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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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cod · 30/01/2006 20:15

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Enid · 30/01/2006 20:14

oK

i officially love (tm) this thread now

alexsmum · 30/01/2006 20:13

and why are wedges in with her meat section? does she not mean potato wedges ? is this some meat product unknown to me?

alexsmum · 30/01/2006 20:12

i know. stacey and her bd.

also would like to know about svet that goes with the flour?

cod · 30/01/2006 20:10

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Enid · 30/01/2006 20:10

"liver
fish
wedges
bacon
vimto "

BOAK

cod · 30/01/2006 20:10

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cod · 30/01/2006 20:09

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alexsmum · 30/01/2006 20:09

sorry last iten should be flour

alexsmum · 30/01/2006 20:08

second one on a page ripped out of a reporters notebook
worktop spray
cleaning"
kitchen towel
naps/wipes
washing clothes
dish cloths

milk
cereal tom.sap
catfood
fruit . jam(? could be jan)
bread
spready cheese
yogs
ham
drinks
juice
oil
onions
potatoes
veg.
black pepper
four/svet(no idea?)
staceys bd
vests

alexsmum · 30/01/2006 20:04

back from tesco...and i found two!!!!
i'll post them seperately.
first one on a page ripped out of what looks like a maths book..lots of small squares.lots of sectioning on it.

eggs
muffins/bread
butter
custard
curry sauces
breakfast sauces(wtf?)
pasta sauces
sausages
oxos
lambx2
liver
fish
wedges
bacon
vimto
crisps
cake
biscuits
cereal
noodles
sugar
red onoion
veg
sunflower oil
baby wipes
toilet rolls
liners
bin liners
pies
lasagne(veg)
convinient meals

katierocket · 30/01/2006 19:55

what the hell are "beef cubes" anyway? yeuk

cod · 30/01/2006 19:51

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BearintheBigBlueHouse · 30/01/2006 19:50

do they do venison in cubes? or woodcock?

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 30/01/2006 19:50

do they do venison in cubes? or woodcock?

cod · 30/01/2006 19:48

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katierocket · 30/01/2006 19:48

I like the detail on the 'nice ham' list - then followed by "meat for freezer", high standards don't apply there then obviously, any old horse meat will do.

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 30/01/2006 19:47

Your Waitrose used to be my favourite until I discovered the Portishead one - just off the M5 worth a detour (don't WHATEVER you do venture into P'head itself - even duller than the music). I'll bet there's many a fine list left on the little torlley clips there...

katierocket · 30/01/2006 19:46

well done cod for starting such a corker.

what happens when you have your shopping delivered though?

this thread is forcing me to rethink.

cod · 30/01/2006 19:45

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Twiglett · 30/01/2006 19:43

Snurk

wondered why this thread was so long .. sounded really dull .. classic

are we going to start leaving notes on purpose with a mumsnet heading?

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 30/01/2006 19:40

Good mince as opposed to what, genocidal mince?

Clever milk - we have that, the kids aren't any smarter but the milk could tell you the capital of Uzbekistan.

Ham again?! Is it OK to come back with thin ham, but not thin crap?

LOL Soupy, greeny beans defeats the abbreviation purpose and all.

Ooh and get James and his poncy water - is this the fabled "fancy soft drink"? Cue aaah aaaah aaaah music and wisps of smoke across a stage as the red velvet curtains open to reveal a bottle on a podium of James' flavoured water, the true elixir of the gods, nectar, the panacea for all ills.