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Silicon Valley Grocery List
FOUND by Ann Randolph
in Sunnyvale, California
I found this outside the local Safeway. It's everything you need for a day in the life of a tech head.
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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...
De-evolution.
So, this is what a geek's shopping list looks like. Kewl.
eye drops/deodorant... is this person suggesting that they need one or the other?
is it a double purpose product?
Why can't anyone spell deodorant?
On the first line, does the "DDR" mean that the "RAM" should have been manufactured in East Germany?
Or is it a reference to Dance, Dance Revolution?
(And, while we're at it, "Fabreze" is spelled "Febreeze," isn't it? The advertising execs probably spent months coming up with just the proper spelling of their superfluous laundry product and here we go destroying all that work with a few slashes of the pen. Come on, people!!)
Yes, 'Febreeze'. And please don't forget to use deordarant.
I like how they balanced their diet with a little fruit after all the junk food. Kinda like the guy that orders a Big Mac, supersized fry, double cheeseburger and two apple pies with a 'diet' Coke.
Awesome! Finally, a find from somewhere I've lived. Well, I guess technically I lived in Mountain View, but really, it's about the same. This list seems right on the money, too. :o)
So, I'm gonna smell good. My curtains are gonna smell good. My eyes are gonna see better. I'm gonna pig out and install some RAM.
Now, that's a day worth living.
One hell of a day.
Diordorant = designer pit spray.
I thought it said eye props. Which reminded me of the toothpicks Fred Flintstone used to stay awake.
Happy Purple Post-it Day!
On "Dead Like Me" last night the episode had a guy obsessing over a purple post it.
What--no Ramen noodles?
Can you get all that stuff at the Safeway? Also, I like "eye props" too. Like Dali or something.
Boring and lame. Is this all found can do?
Why it's the Four Basic Food Groups!!
btw, the deodorant & the fabreeze may be "related items". Apparently, among the 'bar crowd' in Silicon Valley, spraying Fabreeze on self is supposed to disguise the odors of cigarettes, etc.
Sometimes people use too much! At my last place of employment, a potential receptionist lost her chances by taking "smoke breaks" -- and it wasn't just the smell of cigarettes that destroyed her chances!
i find it amusing that they happen to need febreeze and deodorant.
perhaps to not stink up the room in which they are working so hard?
I love that show "Dead Like Me"
I wonder what DVD he got (I am assuming it is a guy). Or is it, PVD, in which case, Never Mind.
This could qualify as an English fail!
http://englishfail.wordpress.com
I like how this guy wrote on a purple note.
It's actually Febreze. I noticed that the other day. No idea why it's not two "e"'s. Makes no sense. Of course a lot of the English language is that way.
This dude lives in his mom's basement.
Stinky eyes.
Dear Smoking a Virginia Slim in South Dakota,
Clearly you've never lived in the Silicon Valley...
I just spent the last five minutes rolling on the floor.
(Regains composure...)
If this had been found a bit further south in the San Fernando Valley, it could be the shopping list of incidentals on the set of an adult film.
GREAT website, Cool:
http://englishfail.wordpress.com
Wow, Jen in NY -- I wonder why they used Febreze (invented in February?).. and not what we think it is!? Another mystery...
I'm gonna go with . . . . STONER
bingo!
If I were to buy these things and use them and eat them etc, would I turn into a Silicon Valley nerd?
Perhaps this is the first step in a series of purple post-its on "How to become a Nerd".
I'm off to compose my shopping list.
256 MB of DDR RAM costs about $15 and would be a nice upgrade for a desktop computer made in 1997. Not exactly state of the art.