that place is great. they cured me 5 times!

Posted by: gmangw at March 17, 2006 12:29 AM

Do you get a discount at the shop next door?

Posted by: trekkie4christ at March 17, 2006 12:39 AM

Kinda like how nearly every GNC Nutrition is next door to a Cigarettes 4 Less.

The novel "Novel: A Novel" by George Singleton has a pretty funny take on this sort of thing; a husband and wife start up a rather unconventional weight-loss spa in a small town which works so well that it starts to attract more business to the area. Including an extremely good bakery which moves in across the street.

Posted by: fluffy at March 17, 2006 12:41 AM

Neither of these emporia seems very popular.

All the picture needs is some tumbleweed!

[mbatey]

Posted by: mbatey at March 17, 2006 04:52 AM

Here's a picture I took of the exact opposite situation. Donuts Police

Posted by: Grant Hutchins at March 17, 2006 05:56 AM

In my town, there is a Curves (women's exercise) next door to a Chinese restaurant. Actually, in the area, it seems that there is always a Chinese restaurant within viewing distance of a Curves. Looks like a conspiracy.

Posted by: TheHag at March 17, 2006 08:15 AM

This is a fairly common occurrence, as both of these types of places tend to be in strip malls. I guess you could think of it as a test. ;-)

Posted by: Al at March 17, 2006 10:13 AM

That's funny, but it is not broken, not in the sense that this column is all about.

Posted by: cathy at March 17, 2006 11:37 AM

gmangw, grant => lmao.

One guy told me his secret to weight control was to skip a meal a day.

I told him that's nothing, I can skip five meals a day.

Posted by: Pat at March 17, 2006 11:54 AM

That's not broken, you get dessert, and work it off, or vice versa.

Posted by: MinkOWar at March 17, 2006 12:21 PM

Not broken, but funny nevertheless.

Posted by: ______ at March 17, 2006 03:34 PM

Bad Cop! No donut!

hysterical! These are REALLY what this board is about. Humor!

Posted by: jackson at March 17, 2006 04:23 PM

Dilemma: work out or ice cream? ice cream or work out?

Solution: beer helmet with ice cream smoothie on one side and Red Bull on the other while taking a spinning class.

Posted by: Capt. Wafer at March 17, 2006 05:32 PM

Heh. There just happens to be an almost exact same situation in my area too. There's an ice cream shop right nextdoor to a Weight Watchers.

The choice is yours, go on a diet, or get some ice cream :)

Posted by: Nameless at March 17, 2006 10:34 PM

I have seen about a million pictures like that.

Posted by: EricJ2190 at March 18, 2006 11:48 AM

Y'know what's really broken here ... posting two almost identical pictures and formatting the text as though the second picture added something that the first one didn't have.

Posted by: Earthman Xosha Rosp at March 18, 2006 02:51 PM

i'm sorry earthman, but that crosses the line from funny to totally anal

Posted by: Leningrad at March 19, 2006 07:18 PM

i live near atlanta, and trust me, i know y its there

Posted by: knowitall at March 29, 2006 05:39 PM

I saw something like that, but it was a DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) next to a liquer store.

Posted by: Sam Rakowski at June 4, 2006 02:35 PM

There was a Weight Watchers storefront next to a Cake Bakery shop in Chattanooga, TN a few years ago.

Posted by: EC at June 15, 2006 05:10 PM