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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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JanH · 02/02/2006 11:51

Lube page??? Lube??? How gross is that? In the US you get your car oil changed in a lube bay - "The new facility opened for operation on April 13, 1990 as Jerry?s Chevron Fast Lube and offered two drive-through quick lube bays" here - imagine a KY-warming-jelly-drive-thru-quick-lube-bay - eurgh!

babyonboard · 02/02/2006 11:44

anyone want to confess it was them? it would be so great if it was...

babyonboard · 02/02/2006 11:44

i saw someone pick out a random note from a trolley in m&s on tuesday..was tempted to go over and ask if she was a mumsnetter but i wussed out.

nailpolish · 02/02/2006 10:14

at gammon

cod · 02/02/2006 10:13

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Orinoco · 01/02/2006 21:06

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fullmoonfiend · 01/02/2006 17:29

perhaps it's a special anniversary....''we'll have summat nice for tea, break open the red wine, smear each other with hummous and then...cue the KY.''
Obviously baby wipes for 'mopping up'afterwards and the menthols for that post coital moment! Bless 'em, hope they have a ball!!

cod · 01/02/2006 16:24

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JackieNo · 01/02/2006 11:22

Glad it wasn't just a product of my fevered imagination .

AggiePanther · 01/02/2006 11:19

Am at home so I did dare to google it
You were right it does exist
Didn't know tesco's sold it though

JackieNo · 01/02/2006 11:14

NO I think I've seen ads for some new stuff that actually warms up when you use it . Might actually be by Durex rather than KY. Haven't used it myself, or indeed seen it on sale (she says, backpedalling wildly) but sure I've seen an ad. Am at work so daren't Google for it .

AggiePanther · 01/02/2006 11:08

KY warming jelly???
Well I guess it follows that you would warm up after using it

hannahsaunt · 01/02/2006 01:48

Lists left in trolleys was an item on a morning show here in Oz the other day - it's spreading far and wide!!

vicimelly · 01/02/2006 00:49

Found in a basket in Tesco:

Red wine
20 menthol cigs
houmous
nice stuff 4 tea
ky warming jelly
baby wipes

WTF!!!!

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 31/01/2006 23:18

See Detta - good list, but Murphys?!? Why does anyone drink that stuff? It's supposed to be bitter. Drink Guinness or leave it alone.

It's not just women who are curious, Bears are too.

ellceeell - does gammon qualify as nice ham? and another place that sells full meals: "tomorrow's dinner" - I need to find this mystical meal, it would save a lot of thought

AggiePanther - you ever watch CSI? boy you're thorough

bettythebuilder · 31/01/2006 23:05

AggiePanther - a big gold star for dedication to the cause.

meggmoo · 31/01/2006 22:51

I have been pretty busy the past week shopping around armed with big lists and at the end I have written Mumsnet Is Aces! Been to Hampshire/Dorset and Kent

Just a matter of time before I get outed no?

AggiePanther · 31/01/2006 22:41

Detta, as yours was from lidl, perhaps 'hover!' actually means 'hoover' and is referring to one of the carpet cleaner thingies on special offer this week.
Ok I know they're not actually hoovers and yes I also know I'm really sad for going to the lidl website to check if they had hoovers 'on special' this week but I think I may be on to something [lost the plot emoticon]

ellceeell · 31/01/2006 21:42

found one in Tesco this morning - scribbled in black biro on an "Express Print" piece of paper.

Hoi Sin duck wrap sandwich
Lucozade lemon
J2O
Gammon
Bread
Tomorrow's dinner
Juices Grapefruit
Cranberry
Small Milk

  • milk scribbled in untidier writing than the rest of the list. Who's going to analyse this, then?
Detta · 31/01/2006 21:27

DP can't believe that anyone would be interested in this... but it's so addictive. I've been searching trolleys for them. Maybe it's because women are naturally nosey, sorry, curious...

FrannyandZooey · 31/01/2006 21:06

Ok, I have been trying to pretend this thread is beneath me but the truth is I can't ruddy find any.

Any tips for locating lists? Am beginning to think everyone in Essex is illiterate. I did follow a woman for a bit the other day as she definitely had a list, but I lost her by the meat aisle (looking for ham, no doubt).

Detta · 31/01/2006 20:52

Well you did ask!

Peas
Pads
Toms
apples
saus
murphys
rinse aid
banans
milk - both
toothbrush
hover!

on scrap of white paper - nothing else written on it

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 31/01/2006 20:49

don't keep it to yourself - you might think it dull, but we don't get out much, it's gold dust to us

share, esp if there are any ham related items on there

Detta · 31/01/2006 20:46

Found one yesterday - I was so excited I couldn't wait to get home and read it (how sad am I???). It was in a classy Lidl establishment and was actually laying on a shelf amongst face cream. Quite boring generally, but it did say "Hover!" (yes, with the exclamation mark). No idea what that could be at all...

Surfermum · 31/01/2006 17:54

I FOUND ONE!! It's on the back of the remnants of a diary or calendar because on Weds 10th in wk 32 s/he had an appt at the dentist at 8 am.

The list is ... (NB spelling mistakes not mine)

Peti Pols (deffo an L not an I)
Mix Veg 2 Pks
Tomatoe sauce
Extra Virgen Oil
Sumflower marg
Yorkshire puds
Bisto Best Beef
Tomatoe Juice

Obviously buys her the meat elsewhere.