The DL five-and-dime store.

The "Queen Helene" shelf is looking pretty bare.

Pink plastic curlers.

We can't keep-up with paper umbrellas demand. These things just fly off the shelves. They must be using them in their morning coffee, too!

"Zote" bars to get that ring around the collar out!

R2 And the accompanying nets:

These

You guys keep demanding these but we won't be getting our next shipment until two months after Halloween:

I love true dollar stores, by the way. Where everything -- everything! -- is a dollar.

Bobby pins, shower cap, oilcloth table cover, rose scented votive candles, pink foam hair-curlers, Evening in Paris Bour Jois, and FDS. My gentleman caller is coming on Wednesday evening so you had better have all in stock Tuesday morning. Monday is a very busy day at the office and I have no time to shop. Tuesday I'm having my nails done on lunch hour.

Hot Water Bottles, for our cold beds, aching backs, and enemas.

Pencil sharpener

Mary Janes. My sister will be visiting, and she's bringing the kids with her.

Old jars of Afro Sheen.

R9 More "Evening in Paris"? Are you bitches drinking the stuff? We can't keep up.

R9 You're just going to have to hold yourself over with some "Blue Waltz".

We stopped carrying Ayds diet pills but that doesn't stop us clerks from speculating anyone with a thin face and high cheekbones is using.

Necco wafers Cashmere Bouquet soap Bazooka gum Mr. Bubbles

We're always out of these on aisle 4.

I don't know what y'all use this for but we can't keep up with demand. While never obligated, we always appreciate a nod to the cashier if you've taken the last one from the shelf.

Some of the local gals have complained that we're out of size XXXL cobblers.

R20 Do they say anything about what print they prefer? Wine teakettle?

Also, coincidentally, we actually do have mulled wine teakettles on aisle five. Next to the candle warmers.

I could use some more carn cob holders

We need more hair products for the African American customers.

R22 We have two stocking shelves on aisle 4 but their shifts end at 2 pm, so you might want to get in line early.

More Jean Naté, please. My man's coming over tonight, and I'm just about out.

Make sure you include more cocoa butter on R1's request, please. These elbows and knees are as ashy as you don't know what.

For those still in line on aisle 4...

Also those Mint Julep face packs are must . There was a Woolworth in 80s on 79st and bway in NY. They had the best Fried Chicken and my best friend and I would cut class and use their photo booth.

Lead the Plaid Parade!

Evening in Paris Cologne.

Breck Shampoo and Creme Rinse

Aqua Net

Right Guard Deodorant

Clearasil

Welch's Fudge Bars

Can you order the Queen Helene Mint Julep Shampoo ? And some of those magnetic rollers ? And nine volt batteries for my transistor radio ?

The tubes are QUITE handy.

Why is it taking so long for the new Beatle's album to come in ?

It's time for the Coppertone QT Indoor/Outdoor Tanning Lotion.

Cloth Diapers, diaper pins, and rubber pants.

Cloth Diapers, diaper pins, and rubber pants.

June Allyson's shopping mantra...

Stock up!

Are you still carrying the Pond's cold cream? I do hope so. Please order some more. My hands look a mess without it, and I'm loathe to switch to the new-fangled lotions they're now pushing.

Dippitty Doo

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LOL r42 ! How well I remember sitting outside in the summertime with my dad, sipping cokes, smoking our cigarettes, and listening to the ball games on the new Sears transistor radio.

Noxema and Bactine Spray. And Calamine Lotion. We're going to the beach !

R42 This one gave you matches.

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R46 Seriously needed today. I've sat in class with 18 year-olds who could benefit from the purchase of that toy.

Spoolies!

Yum!

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More Charms, please.

No need to order more Now & Laters, though. I don't like them much, and I know no one who actually does.

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Sizemeat verificatia denied

tubesocks, jockstrap, wooden beach paddles, pinky balls,

Underwear! Mine are hanging by a thread.

extra "HOT" indeed

I WANT Judy's sweater [R22]! Where can I get that type of neckline in a sweater? I've looked everywhere. And some carn cob holders. Gotta have those.

these:

very comprehensive collection of glitter

pompoms in individual colour and mixed colours

obviously

sadly, bottms, this has been discontinued... however, I will donate some of the cases I purchased if you promise to use them wisely, like Elaine and her sponges

Again, a wide selection

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Y'all need to pace your nether region shaving routines. This is on backorder.

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We need dusters in several colours and sizes

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classic cheap espadrilles

snacks

Airplane attire

these

these

Fuck that link. AIRPLANE ATTIRE per Dl standards

Garden supplies

can holders

patio essentials

Fenton lamps

"Hollywood regency", "french provincial", "venetian" and "novelty" folding TV trays

cheap but wonderful Made in Bangladesh and Burma macrame plant hangers, in our plant department.

affordable pink chenille

Blacklight posters

rhinestone cocktail rings

Click-Clack hair bands. I'm taking my niece to see my mother, and I want to cuten her up before we go. I swear, my sister has no talent whatsoever for doing her daughter's hair.

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Parakeets for 98¢. Your kids won't tire of them after one day -- we promise.

Food screens. I'm gonna have a barbecue, and I can't stand how those flies get at the food before the people do.

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Summer fun toys: jacks, pick-up sticks, marbles, hula hoops, and pogo sticks.

R83 that bitch needs to move her big head out of my way.

Bubbles and Squirt Guns.

I need my water pills.

This is how I got my kids to love carn on the cob:

Rain bonnets. I pay Miss Geoffrey way too much money to do my hair, and I'll be damned before I let another surprise rainshower ruin my do.

r82, I wore that to my daughter's wedding.

Frameless tinted 70s sunglasses. Will I choose blue, lavender or rose-colored?

Because we have sophisticated tastes

Bonomo's Turkish Taffy

Hula Hoops!!!

The new clerk says he has Notions......I'll say he does!!!!

Church hats

Full body condoms for all the sex negatives / prudes / judgmental queens

Only 99 cents each! Get Two! You'll never be lonely again!

My mom needs a box of super Kotex sanitary napkins, box of 36, and a size medium sanitary belt.

Eva Gabor Terry Cloth Turbans--so chic for between hairdressing appointments,

Don't forget the Sea Monkeys!

Windmills for the yard.

Do they stock Butterick patterns? I need to stitch up a new caftan for spring.

This season's patterns are a little picked over. The notions aisle needs attention.

Make sure you keep the XXL in stock, please.

Per the "guys with full bush only" thread

And in the crafts department. Reuse, reduce, recycle!

Is there a luncheonette? I'll have Salisbury steak with vegetables, fresh from the freezer, and I want my Coke in a paper funnel cup that sits in a metal holder.

has Toyland been updated for my growing boy's needs - he's always locked away in there alone these days!!!

Footies!

R114 - you keep your teenage boy out of Toyland, it is to expand his mind and nothing else!

I want a chocolate malted shake from that shiny new Swedish milkshake machine @ S.S. Kresge's.

Mike wants the Doctor's Bag for Christmas, and Sally wants the Nurse's Bag. Isn't sixteen a little old to be playing "doctor and nurse?"

Granny panties

I will not sleep without these.

In such delicate colors- skip down the street grandma - all eyes are on you!

Crate loads of these, please. A girl's gotta stay clean.

Don't forget your corn & bunion pads!

A Green Weirdo and shopping with Joan Crawford.

Get more of the Prell shampoo in a tube. I prefer over the bottled kind.

Joan is buying a lot of seafood. White gloved supermarket shopping in 1969, two years after the Summer of Love. Sad.

Dixie Bath cups, unwaxed, and even more basic cups for our pills.

Party Games

Crepe paper boutique

Oriental Corner, by Pets

🐹 Ipana Toothpaste

Don't forget my Scotch Hairset Tape !

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You should stock plenty of those "I love you this much" statues. They're adorable and make wonderful gifts! I got my mom one for her birthday, and she can't stop telling her friends about it!

Mustn't run out of smoking gargoyles.

Awesome Thread, OP

Thanks for the memories !

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Richard Simmons Salad Spray

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Always wondered what this was.

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Colorforms...Used to be one of my favorites..

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Oh my gosh! I forgot about so many of those things. They bring back a lot of memories! LOL! However, some of stuff on this thread we didn't have at our Dime store. They had some tacky stuff but not like a lot of things listed here. Our Dime store was Benjamin Franklins. I miss the Dime store a lot and sometimes it is annoying to go to Target which is massive and ridiculous. One of the things what was great about the Dime store it carried basic things and it was small and you could zip through the store quickly. Now we have these massive stores that took over like Target and Walmart that are not only too big but they don't have the charm that Dime stores used to have. You could find diamonds in the rough and it was fun. So sad that big businesses take over.

[Quote]Is there a luncheonette?

Yes! I'll actually two hotdogs, which are being roasted on that rolling pin contraption, some fries, and -- oh, why not? -- a vanilla milkshake. And yes, leave me the metal cup that you made the milkshake in, because I wanna drink what's left.

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The luncheonette is too expensive for me. I'll just have one of the parakeets in the pets department for 98 cents.

Excuse me, where would I find the telephone dialing wands? You must have those.

Don't forget the Matchbox cars for all those budding motorists ... only 55 cents each!

Those were the days!

I wasn't from a large town, but we had GC Murphy's, SS Kresge, Woolworth's, and WT Grant's. Great places to wander around on Saturday. Always stopped at the Planter's Peanut Store to grab a bag of 5¢ hot roasted peanuts to eat on the way home.

Everything was so cheap when I was a boy in the 60s. Which doesn't seem so long ago. But there was a difference between a penny, nickel, and dime. A quarter was something. You could get several things together for just a quarter at the corner store.

The first movie I remember seeing on my own (meaning with my older sisters, not with my parents) was True Grit - 1969. I bet the movie was 50 cents? Is that about right? Maybe 35c.

Albolene!

I've just stopped in to order two extra supportive Maidan Form Bras for my young Connie! The school has called and says she is getting too much attention from the boys!

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To match every outfit

Clackers were a fun toy, but could shatter and injure your eyes. Safety wins again!

I wish those stores were still around.We had a McCrory's and it was the highlight of my week going there while my mother was in ShopRite grocery shopping.

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And Don't forget to tell that snooty cashier not to forget my green stamps!

R167 Yeah,I remember,some of them wanted you to forget so they could have them for their own stash.

The turtle supplies are getting low.

Please make sure the record department stocks the latest hits by the McGuire Sisters.

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A tasteful tribute to everyone's favourite insatiable bottom:

Awwww, but R125!

The BOTTLED Prell came with that fake pearl at the bottom! So that when you turned it over and over again, you could watch as the "pearl" made its way SO s-l-o-o-o-o-o-w-l-y through all of that thick, luscious shampoo, GUARANTED to give you thick, luscious hair!

Can't have enough Swizzle Sicks.

DL's Guide to Life:

Bottoms Up!

The magazine supplier needs to increase the "DaytimeTV" count. We're always selling out. I noticed a lot of men were buying the last issue. Something on the cover must've attracted them.

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Fake buns.

[R180] - I believe those are chignons. Regardless, they should be held in place with these.

Gay Blades. I love that the packaging is lavender.

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We only have two cases of these left, and the weekend's not over yet.

Slightly irregular t-shirts and underwear labeled "blooper" in large print.

Beware three leg holes.

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Ruby, are you SURE you've been feeding the canaries enough? They just don't seem perky.

Don't forget your rain bonnet.

I loved thos Crain bonnets as a kid. Where can I buy one?

R189 Maybe they still make them.I doubt they make this groovy Ken lunchbox though..lol

Don't worry, Ruby, you can leave those canaries right HERE with ME!

The Add-A-Matic to keep track of grocery spending.

Please stock up on more thermoses. I'm always dropping them by accident. I sure wish the glass inside them didn't shatter so easily.

I'll be in the music department shopping for a new case for my records.

Can you order the Julia lunchbox? It's for my niece, and she needs a pretty and positive role model like Diahann Carroll.

Wow, I can press this on the Sunday comics, in the newspaper, pick up the image, and strrrrrretch it hilariously!

Lots and lots of these, please!

All those great things to occupy our time when we were younger. Far more fun than shooting people on a Saturday night.

The only interest I had in a phone was listening in on the grown up conversations on the party lines.

These were so much better than phones...

Did we know how to have fun or what !?!

A must-have in every medicine cabinet.

Due to pending litagation Happy Fun Ball will no longer be available.

Sorry for the iinconvenience.

Orange slices, sugar babies, Boston baked beans.

Kiss bubble gum cards. Charlie's Angels bubble gum cards.

Who needs Happy Fun Balls, anyway?

Open the door for your...

soothing.

You old folks are NOT a hoot.

Millennial applications are being accepted at Target and Walmart, r208...

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Grease and Jaws 2 bubble gum cards

Chocolate malt balls

Does anyone remember the store fashion lane?

[R195] - I loved the Julia show as a kid. Lloyd Nolan, Laurene Tuttle...et al. I still remember years ago reading an article/interview with Miss Carroll where she brought up (or was asked about) her allowing Mattel to do a Julia doll. She responded that she was disappointed because it ended up looking like all of the Barbies. I thought...um....Miss Carroll, all of your talent aside, you are beautiful and DO look like a Barbie doll!

Maybe she had something more like this in mind...

or this.

I don't give a rat's ass if some DL whippersnapper thinks this thread is a hoot or not. I have had a ball remembering my many forays to the Woolworth's, McCrory's, Kresge's, Newberry's, and WT Grant's in the 60s and 70s. I had forgotten so many of the basic pleasures of strolling the aisles and having a treat at the counter.

Thanks for the memories OP and to all who have contributed.

Well, r194, if you're getting another record case, then you might as well pick up more of the 45 insert discs. I think the dog's been eating them.

[quote]I don't give a rat's ass if some DL whippersnapper thinks this thread is a hoot or not.

Millenials all think it's our job to make sure they are never bored.

Without constant stimulation, they die.

6 more cases of HELENESQUE, please.

[R220] Oh.......she really is gone, isn't she?

I just got my allowance! Do you have some new ones of these in yet?

R217 I agree 100%. I've had a blast in this thread on and off all day.

Trainee cashier Miss Werner was caught doing just that r168.

Hoppity Hop @ r205 looks mighty gay in those pedal pushers and Keds® slip ons.

OMG, just remembered!

Anybody able to post a photo of "Wacky Packages"???

The young kids need the boot.

They've had no childhood. It's really true.

🙌 BEST

THREAD 🎈

🏆 EVER !

..will he be a dream..or a dud, R206 Why the flock do I remember that ad? Haha.

Fizzies! Just 19 cents!

Curlers on your head, shame on you!

Available in the small appliances aisle.

Sugar Babies-the best friend the Tooth Fairy ever had.

Be careful R205, those Hippity Hops seem to have inspired certain, uh, *proclivities* in later life....

Pixie Stix and Squirrel Nut Zippers

for you, r229...

and to cover all the bases...

Please restock the wonky paperback book carousel.

Shell No Pest Strips

Toy paratroopers

Heavy weight cultured pearls, that you can clutch, snap and toss at a bitch.

R226 I posted a bunch of Wacky Packages at R223.

Thanks Tyler Poindexter...is the all-male version for real? From staid, old Milton Bradley? Truthfully, I prefer the dud-there's something about untucked shirts that brings out the adolescent-girl-in-a-room-full-of-unicorn-posters in me.

Wacky Packages were great..The 'Tied', 'Ratz' & 'Hostage Cupcakes' were the best ones.

simple paper kites

organising necessities

composition book

Toxic crafts

Radioactive clocks and watches

oral fixes

Ant Farm

Hide your MAD and Car Craft mags from teacher!

Pee Chees!

non-p.c. playtime essentials

Rubber tomahawk

Pirate kit

Jacks

scents

Canoe

tiki torches

monkey toys. all sorts of plastic and rubber monkeys.

oops - pic monkey in a barrel

holiday colour-in contests

(it was always a picture to be coloured in, not free design)

Relax away tired, tense jaw and throat muscles with our personal massage units.

In the personal care/small appliance aisle.

Please have at least 1 or 2 village idiots (local mentally handicapped sweeties) working at all times. A huge lumbering man/boy custodian and check-out area helper.

Christmas Candy!

RECTALGAN Compare our price to Rexall!

Caution: not to be taken orally. In the humiliating personal medical products aisle

Perfect gift for the young man.

Oh, please stock some more Breck shampoo. I'm just about out, you see, and my hair's starting to look a fright.

Oh yeah, my mom needs some more Sani-White! Although it's for my little brother's baby shoes, I also use it the cover the scuff marks on my Keds.

[R265] Cybill was a Breck Girl......

More Butterick, Simplicity, McCalls, and Kwik Sew sewing patterns, please. I need to maintain my sartorial fabulousness.

Waist size 29, r268? I haven't been that size since 30 years ago!

Are the new "colorforms"in yet? Oh what an afternoon it's going to be!

Glass bottles and cast iron tubs/tiled shower pans, R173?

I'd forgotten about that.

[R173] I remember the pearl in the commercial, but I don't remember there actually being one in the bottles one purchased.

Look what a gentleman caller brought me!

Did the Afro Sheen come in yet? My fro is looking mighty dry.

Remember me?

Are these on the inventory yet?

R267 Cybill Shepherd was breathtaking during her youth.

OMG the innuendo in the copy at R260 's link is hysterical. 'Just twist the base and away she goes. Gives fast, penetrating comfort. 'Five minutes does the job. Give it to her'

Some Peggy Olson or other wrote that, R278

Don't fight, R125 and R173. People will be emerald green with jealousy at how your hair turns out when you shampoo with either kind of Prell.

At a dollar more per vibrator, R260, the men's version must have the added thickness every man needs in his personal electric device.

R249, I literally have not thought of those folders since I had some of them centuries ago.

A must in any touristy area.

A cheese and sausage gift set always says "party"!

I've given out more WWs in this thread than I have in any single thread in months.

Magic Turban...

To preserve freshness of crotch!

Does Wendy Malick know we can see that, R287?

ROUX bleach and ROUX lavender hair rinse.

DL at its best.

Thanks, R286! I've been wearing my mother's, and she's been yelling at me to get my own.

Don't pinch your fingers setting them up!!!

R288 it was her character in Hot In Cleveland.

OMG, r292! And someone was always falling down in them, because they had to be opened ALL THE WAY to remain remotely stable.

Was that the Lady Pants episode, R293? When Wends reads the ESL owner's manual....OMG! It was howlingly funny and reminiscent of various pieces of hi-fi gear manuals I had back in the 7-Tease. It lives on in the eBay listings from Asia-Pacific sellers (and I love them..no middle man!).

This thread is endlessly joy and quality life. You will find happy and love with it.

Water Rockets! Aim them at your friends!

In the toy aisle, next to the lawn dart and waterslide sets

That's a charming color, r289, but those of us of a certain age and breeding need something more subtle. Reorder this, please!

Brain Salt. Compare to Bromo-Seltzer!

Available in the will-all-be-controlled-substances-by-the-end-of-the1960s-aisle

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Oh, please have this available by this weekend. My sister's kids are going to spend a few days with me, and they're always getting filthy. I swear, they sweat grime from their pores. Are they packed with dirt?

Don't forget to re-order Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers!

Kinky lunchboxes.

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Don't risk your precious record collection! Purchase a new needle from our large selection today! Sapphire and diamond tips available, 78s, too. For Emerson, Lloyds, Juliette and other fine brands.

This thread is my all- time favorite !

Oh look! It's the prize winners from the Pillsbury Bake-Off cookbook!

JUST IN!

New bolts of Marimekko fabric for your Simplicity dress patterns!

r307---that pattern would make a fabulous caftan!

Get that soft and dreamy look.

Merry mules by Beacon

You know you want them.

Salty and Peppy

Spoolies!!!!!

Bengay, for when your wrestlers get a pulled groin and you need to rub them down

you're 8 year nieces and nephews will surely get into CalTECH and MIT a decade later with hi-tech toys. Give them every chance not to be losers.

far out!

Emmett Kelly.There seemed to be a strange fixation with drunken hobo/clown related things back then.

perfect hems so fast, so easy, so compact

ceramic xmas tree replacement pins

classy gorgeous xmas trees

Sexy Slippers..

everything about this

[R287] Thanks for my new screen name!

Time to redecorate!

Contact paper for the drawers

reinforcements for our holes.....

(Youthening designs and colours)

Plastic covers for the seats!

These for the kitchen...

And these for the sitting room!

Chum Gum. Two sticks for a penny. My barber would give me one after my haircut when I was 5 years old.

You could drive everyone crazy with this..

foil-tipped glass roses

The kitchen wouldn't have been complete without these.

And a lamp/clock for the boudoir.

This week, between Pets and the Oriental corner, we have a small selection of exotic wicker and rattan.

priscilla curtains

Spa essentials

Will you have any Lazy Susans coming on soon? My sister Beatrice has one (actually, two), and I'm so charmed by how you can just spin it around to reach your spices and stuff!

We are getting low on the paper wrapped packs of 32 wooden clothespins.

How are we fixed for red Swedish gummy fish? That bin was getting low if I recall correctly.

Also, I don't think it is tasteful at all to have fake doggy doo on the revolving novelties rack. Why can't we just go back to Silly Putty and glow-in-the-dark yo-yos?

sturdy stainless basics.

So much shoplifting done by me and my friends. One of my buddies would be immediately followed whenever she entered the local Woolworth. How did they ever stay in business?

Sipping Bird

Rodent fun

[Quote]One of my buddies would be immediately followed whenever she entered the local Woolworth.

Is this your old friend, r341?

Dippity Do

For our more discerning clientele - Mag-nifique mirrors by Irving Rice.

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Including vintage stock of the classic plastic Irving Rice Life Style 2-way Swivel. 1 per customer, no dealers.

I love old watering cans.

We do stock a number of items in brass, R349, but its all varnished brass.

I think these sold out. Please re stock!

Does anybody remember these or know how to do a search for them? I remember them at the Woolworth candy counter circa 1963. They were little clear glass figural (telephone, car, etc.) bottles with (black?) screw-on tops. They were filled with tiny multi-colored candy beads.

Need to get rid of this itch.

obviously

making soccer moms aghast but cannot be destocked

Oh, manager! You're out of Aquanet!

crowns and tiaras including "extra large child" sizes please.

Coets

bile soap

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tar soap

R352 Is this it?

soap flakes

rag rugs

Goza mat for the beach. (My granny always had these)

First to suggest The BeDazzler!

To help shed those vanity pounds.

R366 "Imported from Gay Paree!"

Oh, I HAVE to get my Star Scroll Horoscope and lucky numbers!

Over the door plastic organisers

Cake pans and the toy aisle, please.

In our Oriental corner, 100% tin chinese checkers

[R362] YES! Thank you! The ironic thing is that I would always look at them and think they were really cool, but I never got one. My candy budget was blown on Bonomo's Turkish Taffy (vanilla only), wax tubes filled with colored sugar syrup, or a Forever Yours bar. Mars intermittently made the Forever Yours bar through the years. Happily (as it's my favorite candy bar), it's back in production renamed Milky Way Dark.

Hon, I got the last toadstools but there are some real cute kitten ones left.

We have ouija boards, in the locked glass cigar vitrine next to the collectable zippo lighters and the Piatnik playing cards, imported from Vienna! (We haven't sold a deck of those in over 10 years.)

This was pre-Bootsie Gumdrops:

I don't care if it rains or freezes, as long as I got my plastic Jesus!

I need a new Mood Ring.

It's almost Halloween kids! Go pick out a costume. Do you want to be Spock?

Samantha?

I want this one!

Also in the Oriental corner, the Blanche Dubois LED paper lantern collection. Considering flattering and youthening shades of pink, purple, orange, and mauve. Batteries not include but available at the checkout rayons.

Wax lips!

Nik-L-Nips

Hula Dancer

I really don't want to call anyone out....but some of y'all could benefit from a hygiene boost.

Pez, anyone?

Is it a candy, or is it a gum? It's Razzles!

How'd you like some Cawfee and a nice slice of Entenmann's cheese danish twist?

Fruit Stripe Gum

I'm not sure what was in that bottle of "Brain Salt" but I want some.

Ooh, the new Kresge's is opening this weekend! Now, I love the DL five & ten and all, but the good sales are gonna be at the new Kresge's!

Nifty Snuff Box.

I had one of these.

Ready for Mother's Day!

Colorful head scarves.Can Sophia can any more beautiful? I think not.

Laurie Partridge ( Susan Dey) looked like an American version of Sophia when younger.

All of the assortment, please!

Especially good for Grandma or guests!

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Please don't forget the Stopette. POOF! There goes perspiration.

More goldfish!

R341 They didn't. And now we know whom to blame.

50% more product and still only 50 cents a can!

Do you think it's clean!?

Do YOU think it's clean!!??

[quote] All of the assortment, please!

I live in Chicago, sad that they took down the factory here.

Haven't had Brach's in years, though.

Blank audio cassettes.

You bitches may like this site on Facebook.

It's not five and dime per se, and tends to talk more about mall stores (a different animal) but you may enjoy, nonetheless.

[quote]"Zote" bars to get that ring around the collar out!

Just cleaned out the Zote stock at my local Big Lots today.....79 cents a bar. I now have a big enough supply of pink Zote in my laundry room to fill the trunk of my Tesla.

Just add some baking soda, Borax and Purex crystals for fragrance and I have months & months worth of detergent with all the cleaning power of the brand names but for pennies on the dollar.

Moreover, I like the idea of not paying multi-national corporations for stuff I can easily make and do myself.

Bubblegum cigarettes

[quote]The "Queen Helene" shelf is looking pretty bare.

This shit sounds perfect for removing the heavy layer of zinc oxide I to wear every day in the sun in order to protect my,fair sensitive Irish skin..

I'm placing my subscribe and save order right now!

They're hanging on the end cap next to the rubber snake bin.

[R398] - You started your crime career earlier than me. I was 5 y/o when I pilfered musical spoons and yes, like you, I had to return them.

Zote makes detergent?

Excuse me! Manager! There's only one of these left but I have 6 rooms in my house!!!

Can you check the stockroom and see if you have any in Aqua, please?

So many young men with rough skin coming in to buy this. Maybe for their girlfriends!

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Egads! My roommate had those monstrosities at R328!

R208, Baby Huey, needs another rattle. I think we're out of stock. Apparently Baby keeps shoving them up her popo and then Mummy doesn't want her to shove them back into her mouth like she wants.

i need to replace the clacker that was confiscated by the principal

We're out of those cute cactusususes again. I don't know why they're so popular. And it's the customers with all them piercing things that are getting them.

I FINALLY got the stainless polished and now comes another breakfast rush.

Fuck.

Could someone bring another case of Torture Bears up to Toys? May as well bring more Eager Otters and Chub Cubs too, while you're back there.

Some more of those Superman blow-up dolls too. The boys really love their super heroes!

With Mother's Day upon us, they had better stock up on some Jean Naté gift packs for mum and nana.

And bring down the rest of those other blow things.

I'll have to speak with the manager again about getting this hole in the washroom repaired.

Sandra at R428, Mr. Dumie said he already told you that because of the lack of ventilation in the washroom, AND the customer's public men's room, city health code requires extra holes to keep the air moving. He'll try to have someone make the ventilation holes more attractive, though. And less sharp.

He said there's plenty of air in the ladies.

He also asked what you're doing in the men's room, Sandra. I said he'd have to ask you himself.

OH MY GOD, R69!

The dolls of my dreams!

Talk about "Sparkle, Neely sparkle!"

[quote]Zote makes detergent?

Two bars shredded in the food processor mixed with other commonly found ingredients for a total cost of $20 for over 500 loads.

Even DAWSON would be impressed.

I hope you have these in larger sizes. I'm buying them for a friend who's a little "hippy."

Hostess pants! I can pair them with an off-the-shoulder blouse, big crushy belt, ballet slippers and I'm all set.

R428, that glory hole is so nasty. I hope the store stocks up on these:

Let's not forget our Latino brethren and sistren! Las Velas de los Santos.

and on that same theme, Prayer Candles for the Gays.

While you kids are shopping and having lunch at the counter, I be in S.S. Kresge's Basement Beauty Parlor getting my hair cut and permanent waved for Mother's Day.

Don't let family time be ruined by aging or failing vacuum tubes. New tubes are available for all major brands-Magnavox, Motorola, RCA, Zenith, Philco, Curtis-Mathes and many, many more.

Test your tubes today!

Don't leave home without those groovy sounds from your 8-Track collection. Come in today and find the Lear car 8-Track player for your dream machine! In and under-dash models available. Check out the popular slide-out anti-theft underdash mount, and the new surface mount 5 1/4" speakers with treble-boosting whizzer cones!

Your ears and your dates will love you for it!

Thanks to R326's contribution 'youthening' is my mot du jour. D' année, in fact!

Meet me at the photo booth near the escalator!

Beaded Curtains

Do these go in bath decor or notions?

[quote] I'll have to speak with the manager again about getting this hole in the washroom repaired.

Funny, the first place I ever saw one was in a GC Murphys!

Don't forget the nut loaf!

In the breakfast & bakery aisle, right next to the dry-as-dust Entenmann's coffee cake.

FABULOSO! For that Fabuloso clean, inside and out!

Just above the fruitcake, r445

Clove, Teaberry, or BlackJack gum

I don't understand this but advert, but we must restock Fleet - it's flying off the shelves.

The original "beef curtains?" R443

I'm not sure either, R449, but the instructions used to reduce me to uncontrollable laughter By the time I got through the line: 'until the urge to evacuate is strong' I'd given up the idea of using it.

Preparation H! For minty-fresh breath and a smooth complexion. Pick up a three-pack and save $$$!

In the likely-to-be-misused section of the embarrassing personal products aisle.

Because you never know when you may have to sew a button back on.

Before Nutella but with more je nes se qua

Zarex Fruit Punch Concentrate

Water Wiggle. Water Sports the entire family can enjoy!

Look for it in the "As Seen On TV" aisle.

[Quote]but with more je nes se qua

R454 Bitch, you just LOOKING to get read up in here!

Mojo candy - 10 for a dime

(the old ones looked different than the one pictured)

Wasn't Ginny Sayqua that high-yellow gal who told everyone she was French and Indian? She worked the notions counter until they caught her cutting herself with the the seam rippers and then putting them back in the cases.

You remember. Fat. Sloppy. Bad teeth. Usually pregnant and then she'd "lose it" and want three days funeral leave. Boojie.

R457 sait quoi.

R392- Swing by and pick me up on the way to the Kresge sale ! Mama gave me the $5.00 bill she keeps in her bra and told me to get her a new chenille bedspread and I could buy a parakeet.

[quote] You remember. Fat. Sloppy. Bad teeth. Usually pregnant and then she'd "lose it" and want three days funeral leave.

You worked with that bitch too?

She's moved on.

We didn't forget the curlers, did we?

Please stock more Precious Moments figurines. They are just too cute!

You stole that from Ginny's desk, R465, when she, um, didn't come back to work.

R466, Well, that bitch stole my Katie the Carrot and Cooky the Cucumber toys right off my desk. I know she did it because I found their ears and noses in her wastebasket.

RIP Hammie. Mrs. Cunterson in Housewares stocked the boxes of pellets ABOVE his little home, and then Wanda Mann accidentally knocked a couple down when she was reaching for the chewsticks. Poor pressed Hammie, he didn't have a chance. And remember how Bootsie Gumdrop "disappeared" his other friend? Of course Mrs. Cunterson blamed Wanda.

Don't forget a can or two of Hi-C. We can all use some more of that important vitamin.

Ed Roth Revell model kits!

Plastic combs for all occasions.

Staying at the Bellagio?

Don't forget us!

At the Fashion & Footwear Nook by the fountain and tea room.

Now even your kitchen can be The Hippest Trip in America with our brand new Urban Nightlife refrigerator magnet collections.

Studio 54 Jive Five set shown.

Chunky!

There'll be a run on this item before Mother's Day - Sophisti-cat for Sophisti-Mom: "Hypnotique"

K-Tel Blockbuster 20 original hits - 20 original stars!

It Shoots Around The Corner! Comes with a free first-aid kit in case someone puts their eye out. No girlz allowed!

What a lifesaver! Mother-in-law is coming for dinner and I'm ready for the roast with my Betty Furness Westinghouse thermometer set.

When Mystery Date doesn't end well...

R475, OMG. My mom had that back in the day! I completely forgot about that kitty.

R457 gets to wear the ”DL Standards Upholder” sash for the day. It's crafted in silky Poly-mix fabric, you know.

So many laughs to be had here on DL's best-ever thread.

But there's no escaping the fact that Nutella looks and tastes like melted brown crayons, R481.

In my gang, it was only the anorexic bluestocking-type girls subsisting mostly on rye crackers and water that ate the stuff.

I don't recall Koogle, hmmmmm.

Also, a friend of mine over at Musicland Records says that 8-tracks are not going to catch on with the kids. I think we should stock up on phonograph needles, and those little plastic converters that let the kids play their 45s on mom & dad's hifi. Those things will never go out of style.

Manly yes, but I like it, too!!! Now in the plastic squeeze bottle!

We'd better get more Alberto VO5 in stock, because once the "World Famous Actress and Star Rula Lenska Ad Campaign" starts up there's going to be a STAMPEDE.

Shit should be banned, R485.

[R485] - Umm, the "manly, yes..." thing was for Irish Spring.

More shit that should be banned, R488.

GET SOME MORE MOTHER FUCKING MIDOL ON THE SHELF AND FUCKING GET ME A BOTTLE OF THE SHIT!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I know, but I didn't think it hurt anything to say it. Shirley Booth told a story of two girls riding on the subway.....one asked her friend what perfume she was wearing because it was great. The other girl told her.....Old Spice.....

Devin, honey, would you please ask Mr. Dumie if he wants this in with the candles or - um - somewhere else?

Thank you, baby.

I'm really not sure replacing all the Barbies with Joanie Dearest Dolls is going to work. And for God's sake do NOT stock them near the hangers. OR the garden tools.

Lady wants to know if we sell the Afro Puffs only by the pair.

Do you carry any JonBenet dolls that are more - um - lifelike?

Hilarious!! I had forgotten all about the puffs. A Soul Train regular must have.

Don't forget the Ronco Rhinestone & Stud Setter, only $9.98. The perfect Christmas gift!

Available at Von's TG&Y, Grant City, Woolworth's, Woolco ...

R485 That's the Irish Spring tagline, not Old Spice.

Trashy pulp fiction novels:

More trashy novels, for Friends of Dorothy:

Not so slutty reading material.

We put some of these in the candy aisle, and some in the tobacco aisle!

I don't know why we keep the menstrual belts in stock. Not with duct tape and burlap so cheap.

The new athletic supporters are in. And thank God they finally realized how dangerous supporter wilt can be!

Don't put them with the bandages, ladies! Stock them with the bats and balls!

And, Devin, thank you for assisting me in deciding on the selection.

Is this Datalounge's Cheryl, working the counter for some extra hours?

Kids toys

Ahhh, the prices! I remember that my mom would hand me a dollar which would buy me a hot dog, fries and a Coke with a single scoop of ice cream for dessert.

I could get a hamburger, but then I would have to forego the ice cream.

Action figure squirt guns

LOL R505 - that's almost exactly what I imagined Cheryl would look like!

I thought she wasn't allowed to be around dairy products r505 as the stench sours milk?

Bat Man Presenting....Triggered! LOL, R508

Creepy Crawlers. Writing this as a wolf spider is sitting on my monitor (g) Does anyone recall a similar toy that had plastic squares that when you heated them, they opened up and morphed into various critters? The 'oven' (more like a hot plate, really) also had a vice built into it that compressed the plastic bugs back into squares. Weird-ass toy, but hey, it was 1967.

Does the DL five and dime have any more of these in stock? I want to get it for my young nephew. Such a creative boy he is.

Or maybe this one. Hmm, maybe I'll get both.

Baby Jane Hudson Dolls

If the soda fountain is still in operation, I'll take a lemon phosphate.

Franny? Are we going to get any of those "Superelasticbubleplastic" thingamabobs in the store? Dr. Matthews said that those four kids who supposedly dies from inhaling the vapors were just weak kids with inferior genes. He said that this stuff is as safe for kids as cigarettes are for adults.

' which would buy me a hot dog, fries and a Coke with a single scoop of ice cream for dessert.'

Mmm. The cuisine of champions.

What the fuck are you oldies saying? Seriously???

R518 Sorry, we don't let your kind in this establishment.

R518 Here young Mary, chew on these Mary Janes and be still.

R519 R520 I am a millenial white

Don't matter if the you're white, black or purple r521, "your kind" is whining about a thread instead of just not taking part.

Whoever coined the term "millennials" probably had a deep sense of ironic aftermath.

Miss R522 gets it. You've been appointed new store manager, gurl!

R517 Are you saying that my tastes were unrefined at age 12?

Guilty as charged.

At 12 I was shoving hot dogs up my ass!

Amateur, R526

R527 gurl no you didn't

Oh, and Franny? Can I get the new boy to move the candy away from the cold medicines? A stuffed up diabetic made a big fuss while you were out getting your perm.

I most certainly did! One must start early and doggedly work up to the big boys.

15" Plastic Parsons Tables $5.99 available in black, white, and yellow.

Could you get them in fuchsia, lime green, and white?

Is there a chance of these bags being stocked? I love Sanford & Son, and I adore Aunt Esther! Not only are them bags cute, I actually can use a new one for church.

[quote]Could you get them in fuchsia, lime green, and white?

Does this look like GayMart to you, bitch?

Yes it does, sir.

Testify, R535!

You're golden, R531, how could we forget parson's tables? I had a Dayglo orange one, it was home to my 13" tube/solid state hybrid BW Motorola Quasar TV! Bought both the same day at White Front & Cost Plus. Saved my allowance all summer + birhday check from my great auntie to buy 'em. Connected TV to my Radio Shack UHF antenna (on a mast, stuck in a vent pipe, I ran the lead-in from the light well) to get the only all-night TV station in the Bay Area at that time. Channel 36.

Ah, yes, who could forget The Perfect 36??

Should I be worried that little Maxwell likes to look at the pattern books with me?

Please have enough Roller Derby Street King shoe skates available in boys sizes 4-8.

Scoop ball toss and catch.

Teddies. Wonderful colors. Made each hubby frisky.

[quote]15" Plastic Parsons Tables $5.99 available in black, white, and yellow.

[quote]Could you get them in fuchsia, lime green, and white?

Or perhaps even checkerboard for entertainment AND function!

It's Science Fair time. Sally needs poster board, magic markers and lots of glue.

Perhaps Sally can make due with some mucilage to glue her poster thingies onto the poster. Elmer's glue can be kinda sloppy and gloppy.

Paste will do in a pinch.

Colgate

Just a tub...

Ovaltine works overnight wonders!

For Sally...

....

He likes it! Hey Mikey!

Please have the manager reorder tooth powder.

I'm worried my man's going to leave me unless I clean [italic]down there[/italic]. Have you got any Lysol in stock?

Poor Sally..

Poor Mikey..

Data Lounge custom PEZ dispensers. Offer a yummy PEZ candy to your friends and let the fun begin! (special order, 2-4 weeks delivery time)

Be sure to have plenty of these jewelry holders on hand.

Mom could use a new vanity mirror tray set and MD is just two weeks from now.

Goldfish and parakeets.

Yarn, sewing patterns, cloth, and accessories.

Breaking Bad Candy Makers

Elegant and mysterious fiber optic lamps

Holy gawd, LYSOL feminine douche??? No wonder you guys think most women smell bad down there. I have never heard of that stuff and I'm no spring chicken.

I'm about to embark on a fancy Mediterranean vacation and I want to come back bronzed and beautiful!

I need a good, stiff....DRINK!

Your magazine section needs restocking.

R564

Robert Wagner and Betty Davis are two that didn't need to drink.

I beg to differ.

No Datalounge store would be complete without "Golden Girls" panties. (Blanche's are crotchless, of course.)

Excellent find r568!

R568 Just in time for Mother's Day!

Truly a DL classic. Thank you, OP, for making the magic happen.

Think what your classmates will say!!!! By Yardley!

And don't forget that "Irium" smile!

These

And this

fringe

paper straws

quick and elegant dessert essentials

finest confectionaries

Complete Madeline books including DL five-and-dime store exclusive pop-up versions

wiener slicer

champers

flaming marshmallow nut fudge sundaes

If you can get these racy glasses in stock, I want to buy them for my husband Bernie's birthday. He's the life of the party!

OK, R584, but we do [bold]not[/bold] display them out of their boxes as those boys who always feel up the bras in lingerie would do their best to steal glasses showing lady parts. Also, do any of you know Bart Sneethins? He's the quiet, well-groomed boy who sometimes wears macrame vests that he made himself. Anyhoo, Franny said she was almost certain that the boy shoplifted a bottle of Lemon Up shampoo. Do any of you know why a 16 year old boy would want such a thing?

Yes I do know young Bart. He has been spending way too much time sampling the Muguet de Bois and Tabu testers for my liking.

Please order more of these. Little Bobby seems to go through a tube a week.

To All Employees:

Effective immediately, only ONE person is allowed in the dressing rooms at any time. Decency prevents me from telling you what I saw the other day when two gentlemen went into a dressing room together. I cannot spend all day peeking under the curtain when I need to be monitoring the jewelry aisle.

Thank you for your cooperation on this matter.

Do order more Q-Tips with the WOODEN STICKS, please. They seem to be more sturdy and, uhm ... I don't know ... but ... well, AMERICAN.

Yardley's of London Talcum Powder

Who's in charge of the Voortman Cookies?

Uh, where are the Lifesavers? Damn, no Butter Rum?

Be a love and direct me to the doily aisle.

You have not a single doily in the entire shop? What sort of establishment do you purport to be operating?

Tany orange lipstick and Angel Face powder. Those chocolate non-pereils, and Bridge mix too.

R594 Did you mean Tangee orange lipstick? I have never heard of Tany.