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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 · 18/01/2006 13:14

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nailpolish · 18/01/2006 09:04

i also saw my mums christmas list the other day

Stuart - boxers/chocs/wee thing
Russell - jumper small if m&s, medium if bhs
Ruby - lipstick
Jenny - smellies
etc

nailpolish · 18/01/2006 09:01

yes writing a list and then leaving it at home HAS to be one of the most ANNOYING things ever

go back to the shop or not..

cod · 18/01/2006 08:46

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milward · 17/01/2006 22:54

Cabe the list collector!! - perhaps that's were all my lists go - as soon as I get in the shop - bingo list disappeared!! plus only fully remember contents of list whilst at checkout!!

Cabe · 17/01/2006 21:38

Bear... Cubee-no-likee???

Cabe · 17/01/2006 21:36

Mine all mine Mummyhill

mummyhill · 17/01/2006 20:40

Do you want my list when I finish with it on Friday Cabe?????????

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 17/01/2006 20:02

lol at wantssess their listssses

you can have my cubes, they're minging - I only bought them cause that list put them in my mind, now I regret it

TambaTheDragonSlayer · 17/01/2006 19:57

Just been to asda, looked for lists but there were none to be found!

Cabe · 17/01/2006 19:54

Two of the girls at Bumps and Babies had shopping lists today (and I wantssses them, yesss my precioussses)

Love Cubes for tea! my favorite! just putting the Kettle on for ours tonight!

fullmoonfiend · 17/01/2006 19:50

I confess to sometimes feeling really judgmental looking at other people's shopping . Y'know ''oooh she's brough 15 loaves of smartprice bread and a bottle of whisky, ooh dear...''
...Forgetting all the times when I have been having a dizzy day and accumulated a smorgasbord of seemingly random items - ie last week; chocolate, haircurlers, a melon, crisps, and fishnets! God knows what people must have thought, as I had the kids with me and there was no evidence of anything nutritious for the kids.

cod · 17/01/2006 18:49

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sunchowder · 17/01/2006 18:49

Great Thread, I love reading the notes left, but I must admit that I also am mesmorized to look at other people's shopping when I am standing in the line. I do it all the time and imagine what they are going to cook when they get home...

madmarchhare · 17/01/2006 18:25

I did wonder if someone had bet me to it this morning.

AlmostAnAngel · 17/01/2006 17:00

pmsl@ this thread so if i go round supermarket and see mums looking in empty trollies i know they are on mums net!??

cod · 17/01/2006 16:58

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cod · 17/01/2006 16:58

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madmarchhare · 17/01/2006 16:56

No its not the same really. Its not personal enough is it?

nailpolish · 17/01/2006 16:43

suppose receipts are not as interesting

Carmenere · 17/01/2006 16:42

My dss works in Tesco and has just told me that on Saturday a bloke bought 24 beers and 4 tubes of ky jelly -eeuugghh.

nailpolish · 17/01/2006 16:42

oh yes receipts

are we allowed to include them?

mawbroon · 17/01/2006 16:10

I've just found this thread. What a hoot!!

If my DH writes the shopping list, he writes it in his own secret code that I can hardly understand. He said that he didn't want anybody finding it and knowing all about him. I just laughed at him but it seems he was RIGHT ALL ALONG.

madmarchhare · 17/01/2006 16:03

Very . I went today and didnt find a sausage.

Even concidered looking at a scratty receipt to make me feel a bit better .

cod · 17/01/2006 16:03

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