This is a list. Oh yes it is. And it's not just any old list, it's a THISISAKNIFE list.
I've just got back from Tesco with the nice chaps from Channel 4's weekly videocast, thisisaknife who featured the Compendium in January. Donal, Tim and I wandered around the trolleys searching out more lists while they recorded a nice little interview for this week's show.
This was the first list we found, and I promised to upload it to the web in case any thisisaknife viewers wanted to see the goodness :)
As for the list, there's a couple of things that stand out. One of them is the fact that "Bread" is written - not only in black pen rather than a pencil - but aso in different handwriting. The second exciting thing is that this is a shopper who either wishes to buy a straight caddy for tea, or maybe already has the caddy but wants some tea leaves for it. How very confusing! You can tell it's summer though - lots of "Salad" and things, although quite why "cucumber" needs to be listed separately is slightly inconsistent.
2 comments:
Hi Mr Mistofflees,
Believe me, there are plenty of new lists but I'm really struggling to find time to update the site at the moment. I've got a great big pile of un-scanned and un-analysed lists sat on my desk but need to find a few hours to sit down and work through them. Unfortunately increased busy-ness at work has coincided with us buying our first house that needs a bit of work doing on it, so I'm afraid we need to get that out of the way at the moment. But never fear, the Compendium has not finished - there's plenty more to come!
All the best,
Scotty
Curator of the Shopping List Compendium
Why is it inconsistent that cucumbers is listed separately? Whenever I make a grocery list, I put "salad" and I mean "lettuce" by it. I'd put "cucumbers" seperately too... cucumbers, carrots, celery...all of 'em. Separate. Hm...
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