Had the day off yesterday, so I took care of a few errands, went shopping, etc. I had heard that the new “Rambo” movie had been released on DVD, so I decided to go down to the electronics store and pick up a copy for Tommy. He is absolutely the biggest Rambo fan on the face of the planet. It’s frightening how much he knows about Rambo – seemingly every single bit of dialogue from every movie, along with all kinds of obscure trivia and whatnot. Anyway, Tommy has helped me out in the past with some things, so I figured I’d do something nice for the guy.
I picked up the DVD and brought it to the bowling alley today to give to Tommy. I figured he’d be all excited and whatnot, since this would be quite an unexpected surprise. Well, much to my chagrin, when I gave it to him, he told me thanks, but actually he had already picked it up. I was a bit shocked – I mean, this is brand new – it just came out within the past two or three days.
He explained further that he had camped out in front of the local Best Buy store the night before, so he could be there bright and early to secure his copy of the DVD the very same day it arrived at the store.
Yes – he camped out… in front of Best Buy… for a copy of “Rambo”… that wasn’t really in all that much demand to begin with. I tried to explain to him how unnecessary that was, how this wasn’t like a Wii where people were lined up by the thousands to obtain one. In fact, there were about 10 or 12 copies still on the shelf after I bought mine. He would have none of it, however, and informed me about how he figured that there probably wouldn’t be a large crowd, but that it was better to be safe than sorry.
So, long story short, I have a copy of “Rambo” on DVD sitting on my kitchen counter at home. It’s still in shrink wrap and I haven’t watched it. I probably will, though. We’ll see.
2 Comments
May 31, 2008 at 5:26 am
People are people
May 31, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Thankfully!