Sunday, August 28, 2005

186 - 203 Walnuts



Yes, I know it says "2oz Walnuts" but I get annoyed when people make a Z look like a 3. Some interesting categorisation has been done on this list - lines surrounding similar items help to differentiate them, but it all goes to pot with the appearance of "Frozen", which is presumably a category title rather than an item. No other category titles have been used up to this point, so what's so special about "Frozen"? Perhaps it's the specific request for "Carte-D'or Tub" that makes this so important, or maybe the shopper is experimenting with theories on an underlying gender issue in terms of the frozen nature of man's relationship with ice cream...?

I admit that this comment about gender issues surrounding ice cream is perhaps a little contrived, but just look at the book list printed on the reverse - the shopper of "203 Walnuts" is a keen gender sociologist. The question is whether or not this second side is a reading list or ANOTHER shopping list. Either way, I'd suggest getting "Realizing Rights: Transforming Approaches to Sexual Reproduction" as a first read. I'd be interested to knwo what new approaches it suggests - asexual reproduction?

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