misc topics...

being from Montreal, a lot of the stores/restaurants' names are pretty bland... the names has to be meaningful in both french and english; or french at the very least.

i passed by santa clara the other day, and remembered the place where i laughed myself silly when i saw the name: Casket Outlet.

i mean, how do they get them so cheap? who shops there? are they last year's models which are no longer in fashion? would it be a faux-pas to get the combination oak-elm with the double-double beveled corners? i hope they're not recycled... i'm thinking, you can't take your money with you into the afterlife (if u believe in afterlives) - why are my living relatives trying to save a buck to shop at the outlet? granted, it's the asian blood in me to get a bargain... but it's a big occassion.. why cut corners?

i guess if i had children/grandchildren, and they can save a few hundred bucks on my casket so they can pay for a colledge education... maybe the Casket Outlet is a good idea. then again, i might just dictate directions in my will to tell them to just go to school in Canada, pay < $5k for a good education.