Everything You Need

Daily writing prompt
Where would you go on a shopping spree?

All under one roof!

You sneaky little marketing devils…Trying to determine our shopping habits, eh? 😄

Personally, I do all my shopping at…

Gorilla Mart!

Yes, indeed, all your simian shopping needs conveniently located in one place.

Need to do your grocery shopping? No problem! Gorilla Mart has a wide variety of fresh foods from all over the world!

Need a new denim jacket for your Iron Maiden back patch? We’ve got you covered!

Need to do some shopping for the kids? Gorilla Mart has the hottest new toys. Always in stock, and always at the lowest prices! (We know you’re really shopping for your collection, but that’s ok. We won’t tell!)

And of course, after a busy day of shopping, who doesn’t want to go home and have a nice nightcap? Gorilla Mart carries the finest spirits selection this side of the Bronx Zoo!

Need a snack or a quick beverage while you shop? No problem! Just stop by any one of our in-house kiosks for a fine coffee, a cold, refreshing soda, a slice of pizza, or even a hot, freshly baked buttered pretzel! Mmm Mmm! Delish!

So, don’t forget…For the hottest new items, at the lowest prices, shop at Gorilla Mart!

YOU’LL GO ABSOLUTELY BANANAS OVER OUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICES!!


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152 responses to “Everything You Need”

  1. Opening soon in a town near me, I hope!

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    1. Stay tuned! We’re always looking for new areas to monopolize! Er, I mean…serve! 😊

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  2. Nice spin but the AI will quickly interpret it as Walmart. :)

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    1. I don’t give a damn what they call it. I refuse to give them anything factual. Spin away, WalPressMart.

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      1. LOL. 👍

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  3. Who / What are you using for your A.I. generated images BTW, and how difficult is it for you to get what you’re looking for in a created image?

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    1. Primarily right now, I use the Dall-E Image Creator in Bing. I’ve been messing about with Stable Diffusion and Playground, but really just started with those.

      Dall-E seems to do better with simple prompts. Too complex and god knows what you’ll end up with. Start off basic and build off it from there once you see what it yields.
      “Man fishing on a boat, sunrise, make it look like an oil painting”. See what it gives you and add flourishes from there, and regenerate.

      It also can be temperamental at times with certain words. “Woman sitting on a bed crying”, better than 50% chance it will block the prompt and/or threaten to suspend you. lol

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      1. Interesting… I guess I’m going to have to start playing around with a few different sites if I want graphics for my posts and stories without looting the web or spending 100s of hours learning to use Poser.

        My big issue is the registration required. I haven’t looked at other sites but Chat GPT wanted every little detail about anyone using it.

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      2. I already have a Microsoft account, so I just log in with that. They already have all my info from gaming anyhow lol

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    2. And blocking the prompts is more to do with Bing, then Dall-E itself. I’m just not pulling the trigger on dishing out cash at this stage of the game.

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  4. 😂 brilliant! Love the photos!

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    1. Thank you kindly! 😊

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  5. Your article never fails to refresh me. Such a fun read 😅

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    1. Thank you, little sister 🙏
      Glad you enjoyed it 😊

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  6. Hahaha, this was a funny one indeed 😂

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    1. Thanks, Laura! Glad you liked it! 🙏😊

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  7. Immediately after I read this delightful answer by Gorilla, one of my favorite songs popped into my head. “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani – specifically this part of the song:

    Lemme hear you say
    “This shit is bananas”
    B-A-N-A-N-A-S
    “This shit is bananas”
    B-A-N-A-N-A-S

    😂

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    1. Maybe you heard it from the overhead speakers while you were shopping at G-Mart. 😎

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      1. No doubt. (see what I did there?)

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      2. Don’t speak out of turn.

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      3. Hey, it’s my life…

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      4. I can take this down Bon Jovi Boulevard or Billy Joel Way, but beyond that…lol

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      5. They are in my wheelhouse lol

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      6. Same here.
        I got a call from an old friend, we used to be real close. I guess he’s doing a standup routine in L.A.

        Anyhow, he said he likes both too!

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      7. I think I know the guy you’re talking about. I think his friend had a daughter. She ran away. He didn’t hear a single word she said. She got frustrated. So now she’s out on the streets where girls talk about their social lives. 💅🏻

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      8. I heard about her. I heard she’s running wild in the streets. I also heard she works at the diner all day now, I guess her boyfriend is out of work. Union’s been on strike, or some such.

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      9. That’s what it’s like to live in Allentown, or so I’ve heard.

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      10. Well, if she wasn’t always trying to live like an uptown girl, they’d be in far better shape. I asked Tommy why he doesn’t break up with her, and he said he’ll never say goodbye to her. Meanwhile, she’s falling in and out of love with every guy she sees behind his back, and probably bringing him home a social disease or two.

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      11. All of this may very well be true. But Tommy told me that he blames himself because she steals like a thief, is frequently kind, and suddenly cruel, but she’s always a woman to him. He may be right, or he may be crazy. But it’s obvious that he’s been shot through the heart, and he’s played his part while she played her game.

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      12. I did hear they had a bit of a fight recently. I guess he missed her birthday. I saw him at Mr. Cacciatore’s down on Sullivan St. You know the place across from the medical center? Anyhow, he was going on about how this bottle was his only friend, and he wished he’d seen her blow those candles out. Meanwhile, she was across town at Elaine’s acting like a big shot, making sure everyone was so impressed with her Halston dress.

        And then to top it all off, Tony stopped to see his Mama Leone and she gave him a huge lecture about how him and Gina were living in sin and he should consider movin’ out. He left all pissed off, and then I guess he went back to the bar and stole Sgt. O’Leary’s Cadillac. Ack, ack, ac,k, ack, ack.

        Sorry. Slight cough. Sinus season. 🙄

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      13. I have to pause the story to tell you how great of a story writer you are with mashing song lyrics. I’m absolutely, completely amused and impressed. I don’t even want to write anymore. I want you to do it.😊

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      14. Why thank you, but truly, I was playing off a stellar partner. 😊
        Speaking of which, I see a new post. Need to go take a look 😉

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      15. I do not believe that. You are far better at storytelling with lyric mashup than I. Please write more.😊

        Thought I’d hit WordPress with some Kissyface poetry and Alanis Morissette. Now that’s a mash up.😆

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      16. Now you’ve put me on the spot here 😄

        Where was I?
        Ah, yes…ack, ack, ack.

        Tommy ought to know by now. 🙄
        Anyhow, I went to bail him out, brought him back to my place, and he passed out on the lawn. When he finally woke up and raised his weary head, he had an old coat for a pillow and the earth was last night’s bed. I guess he thought he was Billy the Kid or something.

        I tried talking to him, and I tried to tell him that girl is nothing but bad medicine, but he’s hell bent he’s going out in a blaze of glory with her. I asked him what the hell is his obsession with her, and he went on about how she’s got a way about her and all this other business. He started getting pissy with me and told me keep it to myself, it’s his life.

        I told him they’re going to end up like Brenda and Eddie, but he didn’t want to hear it. He got his hungover ass off my couch and said he was going to go get Gina some flowers and a present. Maybe a nice painting from Sears. They could hang it up in the apartment. Whatever. I tried for the longest time, but he wasn’t listening to shit.

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      17. This is so awesome! I’m invested in the storyline. If there was a mashup lyric story writing contest you would win, hands-down. 👏👏👏

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      18. Thanks. Leave it to me to win a niche that doesn’t exist 🤣🤣

        So, I guess Tommy squared things up with Sgt. O’Leary. He’ll be working at the bar to pay for the damages to the Cadillac. And every Saturday, he has to go over and wash the car and polish the fenders. Which is good, because the Sarge broke his back, ack, ack, ack, ack, ack, ack…
        Sorry *clears throat* Damn sinuses.
        …and can’t wash and polish it himself.
        In exchange, Sarge won’t press charges. He always liked Tommy.
        Sarge told me he feels bad for Tommy. He’s going to go down to the pawn shop and get his six-string out of hock and surprise him with it.

        Gina, meanwhile, has dreams of running away to become a fashion model. She’s in a New York state of mind these days. I am telling you, that girl is a loaded gun. Tommy should just turn and walk away.

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      19. You’re preaching to the choir. I win niches that shouldn’t exist. Sometimes I even inadvertently create them. 😆

        As soon as I read Cadillac, I said, “ ack ack ack ack ack.” And I repeated it again when it appeared in the story. Giggled because I am very entertained.
        I feel bad for Gina, though. She cries in the night and Tommy tells her it’s OK, but is it OK? I have to be careful here I’m going to start singing Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.

        Please 🙏 😊 continue the story. But first, what if you created a niche and everyone could contribute, but they could use different genres of music? Wouldn’t that be a wacky mashup?!

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      20. Well, I think you kind of created this one didn’t you? You started it lol 😉

        Oh, that would be a tangled and entertaining mess, I am sure lol

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      21. Valid points. 😆
        But it’s not my creation that you’re really good at telling mashup lyrics stories. 😉

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      22. Again, I had a very good partner to play off of. 😉

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      23. Thank you and likewise 😉

        But you can pull the lyrics out of your head and write a story with them. I get stuck singing lyrics, and then not writing a very good story. Then I start thinking about Michael Jackson lyrics, singing them, and get off track. In the final analysis, you win. 😊

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      24. I still have to think it through, it’s not like it’s just there magically lol
        However, I will table my argument, as you clearly aren’t going to let me win that. 😄

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      25. I understand it’s not magically there, but it comes together magically. 😆

        You only get to win one thing per day. 😂 The reset button is soon approaching. You may win again tomorrow. 😉

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      26. And how many wins do you get? All the rest? 🤨

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      27. Not *all* the rest. That wouldn’t be equitable. I only win some of the rest.😊

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      28. Well, at least you are fair about it.

        Although, I think that means I should be able to win more. 🤨

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      29. OK, so here’s what I’ll do. I will give you a head start tomorrow. I will not attempt to win anything until I see you have won something. does this sound fair?

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      30. The implication there is that I cannot win without a head start 🤣
        I am more curious why I am limited to one. If you are only winning some, there should be others for me to win.

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      31. 😂 I had not considered that implication, but you seem to be correct. You will not have a head start. You will lag behind and try to win some more of the things. This is a competition, Kevin. It is evidently a rigged competition. 🤣

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      32. Competition, yes. So I see. I also see how it works now. Duly noted. 🤨

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      33. I am seeing replies for tomorrow’s prompt. If course, everyone else is penning nice sincere letters, and I made a circus out of mine. 🤣

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      34. Excellent! I can’t wait to see elderly gorilla! I’m just guessing, but I’m ready for the chaos. 😄

        I can say I took this prompt seriously, but to say I wrote a serious response would be misleading. 🤭

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      35. I took it semi-seriously. It has some factual notes to it. I just layered them in a story first. 😜

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      36. Intrigued… and still hopeful, that gorilla will appear. 😁

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      37. I would say that’s a fairly safe wager. 😉

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      38. Woohoo! 💃🏼

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      39. I’ve just taken a peek at some of the responses, and mine is not like theirs. 😆

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      40. I am not surprised. I assure you, mine is not either.
        The ones I have seen are nice though.

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      41. They are sincere and sweet. I have nothing against their responses, but for me, I needed to jazz it up a little bit. Give ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle.

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      42. I need chaos. 😜
        And world domination.

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      43. I need sarcasm.😏
        And to win all the things. 😉

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      44. I think world domination covers winning all things, And if that doesn’t, my longer term goal will. 😋

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      45. If world domination – which is a broadly encompassing goal, I may add – isn’t your longer-term goal, what is? 😅🤔

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      46. If you read today’s post, you know by now lol

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      47. Emporer! 😊

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      48. And master of all time, space and reality. 😎

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      49. Lofty goals. 😏

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      50. Go big or go home 😋😉

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      51. 💪😎

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  8. I need one of these near me! Yo, how do I get one of these near me? 😀

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    1. Petition your local government to bring Gorilla Mart to YOUR town now!
      More business means more jobs, more jobs means more revenue, more revenue means I get richer!
      Er, I mean, your community grows! 👍😊

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  9. Hahahaha, Kevin. Your posts are so much fun. Love the art and clever text.

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    1. Thank you, Mary. Some of these are far too absurd to not be given the royal treatment in my opinion lol

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  10. These are awesome.

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    1. Thank you! I assure you, shopping in my store would be much more fun than some silly WalMart lol

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      1. Absolutely! He looks very happy doing shopping. 😂

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      2. How could one not be, really? And just for the record, Gorilla Mart is not just for gorillas. We love our human friends too!

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      3. Well, I need to get some dog food shortly and I was planning to go to Walmart but I think I’m going to GM instead. Hopefully they have some good discounts there.

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      4. But of course they do! In truth, our every day low prices are already a steal, but our weekly sales feature the top brands at even better prices!

        And if you join our loyalty program, you can even be eligible for Gorilla Greenbacks with every single purchase! They can be redeemed on any item in our stores or online!

        Who needs Kohl’s Cash when you can put some cool Greenbacks in your palm instead?

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      5. Awesome, brother. 🤣

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      6. I think I need to make up a pic of Gorilla Greenbacks for my next promotional extravaganza now. 😄

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      7. Absolutely and don’t forget the loyalty program card.

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      8. Of course not! We’re going to debut or new app soon, as well! 👍

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      9. Nice! 👍🏼

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      10. Keep your eyes peeled, and don’t forget to enjoy your trip to Gorilla Mart! Make sure to tell them G.Q. sent you 😉

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      11. Cool, thanks. 😂

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      12. 😎👍

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  11. Haha, this is perfect! A place where you can anything and everything as well as socializing with the ape 👌

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    1. Indeed! At Gorilla Mart, we pride ourselves on exceptionally friendly customer interactions.
      Sure, our detractors try to make up lies about people’s arms being ripped out of the sockets, but don’t believe them! It’s merely a complimentary massage by our highly trained physical therapy team!

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  12. That gorilla sipping on a soda with an overflowing shopping cart = Priceless !!

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    1. He’s enjoying his beverage! Everyone has a good time at G-Mart! 😄

      Thank you. 🙏

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      1. LOL … No, Thank You!!

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      2. 😊😊

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  13. Love the gorilla buying a gorilla action figure lol 😜

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    1. He takes his collectibles very seriously. 😄

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      1. Haha I see that 😅

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      2. Especially the limited edition ones. 😉

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  14. Gorilla Mart got that top shelf good booze at reasonable prices. It’s a win win for everyone.

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    1. Thank your for your testimonial! Customer satisfaction is always number one! 👍

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    1. Thank you! 🙏

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  15. This post brought many smiles and lightened my heart😄😄

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    1. For that, I am very glad. I am truly happy that you enjoyed it, Philo. Thank you. 😊🙏

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      1. 🙏😊

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  17. Congratulations 🎊 👏

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  18. God that last image 😂😂😂😂😍

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    1. Fashionable, no? 😄

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      1. Very, the pose, the print out that’s supposed to be on a shirt but he’s not wearing one? The bananas next to the clothes in the mart? Everything makes me laugh so loud but the pose kills me the most😂😂😂

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      2. I justify the “shirt” as he’s wearing a very thin tank top lol
        AI sometimes does buggy stuff, but I don’t always have all night to wait while it gets some things right 🤣

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      3. A tank top makes so much sense…it’s a beautiful image, I appreciate the joyful mood it put me in, thank you for it🤗.

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      4. I am very glad if it out you in a good mood. That makes me very happy. Thank you 🙏🙏

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  19. Nice article, I like the reference to “WM ” it is so true, for years they have been working on getting us the habit of going there for all reason, one stop got it all … yup you nailed it .

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    1. Thanks much! I am glad the parody was noticed lol

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  20. Sooo true!!!! And the pocket size of girls jeans ☹️

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    1. I cannot speak to that, so I will have to take your word for it 😄

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  21. Really appreciate the article – and the art to go with!

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    1. Thanks much! 😊😊

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  22. Is that real!!😶

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  23. ” I admire no doubt it is a real fact Excellent 100% You are the best 🏆🎖️🏆

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  24. Everybody thinks it’s an a boos

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    Rufus Odejide

    This is a nice piece of writing!

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  28. Maravilhoso 😃

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    1. Thank you! 👍👍

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  29. Don’t know why but that poster on the front left of the top picture reminds me of that failed restoration of Jesus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_%28García_Martínez_and_Giménez%29). Great work as always. Linda x

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    1. 👍👍

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  32. Spark of Inspiration Avatar
    Spark of Inspiration

    So funny, the graphics are perfect. Did you do them or are they AI generated?

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    1. Thank you 🙏🙏
      I use Dall-E through Bing to generate most of them, 😊
      Anything with actual photographs are my pics though.

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      1. Spark of Inspiration Avatar
        Spark of Inspiration

        I’m a visual person, so it’s nice when your poems have a photo or illustration. I like it anyhow. 🙏🌺

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      2. Thank you, very glad you enjoyed it. 🙏😊

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