Shopping for my job

Sun

Apr '08

My shopping list this week included: Taxidermy moose head, KY Jelly, 2 lbs feathers, balloons, fishing line
Glock or revolver, and a mousetrap.

I actually said the sentence, “As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.”

What’s the strangest combination of things you’ve ever bought?

http://everythingsun.blogspot.com Mike F.

Now that is a list! Too bad you can’t pick up all those things at the local supermarket. I can imagine the look you’d get from the cashier when you buy them all together.

http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

It would probably be similar to the look I got from the cashier when I bought six tubes of KY jelly and a box of cracker jacks.

http://everythingsun.blogspot.com Mike F.

The cashier was probably wondering what kind of surprises they are giving away in those boxes these days.

http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

To be fair, this was a list covering two very different shows. One about Theodore Roosevelt and the other about a playwright haunted by the ghost of Idi Amin.

Jen

Ha ha ha! When I’m bored, I try to come up with strange purchasing combinations that might make a cashier’s eyebrows raise, but that takes the cake. Bravo!

http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

Oh, come on. You have to share at least one example.

http://www.emilydecola.com Emily D.

a twin size foam mattress, four gallon sized enema bags, two bottles of glycerin and 200 rubber gloves.
http://www.emilydecola.com Emily D.

ps. Ask Michael this question.
Carrie S.

Makes me wonder what it must be like being the new guy in a big home-improvement store. “Hey Jack, we just had a couple in here buying 2-inch wooden dowels, heavy-duty eyebolts, the hardware to hang a porch swing, and a hundred feet of rope. What do you think they were making?” “Well, was either of ‘em wearing a collar?”

http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

::snort::

Sometimes, it’s just better not to know.

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