Wednesday, August 31, 2005

191 - Joanne & Mum Sandwich


3 members of this shopper's family appear on this list: "Joanne", "mum" and "gran". Are they having a tea party - and that's why they only want a "light lunch"? After all, Joanne & mum want a sandwich (although whether it's one each or one between them is unclear) while gran wants "TETLEY TEA". The list sees the same spelling of "FRIUT" as noted throughout the collection, while I am intrigued by the pluralisation of "RICE PUDDINGS". Does this mean the shopper wants more than one can of rice pudding?

This list is written on the same branded notepad as list #035 - "For all your shopping needs". Two things are interesting about this. Firstly, and I've studied the lists side by side for a long time so you can believe me on this one, the writing on the two lists is COMPLETELY different. The two shoppers are not connected (more's the pity). Thsi may be because the office addresses are different, but I still think it's quite amazing that two people in New Malden have the same letting agency's notepad, but from different offices. Secondly, this more recent pad doesn't feature the message "For all your shopping needs" that I criticised so heavily in list #035. This can only be a good thing. As I said before, what's the point of being "for all your shopping needs" if someone's just going to use your paper to write a list for Tesco?

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