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

[codnotamod]

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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quite funny - i found it and my dh's name is peter! spooky!!

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found one in Waitrose today and didn't pick it up as I was sure this thread would be long dead...

obviously I was wrong

lol at ICindigo " colelct sophie"

lol at barney adn vera
htink tis amazing we have foudn a schoolr eport a letter to parents, poeples most intimate secrets

ok you have made that up sirely

Ok, I've finally worked out what's going on here. Bear is a CIA (or some more shadowy organisation) agent on a mission to assess the nation's psyche through the analysis of shopping lists.
It's obvious he's American from his use of words like "store". He is employed by them for his uncanny abilities to attract shopping lists, and spends all day trawling supermarkets posing as an ordinary dad, which explains why he appears to visit a "store" at least 2 or 3 times a day, as well as his encyclopaedic knowledge of the various branches of Waitrose in the Bristol area, their locations and facilities. He somehow duped (or are they in league?) Cod into starting this thread in order to increase his crop of lists. He nearly blew his cover a while back with the MI6 thing but has managed to backtrack since.
It's all so obvious when you have all the pieces, right? Even the name. Everyone knows bears are most common in the US. I'm still trying to figure out the IBM connection though

they are known as the X-lists

cod - not made up! wish i was that inventive! I was fairly disappointed with my first find until i unfolded it!

oooh..dp found one on his lunch break and has just called to tell me..
it too has a message on it, obviously written by the 'lister' for the 'listee'
will wait til he gets home to see the evidence, as it sounds too good to be true.

snaffling lists in public from torlleys one is not using oneself is stressing me out big time - it must be what having sex in public places is like, well, a bit.

got two today and they do not repay the peril involved

Thai curry
Dishwasher tablets
bread
tic tac (added in a different colour in what looks like a child's hand)

now that was not worth losing one's dignity and good standing in the community for was it?

but as this is a social geography research project which will give me another 2.5 units towards my OU doctorate (and as I'm in the pay of the US Secret Service), I'll persevere

Parmesan
Chilli powder mild
Flour 3lbs SR 3lbs plain
Margarine
Mince
Milk
Whipping cream
Potatoes
Steaks
Jam
Choc Chips x 2
3 cooking apples
Semiskimmed milk
Tango 1.5l
Eggs

last week's sorry haul:
Paprika
Butter
Milk
Bread
Salad
Beans
Little Carrots (aaah)
Winter Puddings
Biscuits
Sunday - eh?

Butter
Bicarb of soda (what other bicarbs are there?)
fruit & veg - non specific, you want all of them?
salad
bacon
onions
ham - HOORAY
yogs

Biscuits
yoghurt
milk
cheese
Tea Lemon ginger - that is NOT tea

see what I mean, there's no comedy potential here, just the thrill of the chase and I'm not sure I'm up for that, my nerves are shot

but the thrill is just so...thrilling bear. and when you find alist, that rush is indescribable!

stop it stop it stop it
I'm trying to quit
[hands over ears] not listening not listening la la la

beeeaarr??? just one more list? you know you want to, you know how good it is??

I am so excited I have found one! Super Valu in Cork - neither super nor good value, but there you go.
-Fabric Conditioner
-Iron Water (Spatone or nice smell)
-Dishwater Tablets
-Washing Up Liquid
-Dishwasher Rinse Aid (So not the 4 in 1 tablets)
-Roberts Coffee Bags
-Bewleys Java Strong
-Toilet Paper
-AA Batteries
All in nice writing but too many capitals, then in messier writing
VEET HAIR REMOVER (full moon soon)
Salad Creme (Not cream)
loo paper (more)
Vingete
Peas/Beans
Cerial
On A4 paper, but with a free extra sheet still joined on.

nice one- starts off quite house proud- ironing water-posh- then goes downhill with the terrible spelling!

Ok, so I made that up about the CIA, truth is I am suffering severe list envy as I haven't found a single one yet. Looks like my thesis "Class, community and the name people use for toilet paper on their shoppimg lists" is going nowhere

yeah and I got 5 so ya boo sucks
PS I'm not American

stleger, that sounds like a bit of a Jeckyll and Hyde list (hence hair remover?). Note use of toilet paper then loo paper, maybe I could use that...

he's back, with the list i was waiting to see!....and i hope him and his workmates haven't forged it to fool us ..lol..but here goes..

5 gas
4 leccy

j, ask if we can pay tomorrow and buy more wine

£1.09 nescafe
milk
5 apples
cheap andrex
pepperamis
10 fosters for £5.99
orange rizlas

eeewwww-what a scuzzy list! you can just imagine them now can't you?
and that beer will just be for drinking while they hang out outside the tube station!
or to drink while watching themselves on the jeremy kyle show!

it is a bit too good though? i do know dp has entertained his workmates with updates from this thread so hope he's not winding me up..hehhee

but so hope it's real..
if so, love how she bases what to get on if they can pay later.imagine the train of thought ''i don't even have the money for wine or it would be on my list, but maybe if i can pay tomorrow i can have some!''

oh - this was apparantly found in a costcutter near beckenham at midday.

and they'll need that andrex if they're buying pepperamis!