Brandi Lyn & Joe-Joe in Stampede At Walmart!
Brandi Lyn & Joe-Joe in Stampede At Walmart!
November 30, 2011
The following is a series of text messages sent by Brandi Lyn Corey to her Magnola Maid Sisters (MMS) in the wee hours of the morning of Black Friday. Here you’ll see her moment-by-moment coverage of the horrifying events that transpired last week at the Bienville, Alabama Walmart.
WARNING: Not for the weak of heart.
NOTE: definitions of acronyms and abbreviations provided in (parentheses) for your reading comprehension.
Nov 24, 11:27 PM
Att’n, Magnolia Maids! Activating TPC (Text Prayer Circle)! Joe-Joe & I are #24 in line at WM (Walmart)! Psyched!!! Pray that we get good Christmas pzt (present) deals!
Nov 24, 11:29 PM
@Jane, yes, is OK to pray 4 deals. God hears all prayers!
Nov 24, 11:33 PM
Soooooo Xcited! More than Chrismas morning! Am going to get J-J new Xbox. Shhhhh! Is srprz (surprise)!
Nov 24, 11:37 PM
@Ashley, tty (totally) worth it!!! Only been here 10 hours & sleeping bags keeping us cozy! V. fun! Tailgatin’ singin carols drinkin hot choc.
Nov. 24, 11:42
Cannot move toes. ☹ Is that bad? Good that doors open soon!
Nov. 24, 11:50
Joe-Joe returnin gear to truck. ALMOST time!!! Everybody so Xcited, like magic in air!
Nov 24, 11:55 PM
5 min. til WM doors open!
Nov 24, 11:59 PM
T-minus 5…4…3…2…
Nov 25, 12 AM
BLAST-OFF!!!
Nov 25, 12:01 AM
Why r WMS (WalMart Shoppers) behind us pushing? WIWWP? (What Is Wrong With People?)
Nov 25, 12:02 AM
V.v. crowded. Can’t breathe!
Nov 25, 12:03 AM
Yikes! Too much pushing! PPL screaming! Falling down!
Nov 25, 12:04 AM
Oh no, stampeeeeeeeeeeeeed!
Nov 25, 12:22 AM
Att’n, MMS (Magnolia Maid Sisters)! Re-Activating TPC (Text Prayer Circle)! DOZENS HURT IN WM STAMPEDE! :’””
Nov 25, 12:23 AM
Joe-Joe in real bad shape!!! Fell right B4 my : & got trampled by 2 ladies big as oxes!
Nov 25, 12:24 AM
@Mallory, no am OK, thx. Joe-Joe pushed me ahead of him when things got bad coz he’s a SGM (Southern GentleMan) like that & I just made it around the corner by cash registers – SAFE! ☺ — when the bad pushin started.
Nov 25, 12:25 AM
But J-J face all bloodied and bruised. Collarbone poking thru skin. Ewwww!!!!! My poor, poor baby!
Nov 25, 12:32 AM
THX for your thoughts&prayers! Pls. forward to all 2 pray!
Nov 25, 12:33 AM
Now we R camped out by bathrooms. Ambu should be here soon. Pls pray 4 us.
Nov 25, 12:34 AM
I can’t believe how many people are hurt and other ppl just keep on walkin by them & shoppin. WIWWP?
Nov 25, 12:35 AM
PBTL (Praise Be The Lord)! Paramedics R here!
Nov 25, 12:37 AM
OMGN! (Oh, My GoodNess) Ppl screaming in toy dept!
Nov 25, 12:38 AM
OMGN! Some lady maced another lady to get a [_______] doll. WIWWP?
Initial hours in ER:
Nov 25, 1:15 AM
Heading to ER right now! Plz pray 4 Joe-Joe.
Nov 25, 1:33 AM
ER packed! 23 ppl here fr. WM! PPL (Please Pray Loud) 4 everybody!
Nov 25, 1:35 AM
@Zara, thx for askin! Joe-Joe = GS (Good Spirits). Sez less painful than time he broke leg jumping moguls on track in GDaddy’s corn field.
Nov 25, 1:36 AM
NF (NewsFlash!) Mimsy Rogers = all fingers on right hand broken. Poor thing. She shucks oysters for a living. She needs those fingers!
Nov 25, 1:40 AM
NF: 7 stitches 4 Jeanine Mallard above right eye. No more beauty pageants for her. ☹
Nov 25, 1:49 AM
NF: looks like Miss Nancy has broken pelvis. OUCH.
Nov 25, 1:55 AM
NF: Lance&Vance Dennis both have broken arms! Lance=right. Vance =left. How r we gonna win state now?
Nov 25, 1:56 AM
THX for all ur prayers! I feel the Lord walkin w/us tonite! PBTL! I just know everybody will B OK!
Nov. 25, 2:00 AM
Stillllll waitin’ 4 doctor. Will KUP (Keep yoU Posted).
Nov 25, 2:45 AM
Still waitin 2 c DR. Breaks my <3 to C my baby in so much pain. ☹ ☹ ☹
Nov 25, 3:13 AM
DR is here! Finally! Pray 4 good news!
Nov 25, 3:33 AM
Joe-Joe = broken collar bone + lots of laceration. Doctor thinks no spinal injury & says he’ll live & walk again! PBTL!
Nov 25, 4:04 AM
J-J gone into surgery. PPL.
Nov 25, 4:09 AM
LONNNNGGGGG wait ahead. PPL.
Nov 25, 4:14 AM
LOVE my SGM! You can make it, baby!
Nov 25, 4:15 AM
FYI, diet coke @ B’ville Infirmary café = flat flat flaaaaattttt.
Nov 25, 4:20 AM
@Caroline, thx for offer 2 bring food, but lots o’ snax left over from tailgatin in WM parking lot. Everybody sharin’ & tryin to keep spirits up. Hey! Why r U awake?
Nov 25, 4:27 AM
Oh, hope it’s good. Sunset Embrace? Haven’t U read that one before?
Nov 25, 4:33 AM
DL (Dear Lord), pls watch over J-J and keep him safe&healthy.
Nov 25, 4:35 AM
Why does surgery have 2 take 4ever? WORRIED.
Nov 25, 5:03 AM
It’s 5 AM and all I can think is…my BF’s collarbone gets broken for an Xbox & bargains on Christmas przts? WIWWP?
Nov 25, 5:23 AM
BF (Black Friday) SUX.
Nov 25, 5:37 AM
You will never ever ever find me at another Thursday B4 BF again. NEVER
Nov 25, 5:46 AM
Or a Black Friday. Przents NOT more important than ppl, no way!
Nov 25, 5:55 AM
How can ppl be so obsessed w/ Christmas przents that they hurt other ppl?
Nov 25, 7:45 AM
@Jane, thx 4 your support, but pls be sure to keep the CHRIST in Christmas when U text me. THX, MMS (Thanks, Magnolia Maid Sister).
Nov 25, 7:53 AM
I guess Christms is okay????? But u only save 1 letter, so what is point?
Nov 25, 8:00 AM
Arghhhhhh…WWJD?
Nov 25, 8:12 AM
Y’all – really sad news. Miss Nancy died in surgery. Please pray that her soul gets to heaven & 4 her family.
Nov 25, 8:23 AM
@Zara, Miss Nancy was librarian at Rockledge Elementary. SWEEEEET woman!
Nov 25, 8:30 AM
Sooooooooo saddddddddd.
Nov 25, 8:31 AM
<3 y’all but no one is getting prz from me this year. I am done w/ Christmas przt for the year.
Nov 25, 8:33 AM
Oooooh! I know WJWD (What Jesus Would Do)! No pzts!
Nov 25, 8:34 AM
Will y’all join me in not buying Christmas przt’s this year? Let’s just give each other love & hugs & home-cooked meals & backrubs & songs!
Nov 25, 8:42 AM
@Jane, thx for pointing out that wisemen brought Baby Jesus przt’s for his bday. But still that is not what his life&teachings were about! Come 2 church w/ me on Sunday?
Nov 25, 8:44 AM
YAAAAYYYYYY! J-J out of surgery! My SGM is all good! Thx 4 prayers!
Nov 25, 9:07 AM
@Mallory, OK, I guess it IS Xtreme to say 0 przt’s.
Nov 25, 9:11 AM
SPLIT: How ‘bout this? Angie Cox just told me that the Sat. B4 Christmas is actually the biggest shopping day of the season, bigger than BF. Why don’t we all protest by not buying anything on that day? Call it “Shop Free Saturday”! Spend the day w/family & at church, NOT at the mall!
Nov 25, 9:15 AM
@Ashley, U can plan ahead & shop early. OR give each other love & hugs & home-cooked meals & backrubs & songs!
Nov 25, 9:22 AM
SPLIT: What is wrong with givin each other love & hugs & home-cooked meals & backrubs & songs, Jane? Aren’t those better than some cold black&silver electronic made by strangers in China who don’t even believe in Jesus? U know I’m right! 
Nov 25, 9:43 AM
Gotta go! I can C J-J now! <3 y’all & thx for prayers & remember SFS! Shop Free Saturday! Spread the word! XOXOXOXOXO PBTL!
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