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I bought glue from the dollar store once, and it didn’t stick to anything. It didn’t make anything stick together. If you stuck your finger in it–which I did with a recent project–it felt slippery.
Slippery glue.
I have no idea what was really in that bottle. It was white, like the school-project favorite, Elmer’s, but it certainly didn’t didn’t have its glueyness. Anything you applied it to curled up, defiant, uninterested in being attached.
“Things fall apart,” as Yeats wrote.
Things Fall Apart, as Chinua Achebe echoed in the title of his brilliant book about post-colonial Nigeria.
“Things fall apart,” say I, about dollar store glue. But not only dollar store glue.
The center cannot hold.
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Maybe it was just flour and water, maybe they forgot to put the sticky stuff in and that is why it was only a dollar.
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I think flour and water would have worked better! It was more like anti-glue.
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That is so funny! (I hope it’s not too painful of a memory!) I often wonder about things I buy at the dollar store, but never bought glue there–I probably won’t now.
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I really recommend not! The glue sticks were as bad or worse…I think they were lip balm! 😉
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Ohh !! Such a sad experience with Glue !! 😦
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Yes! It was, though more frustrating than anything. Thanks for visiting! 🙂
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Very funny, now. I am sure it wasn’t when it was not gluing :).
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It was so odd! Even water can end up making paper stick together, but not this stuff!
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ahhh…the dollar store…it’s always a hit or miss.
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When it’s good, it’s amazing, but when it isn’t. ..
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Lowest Bidder Glue
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It really was! Apparently actual glue wasn’t included in the bid!
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A glue like substance, then. 🙂
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🙂
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ah yes the $1 store fails… I bought a box of colored pencils and they too were worthless.
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I can just imagine, all color and no pencil! Looked fine but didn’t make a mark at all…is my guess 🙂
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Your post for F was powerful and timely. Yet it was this one that gave me the chills. You know, like you meant it to. Seriously, I can feel the fear from here and have an urge to rush over there and give you a hug. Not that it’ll help, but …
Bunny and the Bloke
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Thanks so much! Yes, the curse “may you live in interesting times” definitely comes to mind.
We can only hope that it all ends before there’s permanent, global damage.
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I echo that hope – most fervently. Especially as my first grandchild was born last week. What kind of a world are we leaving future generations?
So impressed with your activism. I just drink gin …
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Wow, congrats, Debs! Girl or boy? That’s so wonderful. Good news is very welcome these days!
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Thanks Isa. A little girl, Eva. Good news especially welcome after the last few years of family troubles, let alone all the political shite.
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