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  <updated>2010-01-24T15:56:34Z</updated>
  <title>Comments for Rising Food, Gas Prices, Force Stormtroopers To Carpool</title>
  <subtitle>Shoppers bite back.</subtitle>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062</id>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-07T19:22:49Z</updated>
    <title>Rising Food, Gas Prices, Force Stormtroopers To Carpool</title>
    <summary>--&gt;Paxton Holley submitted the above Storm-Troopers-go-shopping awesomeness to The Consumerist Flickr pool. They also bought Colt 45, and Amstel Light.</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Ben Popken</name>
      <uri>http://www.consumerist.com</uri>
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      <![CDATA[<p><!--<img src="http://consumerist.com/images/consumerist/2008/05/stormtroopersupermarket.jpg"/>--><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/235941692/in/pool-consumerist">Paxton Holley</a> submitted the above Storm-Troopers-go-shopping awesomeness <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/consumerist/pool/">to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/consumerist/pool/">The Consumerist Flickr pool</a>. They also bought <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2459337074/in/pool-consumerist/">Colt 45</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/235941693/in/pool-consumerist/">Amstel Light</a>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5572367</id>
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    <title>Comment from Megatenist on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>Megatenist</name>
        <uri>n/a</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>Wow...doesn't the Empire pay their troops better?</p><br />
<p>I use my Mace Windu Xpress card.Never leave Alderaan without it:)</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T22:10:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5570120</id>
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    <title>Comment from Anonymous on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>Anonymous</name>
        <uri>http://n/a</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c5568372" rel="nofollow">ElizabethD</a>: <br />
What was your first clue?</p>
<p>@<a href="#c5568581" rel="nofollow">valarmorghulis</a>: <br />
I guess I was wrong. I thought 501st standards were that pauldron = TD, since we don't see a pauldron anywhere other than Tatooine.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T20:51:24Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5569758</id>
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    <title>Comment from DeafChick on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>DeafChick</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>They brought Colt 45?</p><br />
<p>umm Lando Calrissian!</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T20:38:23Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5569624</id>
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    <title>Comment from paxholley on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>paxholley</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Hey, glad you guys liked the pics.</p>
<p>Thanks for the shoutout, Ben.  Love the site, I read it everyday.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T20:33:46Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5568869</id>
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    <title>Comment from courtarro on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>courtarro</name>
        <uri>http://www.hydrous.net/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c5568581" rel="nofollow">valarmorghulis</a>: well done, friend!</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T20:05:01Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5568603</id>
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    <title>Comment from snoop-blog on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>snoop-blog</name>
        <uri>n/a</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>That picture reminds me of a joke about a muslim who is told he has 40 virgins waiting for him after his suicide bombing. Ironically they weren't the kind of virgins he was hoping for.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:55:20Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from valarmorghulis on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>valarmorghulis</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/5008062/rising-food-gas-prices-force-stormtroopers-to-carpool#c5568006" rel="nofollow">Coven</a>: The pauldrons weren't used taht way. It was issued with equipment such as the T-21 Repeating blaster. Orange was simply the color for the troops stationed on Tatooine.</p><br />
<p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/5008062/rising-food-gas-prices-force-stormtroopers-to-carpool#c5568372" rel="nofollow">ElizabethD</a>: Oh god what have I become? Noooooooo......</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:54:22Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5568372</id>
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    <title>Comment from ElizabethD on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>ElizabethD</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c5568006" rel="nofollow">Coven</a>:</p>
<p>Geek alert!</p>
<p>That being said: total love for SW.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:47:13Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5568314</id>
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    <title>Comment from ohiomensch on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>ohiomensch</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I wish I had a picture/video from the night the Phantom Menace opened. We were in Walmart. At the service desk, a guy in complete Darth Maul makeup and costume was trying to return a dual lightsaber because "it does't make the whirring noise. Its supposed to make a whirring noise."</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:45:18Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5568006</id>
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    <title>Comment from Anonymous on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>Anonymous</name>
        <uri>http://n/a</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Note the shoulder pauldrons. Those are Sandtroopers, not Stormtroopers. Those boys need to dirty up their armor a bit though.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:34:12Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5567556</id>
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    <title>Comment from rmz on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>rmz</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a></a><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2459337074/in/pool-consumerist/" rel="nofollow">[www.flickr.com]</a></p><br />
<p>That is an amazing picture.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:18:16Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5567371</id>
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    <title>Comment from Angryrider on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>Angryrider</name>
        <uri>http://www.centurykings.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Ha ha... Could this be that sequel to the Star Wars fanboy movie?</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:11:13Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5567348</id>
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    <title>Comment from GreatCaesarsGhost on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>GreatCaesarsGhost</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Seems like a ploy to avoid showing ID. :)</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-05-07T19:10:13Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5008062-comment:5567229</id>
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    <title>Comment from apotheosis on 2008-05-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>apotheosis</name>
        <uri>http://www.spoiled-brats.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Awesome.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-05-07T19:05:43Z</published>
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