Circle K

topic posted Mon, December 24, 2007 - 12:14 AM by  Max
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***If you don't live in an area with Circle-K Markets, they're convenience stores like 7-Eleven. Their trademark is a big "K" inside a circle, as if it were the name of a ranch.***

LiaBear's question about snowflakes caused me to recollect how I once thought about one out of every three people one encounters every day is Jewish.

The first time I saw a Circle-K market was in Yuma, Arizona. When I saw the sign, I did not think "Circle K" but rather "Kosher". I thought maybe it was a meat market. I was very surprised that a town like Yuma would have a large enough Jewish community to support such a store, then I speculated that you don't have to be Jewish to shop there. It just seemed so different, out on some patch of asphalt surrounded by desert sand.

I was glad that I learned what it actually was before I asked about it. My friends sister asked her mom if she could have fifty cents to go to the Circle-K for whatever their version is of a Slurpee.

Am I the only one?
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Max
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  • Re: Circle K

    Mon, December 24, 2007 - 12:59 AM
    That's funny. Can't imagine your surprise if you had gone to the Circle K looking for brisket!
    • Re: Circle K

      Mon, December 24, 2007 - 5:51 AM
      haha..you may be the only one.

      Growing up Jewish in Kentucky I just never assume anything's jewish!
      That's funny though.
      • Re: Circle K

        Wed, December 26, 2007 - 7:18 AM
        Had the same experience in Washington D.C. even though its not as far south as Kentucky. It wasn't until I was old enough to cross major avenues unaccompanied that I could even have a Jewish friend I could visit without my parents taking me there.

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