do you ever find left over notes in shopping torlleys or elsewhere? i

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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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why would you buy
3/4 bacon and
1/2 bacon

I'm assuming the numbers are Lbs?? People are so weird... Have to admit i was a bit freaked out by this thread to start with, but have to say it is hilarious... i am definetley going to leave my list next time i'm shopping... although they are a bit like the da vinci code... might give us a laugh though....

Haha i need to get out more!

kelly x

Da Capo Code - Bear... you play?

Yes, did pmsl @ cubes.

The bacon thing is a bit odd given they are fairly close on the list and the first part of the list being fairly sensible. It must have been a last minute panic.

More than one bacon preference in the house maybe?
Streaky Vs Medalions
Smoked Vs Unsmoked.... the list could go on!

hmmm... the possibilities are endless... this could become some kind of national game... mumsnetters leave ridiculous shopping lists and see who find them haha.

Got to admit when i worked at tescos i loved pinching peoples lists from the bottom of the checkouts... some people dont just write their shopping on... once read one like this:

Peas
Gravy
Ham
Butter
chocolate spread
collect sophie from grandmas 6pm

How bad is that!!!??

Lamb cubes are v strong - you can only go for fractions - a whole lamb cube has been known to kill. They're nice tho so it would be an enjoyable, if intense, demise.

That is one pie-tastic list. My favourite so far. I love pies.

Yeah wabbit I'm a playa.

Lamb cubes are v strong - you can only go for fractions - a whole lamb cube has been known to kill. They're nice tho so it would be an enjoyable, if intense, demise.

That is one pie-tastic list. My favourite so far. I love pies.

Yeah wabbit I'm a playa.

HA HA HA - PMSL Bear!

What ya play then - gtr????

(I've had to change my name - queenie here Oh Bear your highness King of the Thread

nope - I'm the first one there, sit at the back and last to leave, the butt of the jokes, but without me it's rubbish

i have been impetiently searching in trolleys since this thread started and all i keep finding is snottery hankies and plastic bags...until today - it has been worth the wait! Written on plain a4 folded in half in shoolteachery print

papers
fresh sq oj
pots
onions
leek
carrot
swede
bans
apples
clems
yogs
cheese
cheese spr
green milk {i presume semi skim?}
bread
tins beans
tins tuna
lentils
pasta
noodles
bacon
biscuits
chkn breasts - more if cheap
ham shank
fish fingers
lemonade
dilut juice
pizza

now you might not fint the list too exciting - neither did I until i unfolded it and saw the note scrawled on the back in different handwriting..it reads...

hey pet
you will be wondering about the smell? I may have forgotten to turn the soup off! Please forgive me. The soup can be replaced but our love will last forever. I will call you at lunchtime.
Peter
xxx

I think i struck gold with this one!!! I almost died laughing reading it in my car! Cant wait for next visit to trolley park! p.s looks like she was going to replace the soup too! HAHA!

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Ha ha. did you stuff it in your pocket like a thief? I did, then a quick look round to see if anyone was watching. I was getting very excited at what might be on it, couldnt wait to get into car to have a look.

'Mummy mummy'
'Ssshhhh'

i did blush and feel guilty!

Deep joy - after not being to a supermarket since this thread started, went today to Waitrose and found two lists (admittedly after dragging two toddlers round all the trolley parks to "find the right kind of trolley darling" ).

List one

Torn out of a notebook, half the sheet missing, blue biro, very neat and tidy writing (I reckon it's a woman, 35-45, v well groomed - could be cod).

light brown sugar (palm)
butternut squash
coconut milk
coconut cream
fish sauce
lime pickle
lemongrass (3)
beansprouts

Methinks a delicious Thai curry is in the offing.

On reverse of list - Barney & Vera and a phone no. Could be that Barney & Vera are coming over to eat the curry? Lucky them.

List Two

Torn from a diary, hastily scribbled in pencil

Eggs
Pitta
Tuna
Ginger
Sugar Snap Beans - crossed out very emphatically
green Ibonu (that's what it looks like - no idea)
Pancetta
onion
mush
Pars(squiggle) (maybe parsnips?)
Pineapple sar(squiggle) - no idea
Sausages
Peas
Potatoes
Cakes
Berries
Yoghurts
Orange & apple juice
Butter
Babywipes
Brown sugar
Squiggle & squiggle (can't read as it's under a muddy splodge - found this list on the ground)

Pretty well-rounded kind of list - sausages but no Turkey Twizzlers for example. No idea what she's going to cook with it, mind.

does pancetta qualify as nice ham?

love the Thai list, mmm. I like Thai or as Homer said "Thai good, you like shirt?" made me laugh anyroad

please call Barney and Vera and ask them do they like nice ham - say you're from the Nice Ham Council

remember I'm the puppetmaster here. DO IT.

only one from Waitrose this weekend - none in Tesco at all.
Yellow Post-it (does anyone actually buy these or do we all nick them from work?) with 50-ish Mature Lady writing (just like an ex's mum's, now I look at it...)

Milton sterilizing solution
Bleach
Gloves
Italian peppers
Mushrooms
Chicken
Courgettes

sounds like some serious Hygiene, followed by a tasty dinner

thought of this thread yesterday while getting my trolley & finding someone's list. it said "cake flour".

Hardly needs a list of its own, does it. Even I could remember 'cake flour' if it was all I was going for

Dh went to Sainsbury's Wilmslow last week and he was buying 'nice ham' - I asked him to put a little message by the 'nice ham' and leave the list in a trolley - but it's not turned up on here yet!

Nobody in Wilmslow then?

i got my ds looking in the trolleys for me! we found two and he ran across the park joyfully shouting' daddy daddy we found two lists!!!'

gdg- i tried waitrose in wilmslow on sunday but no lists at all? not a sausage!

Mrs Badger - that's a mumsnetter's list - one who likes really really clean mushrooms

actually, when I saw the Mature lady writing, and that the first item was Milton, I immediately thought Mnetter.

Wonder if anyone will own up...

omg have missed so much
jackie no first of a;; lol at noah and ethan

I love the one with the note from Peter about the soup.