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do you ever find left over notes in shopping torlleys or elsewhere? i

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codnotamod · 13/01/2006 09:40

i am vaguely intrigued by these as identified in teh times
"Discarded notes are rubbish to most people, but not for worldwide subscribers to Found, which reprints them. The magazine?s publisher, Davy Rothbart, gets bundles sent to his office in Michigan. Laura Kwerel, a radio producer in Washington, was ?overwhelmed? after reading one issue. ?I realise now,? she says, ?that there is more humanity in a discarded grocery list than in a thousand-page novel.? Some people need to get out more. "
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cathyspam · 06/02/2006 20:23

i did blush and feel guilty!

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 17:19

Ha ha. did you stuff it in your pocket like a thief? I did, then a quick look round to see if anyone was watching. I was getting very excited at what might be on it, couldnt wait to get into car to have a look.

'Mummy mummy'
'Ssshhhh'

cathyspam · 06/02/2006 17:11

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cathyspam · 06/02/2006 16:54

i have been impetiently searching in trolleys since this thread started and all i keep finding is snottery hankies and plastic bags...until today - it has been worth the wait! Written on plain a4 folded in half in shoolteachery print

papers
fresh sq oj
pots
onions
leek
carrot
swede
bans
apples
clems
yogs
cheese
cheese spr
green milk {i presume semi skim?}
bread
tins beans
tins tuna
lentils
pasta
noodles
bacon
biscuits
chkn breasts - more if cheap
ham shank
fish fingers
lemonade
dilut juice
pizza

now you might not fint the list too exciting - neither did I until i unfolded it and saw the note scrawled on the back in different handwriting..it reads...

hey pet
you will be wondering about the smell? I may have forgotten to turn the soup off! Please forgive me. The soup can be replaced but our love will last forever. I will call you at lunchtime.
Peter
xxx

I think i struck gold with this one!!! I almost died laughing reading it in my car! Cant wait for next visit to trolley park! p.s looks like she was going to replace the soup too! HAHA!

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 06/02/2006 16:12

nope - I'm the first one there, sit at the back and last to leave, the butt of the jokes, but without me it's rubbish

wabbitintheheadlamps · 06/02/2006 15:55

HA HA HA - PMSL Bear!

What ya play then - gtr????

(I've had to change my name - queenie here Oh Bear your highness King of the Thread

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 06/02/2006 15:51

Lamb cubes are v strong - you can only go for fractions - a whole lamb cube has been known to kill. They're nice tho so it would be an enjoyable, if intense, demise.

That is one pie-tastic list. My favourite so far. I love pies.

Yeah wabbit I'm a playa.

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 06/02/2006 15:51

Lamb cubes are v strong - you can only go for fractions - a whole lamb cube has been known to kill. They're nice tho so it would be an enjoyable, if intense, demise.

That is one pie-tastic list. My favourite so far. I love pies.

Yeah wabbit I'm a playa.

ICindigo · 06/02/2006 15:49

hmmm... the possibilities are endless... this could become some kind of national game... mumsnetters leave ridiculous shopping lists and see who find them haha.

Got to admit when i worked at tescos i loved pinching peoples lists from the bottom of the checkouts... some people dont just write their shopping on... once read one like this:

Peas
Gravy
Ham
Butter
chocolate spread
collect sophie from grandmas 6pm

How bad is that!!!??

wabbitintheheadlamps · 06/02/2006 15:45

More than one bacon preference in the house maybe?
Streaky Vs Medalions
Smoked Vs Unsmoked.... the list could go on!

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 15:41

Yes, did pmsl @ cubes.

The bacon thing is a bit odd given they are fairly close on the list and the first part of the list being fairly sensible. It must have been a last minute panic.

wabbitintheheadlamps · 06/02/2006 15:41

Da Capo Code - Bear... you play?

ICindigo · 06/02/2006 15:36

why would you buy
3/4 bacon and
1/2 bacon

I'm assuming the numbers are Lbs?? People are so weird... Have to admit i was a bit freaked out by this thread to start with, but have to say it is hilarious... i am definetley going to leave my list next time i'm shopping... although they are a bit like the da vinci code... might give us a laugh though....

Haha i need to get out more!

kelly x

wabbitintheheadlamps · 06/02/2006 15:30

Hey Cod - more Cubes!!!

LAMB cubes this time! Wonder if Bear likes them any better than Beef Cubes - they're only half ones so maybe a bit more paletable

tiredemma · 06/02/2006 15:19

at tesco's yesterday, standing at exit, waiting for dp to get to me from checkout.

young couple walk in-
HER- have you got the list?

HIM- what list?

HER- the list!- the shopping list! what other list would I mean???

HIM- er, no- do we really need it? i know what we need.

HER- you know what you need you mean.< walked off shaking head and tutting.>

wonder what was on it?!

ICindigo · 06/02/2006 15:13

Kind of related to this-- I used to work for tesco (yes i was a checkout chick!-lol) and there were some odd combinations... There was a young girl and her boyfrien who bougt 2 pregnancy tests and a bumper pack of condoms, i just thought to myself
"Unlucky if thats positive love you will have wasted a fiver on something you wont need for a few months!!!"
it is very unusual...

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 15:12

Have just noticed this on back of list 3.

6 small pies
1/2 lamb cubes
3/4 bacon
2 large pies
1/2 bacon

This has just made this my favourite list out of the three.

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 15:10

PC, me too, it has also crossed my mind to post my list to see what everyone would say .

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 15:07

LIST 3

Written on back of envelope in blue ink by someone who I am guessing is the same age as my Nan (very unecessary fancy letters)

watercress & chives
grapes
fruit
medium potatoes
bananas
carrots
sprouts
cabbage
tomatoes
red-yellow pepper
spring onions
large potatoes
chick thighs
scissors
toothpaste
sweetcorn
4 mushy peas
cottage cheese
meusli & orange
juice
milk x 2
coffee & tea bags
fairy liquid
flora
yoghurt
soda water x 3
toastie loaf
oven chips
baby spin leaf
frozen peas
low fat natural yoghurt
sauce

PiccadillyCircus · 06/02/2006 15:03

I nearly left my list in the trolley last week on purpose in the hope that some mumsnetter would enjoy posting on this thread (but chickened out at the last minute as it was on the back of an envelope with DH's name and address on it)

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 14:59

LIST 2

written on a page torn from an address book in black ink.

sweet cake
cocoanut cake (cossed out) replaced with loaf
turnip (small)
6 x yoghurt
1 jar beetroot
fabric conditioner
b beans
chopped toms
soup
mushy peas
orange juice
bread 4 freezer

madmarchhare · 06/02/2006 14:55

Joy and rapture. I think the trolley boy must be on holiday as I found 3 today.

LIST 1

written on small note pad in pencil

fruit (underlined)
straws
grapes
bananas

veg (underlined)
onions
pot
mush
peppers
broc

meat (underlined)
sandwich
all other

rice,noodles,pasta
tin toms
baked beans
sweet chilli dipping
tuna
beef oxo
salad cream
tom ketchup
marmalade

popsycalindisguise · 06/02/2006 11:05

1 tiger - is tiger bread from tesco

AggiePanther · 06/02/2006 10:32

I'm a little concerned about the mansize tissues and the pot of vaseline

alexsmum · 06/02/2006 10:22

she wants to buy romania? a country? isn't this a little ambitious for the supermarket? maybe she has just won the euromillions and has thought to herself' yes i know i'll buy a country and be the queen and impose lots of crazy rules....verybody will hve to wear a green hat on a sunday' that sort of thing?