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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 · 17/01/2006 16:03

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BearintheBigBlueHouse · 17/01/2006 16:01

glad I'm not having dinner there tonight - just cubes, again. It's always cubes on Tuesday and I hate cubes, they're just so , well square. Yuk.

Good list.

What's B/A drink - badass?

Jasnem · 17/01/2006 15:54

Found one today;
papers
B-card
cucumber
Jodi shampoo
2Jacket pots
Veg?
deodrant
soap
lenor
p.rolls
cling-film
milks
pro=biotic
yogurts
Mon dinner?
Tues dinner - beef cubes
packet bouginon
hoops/beans/spaghetti
choc bars
biscuits crisps
sml &lg waters
sml pineapple
sml ribenas
sml pineapples
B/A drink
T bags
cornflakes
jam
waffles

I also saw 2 more in trolleys but couldn't get them without pullin a dozen others out, so they will remain a mystery.

nailpolish · 17/01/2006 15:03

mine this morning was

fags
gin
nappies

felt guilty at checkout with 2 dd's in trolley and woman asked me if id had a hard week

festiveface · 17/01/2006 14:44

sorry still got the xmas name

may leave it in readiness for next year. See, i am super organised aren't i?

festiveface · 17/01/2006 14:44

I have only just come to this thread and i find i've been bypassing some great entertainment lol will defo get scurrying for lists when i do my shopping on Thursday......ooooo am all excited now..

winnie · 17/01/2006 14:25

soupy, thats exactly what I do so how the hell did I forget wine?

SoupDragon · 17/01/2006 14:22

I assume that a lot of people are like me and only write down the things that are either essential or unusual and easily forgotton. I don't write a list of everything I need to get because I know I have to get, say, meat, sairy, bread etc every trip.

Fimbo · 17/01/2006 14:20

Does anyone else look at the balance slips people leave behind at cash machines or is it just me?

cod · 17/01/2006 14:19

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Carmenere · 17/01/2006 14:17

Does anyone else think that these lists are really short. When I write a list it's really long which is why I have to write it down. Even with all the brain cells I killed in my youth I can still generally remember half a dozen things

Enid · 17/01/2006 14:15

i bet the person who wrote winnies list is pg

cod · 17/01/2006 14:14

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winnie · 17/01/2006 14:12

... then went out again, popped into the shop for a bottle of wine (which I somehow managed to leave off my list this morning ), and picked up someone elses list.

(I felt like a criminal!)

It reads:
ginger bisc
" ale
pain au choc
butter
light bulbs canle/screw 60 w
pasta sauces
brazils

it is written on an envelope which still has a name and address on

winnie · 17/01/2006 11:43

I made sure I brought my list home after readng this thread

cod · 17/01/2006 11:34

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NomDePlume · 17/01/2006 11:33

lol, my reciept came with 2 vouchers this morning - 1 for extra points on Kandoo stuff, the other for extra points on fish from the fish counter if I spend more than £7

wilbur · 17/01/2006 11:33

Not a shopping list - but a note on friends counter recently from her to her dh (it's okay, she was there when I read it, I wasn't snooping) - "Don't forget to turn off fairy lights - that family of five died!!! Love You. PS: New bread in bin" I just though that summed up marriage really - so I agree with Rothart et al that there is a lot of humanity in notes.

cod · 17/01/2006 11:32

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NomDePlume · 17/01/2006 11:31

what, what was on it cod ? Was it incriminating ?

Loaf
Milk
Extra small condoms
Extra large tampons
Lube
Large carrot/cucumber

cod · 17/01/2006 11:30

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NomDePlume · 17/01/2006 11:30

Forgot to leave it in the trolley

cod · 17/01/2006 11:30

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NomDePlume · 17/01/2006 11:29

That's my own list, not one I found.

NomDePlume · 17/01/2006 11:29

lol, iota. My shopping list this morning was...

Grapes
Sandwich meat
Shortbread biscuits
Cod loin
Baby carrots
Razors
Book

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