Went in to the BX here yesterday to make a simple purchase – soap. Shower gel, to be specific.
I’ll give y’all three guesses as to what they didn’t have a single, solitary bottle of, but you’ll only need one.
I’m not making this up. Screw video games and that kind of stuff – I’m running low on Dial!
-Farva
I am calling my friend at the Nellis BX to buy all the Gold Bond before Barbie gets there!
looking at che-stick-les >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
really? a top gun quote for the roll-over?
No, a Jerry Lee Lewis parody as the rollover.
Commissary has better prices on that type of stuff anyway, but if there isn’t one nearby.. I guess that won’t do you a bit of good.
**singing** “Gold Bond Powder! You’re a friend of mine!”
Come everyone! You know the words! **lol**
Y’know what you can use instead of Gold Bond? Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. It’s a diaper rash cream, but it works for any chafed sensitive areas, and you better believe I’m taking a big tube of it to the desert with me. Of course, I’m not sure if the BX carries it…
Seriously? That cannot be real man. I mean I’ve heard of Bag Balm, which might be just as good for Barbie’s needs…
It’s real. My wife does in home daycare and she swears by the stuff for diaper rash.
Ditto real… bag balm though you’d have to find a feed store to locate.
“Boudreaux’s Butt Paste”? Good luck living that one down once your buddies get wind of it.
Unless your name is Boudreaux. Once had an MTL back in tech school by that name. Someone, probably one of the other MTLs, stuck a box of it next to his door with a sign stating “Apply before entering.” It stayed up there quite a while.
Tractor Supply Company has something called Monkey Butt Powder which works wonderfully….
I’ll second the recommendation for “Monkey Butt Powder”. That stuff works great, especially when you’ve got web gear with a pack rubbing against your butt as you’re digging line.
Farva, I have dealt with the BX since 1982, and I have never seen someone have as much trouble getting items at the BX as you! Granted, smaller bases are not stocked quite as well, but they must have you under surveillance and playing with you. You done peeved off the AAFES GODS!
shhhh… thats a secret…Farva hasnt checked his MilStar(tm) balance lately…
IMHO
LOL, yeah, WTF? It’s probably because most other folks don’t have an outlet like this for them, and it’s relevant to this site. If I did comics about dogs and cats, I’d never mention my AAFES woes, but you’d hear a lot about chewed up cardboard boxes and slobbery slippers.
And Chiwawa’s dominating larger dogs…
and maybe a scolding for chewing up that big chewy cylinder that buzzes back at ya… STS
oh yeah, you did do that one…
AFFES at Fort Cambell and Fort Knox are nice very cleen and good service most of the time, and from where I live i am the same distance from each 1hr and 40 min drive and Iam there. They have anything you could wish for, now go to a smaller base or lone store you have plenty of liquer and condems and tobbaco, but you they are always out of anythink else (hint hint, first day Halo was at my local PX I was the first to get one and they were out the next day. Also how is life in the England, I always wantted to know ho0w it is like being stationed in a friendly nation on a permenant base?
Sweet, I was born at Ft Campbell! How are things in Western KY?
Well, that’s the beauty part of living in CO Springs…got a lot of AAFES to choose from with the abundance of military bases here.
well its cleaner and ecnomicaly sound, we are not having layoffs and bankruptsy like the rest of the nation, only one thing, our cap trailer was blown over and is basicly destroyed, that doesnt make me happy
The good thing is also that Clarksville offers plenty to do in the local area, though the local wally-world leaves a bit to be desired. While my father was stationed there, I spent alot of time in the Indian-Mound/Woodlawn area and Dover. Ahh, memories!
Now that he’s retired I’m stuck in memphis with the flooded out NEX at Millington.
Ok, someone needs to hit Leia for that one. That joke was horrible! LOL
“Boudreaux’s Butt Paste”? Good luck living that one down once your buddies get wind of it.
get wind of butt paste? nah, i’ll pass thanks.
true story time:
i have a cousin who’s parents went to great lengths “lousy nickname” proof his name. so, they named him Tomas E. Stickle. ( of course, you don’t have much choice with the surname … )
*snicker*
“The best laid plans of mice and men…”
Farva, this is what you do. When the PX get in your shower gel you buy 2 bottles. When you’re out again you go buy two more. You get a small supply that way. Think I’ll go to the BX in Baghdad…and yes, they have many different kinds of shower gel.
Try dealing with NEX instead of AAFES. Here at Moron we have only a NEXmart and for some reason the Navy hasn’t figured out that we now wear ABUs (but we have a great selection of BDU accessories!) or that we have to wear v-neck t-shirts with our blues. I’m running low and went to get a new pack of shirts and found about 40 packs of crew necks, a lot of good that does me.
You know the best time to hit the NEX is on Wednesday when they stock it…just beat the ladies in or they buy the shelves clean! Or make that wonderful run to ROTA for more disappointment!
I remember being in Baghdad in ’06, the BX there was always out of toothpaste, deodorant, soap, and other basic hygiene items……too bad I didn’t need a 42″ TV, a Bose surround sound system, or children’s music on CD, I would have been set……
It’s not as good as Udder Cream! And just think of the tag lines….
Or the infamous “Bag Balm”.
*facepalm*
i’ve heard that if you ask the AAFES workers (but only the one that works the section you’re in) if they have any in the back they will go look for you. they do selective stocking and only put things out at certain pre-ordained times
I went to SOS with a Boudreaux. His family started the Butt-Paste products.
That’s why I always try to make sure there is a Walmart where I live. LOL
PeeeU, Farva!!! You’re stinky today!
I wish the BX had Palmers Cocoa Butter lotion…I don’t want this baby giving me stretch marks!
I went to the BX for a comb. A comb. You know; black, unbreakable, one each. And? No comb. On a MILITARY base; the MILITARY retailer, didn’t have a comb. Oh sure, I could have gotten a foosball table, or a refrigerator, or even a snow shovel (did I mention I was in Hawaii, yeah, and their selling a snow shovel!), but a comb? Hell, no!
Reminds me of something I had happen at the BX a few weeks back. It’s 85 degrees in my building and we’re all dying so I decide to go get a fan from the BX. Guess what I couldn’t find. You got it. On the other hand I found 3 shelves full of HEATERS! Great, that helps…
When I first ranked up to A1C, I happened to be on leave between tech school and going to my first duty station. The closest AF base to home was Andrews, which was a good hour and a half drive. I went twice, about a week and half apart, looking for A1C stripes. None to be found, nor any SrA, or Amn stripes. But, say, CMSgt First Sergeant stripes? Or Brig Gen Stars? Or anything else your average AAFES could slide by with 2 or 3 sets of, tops? As far as the eye could see.
WTF, seriously, how hard is it to reorder when items are running low. Isn’t it BASIC economics, somthing called “supply and demand”?
@ Barbie: 50% Baking soda + 50% cornstarch or baby powder. Shake in a liberal amount. Works well in a pinch…or a sweaty flight suit…
Gold Bond powder? I had to Google that, but I guess I’m not part of the strip’s target demographic…
I needed some SSgt stripes for my maternity uniform and they had none! I always thought Peterson was good at keeping things stocked up b/c I DID find the new 3D0 functional badge.
And Coffman didn’t slip him some Tiger Balm… pity…