I am a through the keyhole sort of a person (you know a quick look in people's front room while walking past on the pavement) and my curiosity extends to people's purchases in supermarkets. I look at the contents of the trolleys of other people trying to imagine the meals they are going to have. I especially love "party" trolleys. I sometimes wonder if other people look at my trolley and wonder the same. The last time I went shopping the lady in front of me in the queue was an obvious Atkins dieter. Her trolley contained meat (roasts and steaks mainly), vitamins, bottled water and laxatives. Hum what a fun diet... not. There was also the trolley of the vegeratian who does not eat vegetables. It was all veggie burgers and veggie sausages, veggie cheese, oven chips, baked beans, spagetti hoops, value sliced bread and value swiss rolls. Then again the week-end before last we did a bit of shopping while visiting my mum and dad and overheard, "has to be an English trolley, it's full of booze". " (it was actually "regarde, un caddie de rosbifs, rien que de la picole") I looked at it and it was true that it could not pass for a family's weekly shop but it was not only booze, honest, it also had goodies like confiture de lait, family pot of nutella (20% extra free, who could resist ?), chorizo, saussison, biscuits, chocolate, all healthy stuff that fits well into my lets try and eat more sensibly drive...
Let's play spot the trolley.
2.2.04 23:18
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(3.2.04 09:26) Value beans, Economy Bread and Pedigree Chum(The dog eats better than I do). I only use a trolley because of the power it instills in me! Outta my way - Carlisle Cockney coming through!!! Love and Peace, Mark |
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razorhead (3.2.04 12:03) ahhh, but then there is the joy of slipping things into other peoples' trolleys. Ribbed condoms are a good choice. |
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(3.2.04 16:07) hahahaha pour le caddie anglais : ))) |
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(3.2.04 18:46) Dizzy is worrried that her chosen form of contraception may have failed , but thinks she will have to drive to Brighton as all the parents from the nursery seem to work in the local TEsco Sainsburys and indipendent chemist. or shopp there when ever she's there hahaha imagin the gossip about Miss D, |
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christine (3.2.04 20:38) I sympathise, Princess...I'm also a teacher at the local playgroup and am always having my credit card rejected at Iceland (where mums seem to congregate in packs)... |
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(3.2.04 23:23) Mark: some chaps I know visited the Pedigree factory a while back. They reported ultra clean premises and ingredients that looked betterquality than some they had seen go in pies and saussages so your dog is extra pampered. Judging by the price per Kilo, our cat certainly eats more expensive food than we do. razorhead: Tempting. How do you pick the 'victims'. Do you go for couple who look like they could do with a bit more than usual or do you go for potential 'blushers/deniers'. Princess: Doesn't dizzy know that the best way to avoid gossip is to start your own rumour. When spotted with the offending item she should just shake her head knowingly and say 'I know, some people can be so irresponsible. I'd blame the boy if only she told us who he was, broke her heart too. Who'd have thought so, and from such a good family. Her mother would die of shame if she knew. Obviously I have to do what I can to help' and then walk of. The gossip brigade will be wondering for days who Dizzy could have been talking about. Christine: bummer. |
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razorhead (4.2.04 17:13) I tend to target middle aged couples - if they are really stuck up, I recommend adding some ribbed ones to the trolley. |
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(4.2.04 17:29) Dizzy is celabrating that the stork will not be entering her life. Have done the mummy lecture on why are you not using a condome as well in this day and age of AIDS, to be asked " do you eat toffees with the wrapper on?. Hussy , If thats all shes done she didn't need to worry about the stork.!!!! Whoops privet education.......that explains alot. |
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Lisa (4.2.04 18:13) Or my favourite, the single man's trolley: bacon, baked beans, milk, white bread, pizza, and lager. I think that vegetarian's trolley you saw was the anti-Atkins trolley. You just can't get starchier than that. |
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(5.2.04 23:53) razorhead: sort of spreading a little happiness around and doing wonders for the mood of the nation. Princess. You could tell dizzy that it was the reason they invented flavoured condoms anyway, after you show her a few diagrams (how fallopian tubes aren't linked to the mouth for example). Lisa: how about the aspring couple's trolley - Tescos's bestest everything down to the mash potatoe (don't you know how to peel a spud people ?). |
