Most of my household has been down with the flu for at least a day this past week. From what I hear, a lot of you are probably in the same feverish, mucus-smeared boat. But you know who never takes a sick day? The Reckoning. No matter what filthy nasties are floating in the air, our lowest-selling shirts must be eliminated every Monday at noon:
Survivors (position last week/weeks on chart)
Casualties (position last week/weeks on chart)
Bystanders (not eligible for Reckoning until next week)
On the face of it, an uneventful week on the chart: no new Survivors make the cut, and The Binge sits at the top for the sixth straight week. But look closer and some odd stuff is going on. Like Spicy Italian Meatball tumbling eight places, which rarely happens. Like Campfire Tales rising three spots in its second week, which almost never happens. Or, especially, like I Just Call it Housekeeping jumping up an amazing ten places in its fourth week. Probably due to the sudden seasonality of its Grim Reaper design. It's the biggest single-week jump in the history of the Reckoning, and the weirdest feat of an unexpectedly weird week. The Casualties will be available until midnight tonight.
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