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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 · 15/01/2006 15:29

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NomDePlume · 15/01/2006 15:35

WRT to 'washing up', my lists must be quite a challenge to any possible list finders, I put "WUL" on my lists for washing up liquid.

cod · 15/01/2006 15:38

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cod · 15/01/2006 15:53

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tigermoth · 15/01/2006 16:33

I knew someone who was trying to collect a complete pack of playing cards, looking out for discarded and lost playing cards whenever he goes out. He said that once you are consciously looking for them, it's surprising how many you find.

cod · 15/01/2006 16:33

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SoupDragon · 15/01/2006 16:37

Snafu, let me know when you're next going list hunting in Waitrose. I'll leave mine in a trolley for you. Probably still clutched in the hand of DS2

philippat · 15/01/2006 16:41

bear's had me laughing out loud

snafu · 15/01/2006 16:41

Hehehehe - will look forward to it, SD.

cod · 15/01/2006 20:15

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harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 20:16

is this like a modern art project or something?

cod · 15/01/2006 20:17

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Surfermum · 15/01/2006 20:18

I put WUL NDP! And P's.

harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 20:21

some clay i neh pug??
say what?

cod · 15/01/2006 20:21

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milward · 15/01/2006 20:30

Will leave my list in the trolley tomorrow!! - wonder if it will be on mn!!

Surfermum · 15/01/2006 20:32

P's = peas. I'm economical with my letters.

NannyL · 15/01/2006 20:35

today i found

apples
tomatoes (3)
green grapes (seedles)
bread
chocolate biscuits and
ibROprofen! lol

cod · 15/01/2006 20:35

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catsmother · 15/01/2006 22:04

I found one in Tescos today. It said:

Eggs
Loo roll

That was all ............. maybe it belonged to someone with amnesia ??!!

AND it was in a trolley. Maybe they were buying loo roll in bulk but otherwise I'd have thought a basket would've done.

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 15/01/2006 22:10

Doesn't count - has to be a torlley.

Surely if they had a lot of eggs they'd be unlikely to need much loo roll.

cod · 15/01/2006 22:11

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milward · 15/01/2006 22:13

the eggs & loo roll could have been the must not forget items