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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Clay St. & Denny Way

posted by on July 12 at 18:00 PM

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Springfield

As you probably know by now, eleven US 7-11 stores have been temporarily transformed into Kwik-E-Mart’s to cash in on the upcoming Simpsons movie.

I’m a huge Simpsons fan, so I couldn’t help but get a little giddy when I heard the 7-11 on Denny —at the south end of Seattle Center— was one of the few stores getting made over.

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Last Saturday, I drove down to the Kwik-E-Mart to check things out. As I pulled up, a swarm of mid-20’s frat-types —decked out in cowboy hats and flip flops— huddled in the middle of the parking lot snapping pictures of each other. It was waaaay busier than I expected at 1AM.

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Inside, I quickly discovered my journey to dork mecca had been a complete waste of time. They were out of everything. No Buzz Cola, no Krusty-O’s, no donuts. It felt like a cop out to get a “Squishee” and I wasn’t about to pay $15 for the lonely Homer Simpson bobblehead on the front counter but I felt like I had to walk out with something memorialize my pilgrimage. I grabbed 22 of Becks and a packet of Skittles. Mmm…Skittlebrau.

I got home, tore open the package of Skittles (original flavor, or whatever) and popped the top off of the beer.

Everything went into a pint glass, which promptly erupted all over my kitchen counter.

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If you’ve ever wondered what gritty, bitter medicine tastes like, well, it tastes like Skittlebrau.

While my first trip to the Kwik-E-Mart was pretty fruitless, I’ll be back to get my hands on some Buzz Cola or Krusty-O’s and I’ll report back later this week.

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That actually looks good.

Posted by Mr. Poe | July 12, 2007 6:25 PM
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jonah- i think it was all the fans of that big country music show at qwest field. there were armies of them on saturday when i went to the hot dog eating contest @ pioneer square. there was an unacceptable amount of cowboys and cowgirls that day.

Posted by SeMe | July 12, 2007 7:02 PM
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You're not even 21!

Posted by wsp | July 12, 2007 7:58 PM
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skittlebrau! thats amazing!

Posted by greg | July 12, 2007 8:01 PM
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Thank you for taking the Skittlebrau bullet for the rest of humanity.

Posted by Mike | July 12, 2007 8:05 PM
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I dunno know how they could have been out of Buzz Cola a day and a half later. On the 10th this is what I saw ...

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Posted by John | July 12, 2007 8:37 PM
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You know what would be even better than adding Skittles to your beer? Adding a pack of that German blutorange wodka from the earlier slog post. It's a drink that's its own chaser!

Posted by flamingbanjo | July 12, 2007 9:22 PM
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Had a orange cream squishee couple nights ago. Don't know if that's one of the regular flavors or a special add. Mighty tasty, and the weather certainly warranted it.

Posted by dirge | July 13, 2007 1:05 AM
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I hope the movie isn't as lame as that 7/11 "makeover". But I fear otherwise...

Posted by DOUG. | July 13, 2007 7:55 AM
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Beautiful. It's nice to know that my Simpsons references aren't going over the head of everyone.

Posted by gillsans | July 13, 2007 9:16 AM
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I went on the first day, and was able to get Krusty-O's and Buzz Cola. They are just fruit loops, much to my dismay. I thought they would be larger frosted cheerios.

Oh well.

The Buzz Cola is surprisingly good.

Posted by Original Monique | July 13, 2007 9:19 AM
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Nothing funnier than seeing an Indian clerk wearing an "Apu" nametag.

Posted by Fnarf | July 13, 2007 9:37 AM
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If you don't mind breaking the experience into two parts, I'm pretty sure other 7-11's have the Simpsons merch (i.e., Krusty-O's, Buzz Cola), if not the complete makeover. They were out of everything, including the pink donuts, when we stopped by a week or two ago, too.

Posted by Ben | July 13, 2007 10:20 AM

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