The aubergine mystery
Jun. 5th, 2009 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyI don't like to generalise, but teenage boys are rubbish at greengrocery identification, aren't they? The ones who work in supermarkets, anyway. I first developed this theory when confronted by a male checkout chick (a checkout chap?) who tried to scan a grapefruit as a very large orange. He had the it on the scales surrounded by real oranges like a hen with her chicks. Yesterday's checkout chap was puzzled by something different. He looked at it for a second, frowning, then asked me, 'Um... what's this?'
'That's an eggplant.'
'Thanks.' He picked up the next item and frowned again.
'That's a banana.'
He grinned at me. 'Yeah, I knew that. I just can't remember the code.' Fair enough, then.
Also in my supermarket basket was a mountain of cat food, including what appeared to be an exciting new gourmet flavour, Woolworths' own Tuna with Chilli. On getting it home, though, I realised that the Tuna with Chilli tin is slightly larger than the other cat food tins and, significantly, lacks a picture of a cat on the label. So I suspect it may be mis-shelved people food, although I'm reluctant to try it now. I'll put it at the back of the pantry where I won't see it for ages, so when I find it I'll have forgotten its provenance.
Finally, I'm not keen on Cadbury chocolate, but I love this ad. The appearance of the balloon always makes me laugh:
'That's an eggplant.'
'Thanks.' He picked up the next item and frowned again.
'That's a banana.'
He grinned at me. 'Yeah, I knew that. I just can't remember the code.' Fair enough, then.
Also in my supermarket basket was a mountain of cat food, including what appeared to be an exciting new gourmet flavour, Woolworths' own Tuna with Chilli. On getting it home, though, I realised that the Tuna with Chilli tin is slightly larger than the other cat food tins and, significantly, lacks a picture of a cat on the label. So I suspect it may be mis-shelved people food, although I'm reluctant to try it now. I'll put it at the back of the pantry where I won't see it for ages, so when I find it I'll have forgotten its provenance.
Finally, I'm not keen on Cadbury chocolate, but I love this ad. The appearance of the balloon always makes me laugh: