You can take that business to Walgreens

[Model 70]

– William S. Burroughs, The Naked Lunch 1959
‘Jack, I don’t hafta stand still for such a routine like this…. You can take that business to Walgreen’s.’”

Did I win?
Did I win?

Oooooooh, .22 Looooong rifle.

 

[been]

Abraham Lincoln directly after he led the assault on Pearl Harbor.

 

[Old Fart]

My momma

 

[twocan]

Well Alex.... Who is Ignerntbend?

 

[turkeyrun]

The pharmacist at Wal-Mart after seeing a customer OC.

 

[rhodesbe]

You could be Jesus and people still wouldn't think you're like Jesus.

This is profound and deep. Danny Tanner. The thinking man's philosopher.

 

[Ace_on_the_Turn]

It literally took less than 5 seconds to find the answer. There is nothing you can hide from Google.

 

[Werewolf]

Bear in mind that I'm giving this ammo away so people will think I'm alot like Jesus

Jesus was a dimocrat? Really? REALLY?

 

[BikerHT]

Of course, filling prescriptions is not what “take your business to Walgreens” means. The phrase is dismissive, contemptuous, practically an insult meaning something like “don’t bother me with your ********.” It first appears in Burroughs’ work in Junky:


When I complained about the wholesaler, Bill Gains got snappish and said I ought to cut the stuff more. “You’re giving a better cap than anybody in New York City. Nobody sells sixteen percent stuff on the street. If your customers don’t like it, they can take their business to Walgreen’s.”

 

[AKguy1985]

Matt Foley, motivational speaker.