Hysterical book find

[matrixrefugee]

Which I didn't buy, but it was worth running across. I believe the title was "Funny Grocery Lists": a collection of actual grocery lists that some wag had found over the course of several years and added his own playful comments to his finds. Since I work in grocery, this one was right up my alley: I thought I'd seen some funny lists, but I've never seen one with "Hookers and Blow" (Comment added: "Maybe they meant fishing tackle and a hair drier?"). Or a list that had obviously been written up by a kid and an adult (two sets of handwriting, one of them much more clear -- except half the words were misspelled). Or strange abbreviations. Or obsessive-compulsive lists that had the prices of stuff jotted down (I've seen lists like that).

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It has a site! (it's sad I knew EXACTLY what you were talking about): http://www.grocerylists.org/
Another in the same vein is FOUND magazine- which is basically what it sounds like, collections of found objects, lists, and whatever that people send in. I have one of their books. The site is: http://www.foundmagazine.com/
I love random ephemera...it's such an interesting way to peek into other people's lives.
~Ruby

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

:: Bookmarks the website:: Thanks for the link! This site should keep me busy, and I might send a few of my own finds in for review. I wonder if I still got the one wih "No Generi shit!" written at the bottom....

[(Anonymous)]

Nicky: "Don't get me STARTED on grocery lists...I work in an Italian deli and it never fails that my customers are clueless yuppies who phonetically try and spell out what they want. You don't know Hell until you've got a soccer mom yelling at you because you don't seem to stock 'penay' or 'parmeejohnoh'."

~Ruby