TV show, they keep showing commercials with pharmaceuticals & junk food for humans?"
Meggie said, "Do you remember that furniture store commercial, from when we were little, where a woman would say, 'I want that loveseat so badly, but I can't afford it.' A man would tell her, 'You gotta see the special man!' & Another man would say, 'Let her have it!'."
Carrie replied, "Yeah. What about it."
Meggie said, "Well, believe it or not. There's a commercial advertisement about farmers markets that's kind of similar."
Carrie was like, "No way!"
The commercial, that Meggie was talking about, coincidentally came on. For ONCE, the TV began using commercials to begin advertising local businesses, including farmers markets. They didn't think it was possible to advertise farmers market vendors, since fruit is just fruit, & vegetables are just vegetables. They later realized that it can be done.
When the commercial came on, the skit went like this:
An old man started skipping side to side, dancing to a Zydeco song. A woman joined in & started dancing with him.
A group of children were shown, running to a vendor selling muscadine grapes. They chanted, "Lagniappe, Lagniappe. Where are you. I gots no money. Let's see if you're true."
The muscadine grapes vendor gasped & then said, "Money, money. Pay up before I start cuttin' up. Ain't nuttin' free."
The children whined, "Aww..., Well give me a break, be a cheerful giver, & you'll notice a better you."
A country hillbilly man said, "Not so fast, you lazy little lads."
Everything paused, & the boys turned their heads in slow motion. They were shocked & said, "Huh?", with the left side of their upper lip turned up.
The hillbilly man smiled & told them, "Like the vendor said. Ain't nuttin' free. Dem grapes ain't free. & it's FOR a fee! Fetch dem coins or till the ground. Your choice to be an ant or a bee."
They exclaimed, "We can be both ants AND bees! Aren't they both busy? They work under the sky, whether it's grey or blue."
& the same skit repeated itself with the vendors , whether or not they're selling celery, broccoli, pink lady apples, goat milk, gourmet popcorn, free range chicken, etc.
Carrie said, "Meggie. You're right. This was actually the funniest & dopest commercial that I've ever seen. It also warms my heart. Let's go to Slattery Ranch Regional Farmers Market. The BIG one. If you mention the commercial, you get lagniappe AKA extra goodies. It's not free. & it's FOR a fee!"
So, they went to the big farmers market, mentioned the commercial & got more than double of everything they purchased. They ditched the grocery stores & started making it the new family norm, to go every week. Both of them lost over 85 lbs. each.
As a result, people quit going to the mainstream grocery stores & started shopping at farmers markets. The grocery stores shut down, & more & more farmers markets started popping up. It's a new way to shop.
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