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May 13, 2008 |
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Groshery Lissed
FOUND by Justin
in Cincinnati, Ohio
You probably get a lot of these, but this is my first submission, so I'm gonna do it anyway...
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
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At least they got potatos right... That one's tough!
The spirit of Dan Quayle lives on. It needs an e when it's plural, green fairy!
I lick this fined.
For goodness sake, don't forget the COOLADE!!!
Sugar? We don't need no stinking sugar!
Wow. Couldn't they think of anything else to spell wrong? And since when can you buy a braid at the store? On the other hand, it does sound like a delicious meal...anything with sore crem....
Wow, Justin got posted on his first submission. Sweet!
What? No Korn?
Jason must know Justin.
Yep there was Korn.
Sore cream ?! Ohmygod.
It's koolaid, for Pete's sake, KOOLAID. Sheesh.
"Congratulations Baldrick, you've managed to spell 'Merry Christmas' without getting a single letter correct."
I know if I was from Spinland, I would be Spinish.
I feel like cereal is harder to spell than lettuce. How did he master the harder word, but not the easier?
WFT!
leonardo used to leave me grocery lists, with words misspelled on purpose. drives me nuts. (at least i hope its on purpose.)
Pamplona, maybe cuz cereal is written right on the box, but lettuce has no box? although i've seen people misspell words with the correct example right in front of them. I often wonder whether its innattention, or hubris.
What good is COOLADE without the sugar? Don't tell me our list writer wussed out and went sugar free. Shameful. I hope s/he gets a aspartame headache.
What are the two "words" after cheese? I see "mos" and "cheocr". I do understand the "shredded" with an arrow pointing to the cheese, but I can't for the life of me figure out what those two words are supposed to be! Maybe the 2nd word is supposed to be "cheddar"?
Maybe the poor schmo of a shopper found the sugar, crossed it off the list, and then hunted around for the other things, but gave up and went home because almost nothing on the packages or labels matched what was on the list. I can almost hear him talking to himself:
"Lettes? Lettes? Well, I found latkes, and lentils, and lettuce, but can't find the flipping "lettes". They must be out. Okay, well what's next on the list? (I tell you, NEXT time she's doing her own groery shopping!) Spinish? Where do you suppose these folks put spinish?"
@mlm: shredded cheese, mozzerella and cheddar.
I'm having trouble with the last item. Can Dul-liquid?
@ Agent Ling: I think the last item is "candul--liqued", possibly meaning "candle, liquid". Just a guess.
Spelling does matter. When I read "sore crem," I cant help thinking of the writer putting cream to put on his or her sores. Ewwww!
*oops, please disregard "to put"* Slow morning.
It's fuel for those lanterns. It's also called Parrafin, I think?
"candul liqied" is probably one of those room freshener thingys with the floating candle.
I think the mos between cheese and chedr is supposed to be mozzarella. I'm not even sure I spelled it right, so I understand why the list-maker abbreviated it.
@Brain problem: wish I thought of that....
Indy.. let's hope the sore cream is for the TOES... *shudder* (or should I say *shutter*)
Well, Class, I'd say you've all done an excellent job at deciphering today's Find of the Day! I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings us.
@green fairy - it's potatoes
@mlm in texas - I think they were debating b/w mozzarella and cheddar. I usually abbreviate mozzarella on my list, too. But as "mozz" not "mos."
I'm really shocked at the ratio of incorrect words to correct words. It took me forever to get lettes=lettuce.
At least their poor education doesn't keep them from eating a healthy, well-rounded diet of lots of vegetables and no junk food.
Before we had a dictionary, there was no common agreement on how to spell words. This list reminds me of that. Try reading the actual Lewis and Clark journals where "moccasins" is spelled several different ways, "moccasons," "mockersons," "mockasins," etc... You can access the complete original journals at http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/examples/servlet/trans
@ Christina in Illinois
You are 100% correct. Potato is spelled potatoes when there are more than one. Like tomatoes. Thanks for clearing that up Christina. Quayle was on the right track anyway. He just thinks in large amounts I guess.
No junk?!! I would have at least got some eminems.
Mona Lisa, good point!
Susan, that seems like a really cool site, but the url got cut off. Didn't somebody recently post a site that makes url's smaller?
Reminds me of the book Eggs, Milk, Vodka that my friend picked up in a used bookstore...chock full of poorly-spelled shopping lists.
I collect peoples shopping lists, I must have at least 20 lying around in various places in my room.
What's a kid doing buying carpet powder?
@Agent Ling Hi
I missed your post filling in mlm. Sorry I seconded your anser. Sure, pick on the kid with the brain problm...
@ Sister Mary: If the sore cream is in fact for the toes, then perhaps that's why he/she needs the carpet powder. Ewww!
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Oh. This is drunk Popeye's shopping list. I can hear him telling Olive, "...and dis time...don'ts forgets me spinish, bish."
Haha. Did you find this near a Kroger?
@Flux--We leave our grocery lists at the store on purpose, hoping someone like you will find them, read them and be amused. Of course, I know you wouldn't find ours in Texas since you're in New Zealand...but they look something like this:
Milk
Bread
Apple Juice
ball gag
TP
paper towels
live badger
handcuffs
coffee
anal lube
What is carpet-powder?
(I have been known to type my lists in Microsoft Word, put them in a clear plastic page protector, cross my items off with a dry-erase type marker, and use them again another time.) Don't judgen me.
Where's the bammanas?
@Brain problem, it's ok honey, I still like you.
I am praying that this is a child who wrote this. If not....God help us.
@ night: perhaps we were separated at birth? please tell me you also color-code your calendars for your, each child's, the spouse's, and the family's daily events. and that you have two or three of these, at least one being online.
'Milk, Eggs, Vodka', is the spinoff book from grocerylists.com (which is a fun site although the novelty wears off after the first 1,000 or so).
The tiny-URL site is called tinyurl.com (brilliant idea).
Whassup with having to go back to my 'welcome to Found' e-mail to reactivate my account so I can log in??
And where's Dirty Found gone??
Hrrrumph.
I thought the last item was 'Canderel-liquid' but I don't know if Canderel sweetener comes in liquid form. (So then they wouldn't need sugar.)
This is not a kid, it's an adult who is not very good at writing but knows what he/she wants from the supermarket. So don't be too hard on him/her -- plenty of such folks about. Better to make a badly spelled list than to buy any old junk and throw most of it away uneaten.
www.tinyurl.com is the site to make urls of a managable length.
Here's an Andrew Jackson quote that's exactly what Susan in St Louis pointed out: It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
@mlm in Texas, that's too funny! I don't do my own shopping lists like that but I have been known to modify or add to friends' shopping lists that are just sitting around: Baked ham become baked hamster. And don't forget to pick up a dozen newts.
@Coco in decisive, carpet powder is used to defunkify your carpet. Some kinds just kill the odors, others add scents to the carpet. You sprinkle it one the carpet, wait a bit and then vacuum it up,
MY shopping list:
yogert
choclit melk mix
frozn peetsa
reses cups (n uther canndi)
chezzits
penut buter
aple joose
cereal
& peenk lemonayd.
Boy, the fun of being illiterate.
I don't use the sheet protector but that's a snazzy idea. I do make a rough draft based on my menu for the week, then divide everything up by sections of the store.
yeah yeahhh
ohio power justin from cincinatti!! :D
Aside from the bad spelling, my shopping lists always look like that...
I know a guy named Brad. I'd put him on my shopping list too. And why is there no continuity between caps and lower case letters on the list. The list maker can't decide on spelling OR handwriting!
Fascinating. Thanks Freonz.
@Hannah--Go Ohio power! I'll be in Cinci one week from today--maybe I'll swing by a Kroger to find something like Justin did!
@Freonz--I'll have to remember that! That is great!...I know! I know! Canned peas becomes canned peasants or, or,...um, this is kind of challenging! I'll bet Jonathan or Librarian is up to the task. ("baked hamster" can't be beat, I think.)
Just curious.. do you guys say "gro-shurry" or "gro-surry?" Because I say "gro-surry" or maybe "gross-ree." But most people I know say "gro-shurry."
@Lance Pants - On the floor laughing because I got your reference. What WAS the rest of that list? I remember it cracked me up....bammanas, HA!
i like the elaboration bullets. justin is very attentive.he's like what kind of pop?...moz, okay...he was even in a rush make the first arch of 'mos', but then smoothed it out
the cool aid...they had enough sugar upon further inspection of cupboards
@Lars: if I told you I made calendars like that I'd be lying, but the thought of color-coding makes me a lil wet!
@Clover: I was wondering the same thing. I say both but mostly grosheries.
@Jonathan: Google tells me Canderel does come in liquid form. I'd never heard of it, but I like that explanation better than candles.
@PJ almost in the know: a quick scan of Lance's profile reminds me "Bammamas, Nilk, Weed Doughnuts" typed up and don't forget Cherry O'Pepsi. LOL
@Swift in St. Pete's: wtf are you thinking? Justin didn't make this list. He FOUND this list.
@Justin in Cincy: as lists go, this one's a winner! Thanks for sharing it.
Freonz and mlm:
Reminds me of my student days when they used to put up the week's typewritten menus in the college bar, and my mates and I used to 'amend' them so French Onion Soup would become Flesh Union Slop, Rice became Mice, Hamburgers were Bum Buggers, Baked Beans became Naked Deans, and no doubt Green Peas became Freed Peasants... can't remember any others but it was a lot of fun, till the authorities took umbrage and put the menus behind glass.
this person must be fat...
hahahahahah....(in response to the above statment)
I miss Western PA/Ohio, where pop is pop and not soda.
@A Girl--I have always said "pop" for soda, being from Ohio. However, I live in Texas, where everything is "coke", even if it's a Dr. Pepper or something. It's a dead giveway that I'm not originally from these parts....
I knew Jonathan would be up to the task! (I still can't think of anything funnier than "baked hamsters", although "Naked Deans" is great in a college setting.)
Bad spellars of the wurld untie!
My six year old can spell better than this person. How very sad. My husband is a poor speller as well. When I proofread his customer estimates, he insists he spells "phonetically" LMAO. Seriously, though, this is a symptom of our changing culture. Either this person went to an overcrowded public school where no one cared enough to help them improve their writing skills, or they are just another of a series of undereducated immigrants who know just enough English to get by in this country. If they don't already have a job, they will probably grow up to be one of those telephone customer service reps for my internet provider or cable company. I can never understand what they are saying either.
@Susan, Suzanne, Susin, Soo-san, Siouxsian, Shoes-in, Xio-Xin, etc. ... in St. Louis or wheresomever ... one of the points is that today we DO have dictionaries and standard spellings for English words (and they were also available in the early 1800's when Lewis and Clark -- or Louis and Clarke, Louise and Chlarkk, etc. -- went exploring out west). Yes, languages grow and change (English does, anyway); but one of the things our language has at this moment/location in the space-time continuum is standardized spelling -- well, as long as you specify "American English" or "British English". [footnote: hmmm, could there then also be a standardized "ESL English," a "Lazy Teen English," a "Text Messaging English," and so on?]
this list might have been written by a person who was TRYING to learn English. I remember when my mom used to write the shopping list as she would pronunciate the words. It was a mess between Spanish, Italian and English.
I just got really excited that the list had 'pop' on it. No one says it around here, and I don't like everyone saying 'soda'.
I checked to see the location of the find and was pleasantly surprised to find out it was exactly where I'm from originally.
Hah.
Oh My Goodness.... after 3 glasses of 'bubbles' I read this plus comments and was practically wetting myself with laughter, my husband now thinks I am nuts...more so. Plus here in australia we call soda/pop 'soft drink' soda is a nonsweet fizzydrink that people drink with scotch and such. Pop is annoying music.
Am I the only one that thinks this has been written by two people?
I love BRAD
That reminds me I need to pick up some brad and candle liquid.
P.S. Spinish is the language they will speak when Spain and Finland become one country.
Sometimes I will ask my kids to write down what they think I should buy at the grocery store. It is amazing what they will write down, like brand names of toilet cleaner and stuff, that they pick up from TV. Though I have never actually brought one of those lists to the store...