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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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WideWebWitch · 22/02/2006 17:32

No, that wasn't my list Bear. lol at nice ham t shirts!

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 22/02/2006 17:10

not to be outdone by the bumper sticker crew - check this out. Come out and tell those torlley boys and officious assistant managers just who you are!

oh and while you're linking - have a look at this too

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 22/02/2006 14:38

Here's the nice writer's list. Green pen on page from spiral bound reporter's notebook.

mince
chicken
ham slices (I'm inferring that this is nice - it's not sliced ham, it's "ham slices")
Bacon

Bread
Gl. Free Rolls
Gl. Free Pizza Base

Tomato sauce
pizza sauce
pizza base

O.J.
Fizzy Water
elderflower

greek yog
yoghurts
cheese
Alex's milk
eggs
mozarella cheese

Jam
peanut butter
coffee

Potatoes
Carrots
apples
bananas
pineapple
cooki (struck through - presumably cooking apples)
Rhubarb

lovely writing, no spelling mistakes, relatively healthy, eats rhubarb. Guessing Alex has food issues.

WideWebWitch · 21/02/2006 19:29

Can't be mine come to think of it, my handwriting's crap.

WideWebWitch · 21/02/2006 19:28

Bear, if it was my list you're welcome to post it

WideWebWitch · 21/02/2006 19:25

I sent dh to Sainsbury's in Winterstoke Rd in Bristol yesterday with explicit instruction to leave the list. It had written on the bottom "and leave the list in case a mumsnetter finds it" - I assume no-one did

mistressmiggins · 21/02/2006 19:21

here it is and the spelling is as appears on list:-

chicken nugets
chigargo town pizzas x 2
pineapple juice x 2
cod
curry sauce x2
beef rice x2
ribena squash
bread
milk
washing tablets
comfort
chrisps
fudge cakes
yoguts
chicken
meatballs
tomarto ketup

pouchofdouglas · 21/02/2006 19:20

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mistressmiggins · 21/02/2006 19:17

I am soooo sad that I found one the other day in the trolley, took it out and put it in my car b4 going into the shop so that I could come back & post on this thread

its still in the car though....

bettythebuilder · 21/02/2006 18:31

Got one, got one.
I did a very covert and cunning manoeuvre to swipe the list from the bottom of my (carefully) chosen torlley and stash it at the bottom of my wine carrier.
Was it worth it? I'll let you decide...
(Written in black pen on lined paper torn from a spiral bound notepad)

lemons salad

eggs
ice cream

juice etc for flat

JackieNo · 21/02/2006 13:26

Someone with the flu who needs a hot toddy and a lot of nose-blowing. Think you might be right about the fleece rather than throw. Maybe we should try going round Argos and picking up any discarded lists from there (and the form thingies Argos provide for writing down your numbers). Could add a whole new dimension to this thread...

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 21/02/2006 12:40

back off teach, it's an acceptable variant and is closer to the origin: lath - Old English, meaning hostile or spiteful.

lots of tissues and whisky - could be a sofa session in the offing

BettySpaghetti · 21/02/2006 12:34

Bear, technically it is unspecified in the hardcopy of the catalogue -it is described as "cord effect fleece". Yet the website calls it a "throw". Mysterious....

I wonder if the list writer wanted it as a throw (decoratively draped over their sofa)or a blanket (to snuggle up under whilst watching Corrie)? Is the answer in the list?

cod · 21/02/2006 12:31

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BearintheBigBlueHouse · 21/02/2006 12:29

sorry we crossed. Thanks.

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 21/02/2006 12:29

is it this ? which is a throw, not a blanket and that difference may well hold the key....

no, Batters, I'm still not better

found a list yesterday. Am loth to share it as I really really like the handwriting, and judging by the contents it may well be a MNer and I don't want to post the first identified one and for the writer to not live up to her handwriting - she might which would be great, but these things have a knack of smacking you in the back of the knees with a pool cue and then kicking you in the kidneys.

BettySpaghetti · 21/02/2006 12:27

Your word is my command
here you go

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 21/02/2006 12:23

this toaster ? it's important. Can you link to the blanket - it may have great significance.

BettySpaghetti · 21/02/2006 12:09

I must have too much time on my hands (or am just too nosey for my own good ) but I've looked up JackieNo's list entries in the Argos catalogue. They are:

cord effect fleece blanket
Cordon Bleu stainless steel 2 slice toaster

(in my defence, DD only went back to school today and DS is asleep so its my first "daytime break" since before halfterm so I'm spending it all on the laptop)

batters · 21/02/2006 09:11

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suzywong · 21/02/2006 08:35

I found one at last!

Proscuitto
Low fat cottage cheese
jarlburg

bicarbonate of soda
tomatoes

magnifying glass
calorie counter

is there more to this thread than that or do you just repeat the list?

BettySpaghetti · 21/02/2006 08:31

Think it must be Argos -I used to work in Abingdon and theres an Argos across the road from Tescos.
Will have a look in the catalogue after school run etc if no one else has done it by then.

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 20/02/2006 22:50

I've been sleeping on a different storey than (or is it from) DS due to my illness-induced snorefests, hence need for monitor. Not a mansion, just a house of many storeys. Including Bear Hunt.

I want all listers to get out their catalogues and identify those page and item numbers - if CSI can get DNA results on epithelials back in a coupla hours, we can get this cracked overnight. Get to it. Page 1055 - big catalogue - Argos Extra?

cod · 20/02/2006 16:10

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JackieNo · 20/02/2006 16:09

I managed to pick up 2 in Tescos in Abingdon this afternoon without, hopefully, making myself look like too much of a weirdo. First one very boring:

Cooked chicken or Portions
Bag chips
Roast potatoes
Conditioner
2 pints skimmed milk
" " full fat milk
Cheshire cheese.

The other one a bit more interesting (but not much)
New Pen
Tissues 2 boxes
Whisky
Lemonade
Spuds + Veg
Sugar
Birthday Card

Then at the bottom:
Page 913 21(circled)
Page 1055 13(circled).

On the back:
Feet (can you buy these in Tesco?)
Friday
Lunch at [presumably someone's name].