At the tram stop I spotted on the bench, a piece of paper that looked like a list. I love a list, and couldn't resist having a look. Finding another person's shopping list is a fascinating insight into that stranger's lifestyle, and you find yourself trying to build a character profile from it. This however, wasn't any old shopping list, this was a bizarre list of randomness. The items on this numbered list made me hope that the person who wrote it remembers what was on it.
1- Toothpaste
2- venue for wedding
3- Salt and pepper grinders
4- Finish off message
5- Houses
6-Visit Evelyn
7- Book about buy(ing) and selling second hand cars.
Whoever wrote this list has their priorities all over the place, and a strange idea about how to write a list. Is toothpaste really deserving of the number one spot? Or was it just the first thing they realised they needed? Clean teeth and nice smelling breath is important, but woe betide if his wife to be (from the nature of the list I have decided that it was written by a man) found out that his oral hygiene ranked higher than their wedding and new home.
I love the fact that after the number three 'salt and pepper grinders', is the instruction to finish off a message. Who takes a break from writing a message? Who takes such an amazingly long break from writing a message that the completion of the message finds a home on a to-do list? Finishing this message is apparently more important than finding a house. He must have a very understanding fiance, or a big cock and lots of money. For the sake of the future marriage, I hope this visit with Evelyn is innocent, but surely if he was having an affair he wouldn't be so daft as to include it on a to-do list would he?
I'm not sure about his final entry, 'book about buy(ing) and selling second hand cars'. Does this mean a book to read about buying and selling second hand cars as a living? Or does it mean 'book' as in appointment to see someone about a car?
Also, who writes salt and pepper grinder on a shopping list? They aren't exactly things you need to buy everyday. Unless he throws them away when they're empty, he does have a lot of money remember.
The more I considered this list, the more I worried about this couple's life together. In a moment of Earl Hickey combined with Dave Gorman, I considered doing this list for them, then tracking them down to surprise them.
Picture the scene; I knock on the door with two gift wrapped parcels. The first contains a tube of toothpaste, and the second a brand new cruet. Then I reveal that I have found them a house, and booked them a wedding venue. I even track down Evelyn and apologise on their behalf for not meeting as he had lost his list. Then, just as they are tearfully thanking me, a second hand car pulls into the road, the driver gets out and casually tosses the keys over. The car is theirs as a wedding present.
I love a happy ending.
1- Toothpaste
2- venue for wedding
3- Salt and pepper grinders
4- Finish off message
5- Houses
6-Visit Evelyn
7- Book about buy(ing) and selling second hand cars.
Whoever wrote this list has their priorities all over the place, and a strange idea about how to write a list. Is toothpaste really deserving of the number one spot? Or was it just the first thing they realised they needed? Clean teeth and nice smelling breath is important, but woe betide if his wife to be (from the nature of the list I have decided that it was written by a man) found out that his oral hygiene ranked higher than their wedding and new home.
I love the fact that after the number three 'salt and pepper grinders', is the instruction to finish off a message. Who takes a break from writing a message? Who takes such an amazingly long break from writing a message that the completion of the message finds a home on a to-do list? Finishing this message is apparently more important than finding a house. He must have a very understanding fiance, or a big cock and lots of money. For the sake of the future marriage, I hope this visit with Evelyn is innocent, but surely if he was having an affair he wouldn't be so daft as to include it on a to-do list would he?
I'm not sure about his final entry, 'book about buy(ing) and selling second hand cars'. Does this mean a book to read about buying and selling second hand cars as a living? Or does it mean 'book' as in appointment to see someone about a car?
Also, who writes salt and pepper grinder on a shopping list? They aren't exactly things you need to buy everyday. Unless he throws them away when they're empty, he does have a lot of money remember.
The more I considered this list, the more I worried about this couple's life together. In a moment of Earl Hickey combined with Dave Gorman, I considered doing this list for them, then tracking them down to surprise them.
Picture the scene; I knock on the door with two gift wrapped parcels. The first contains a tube of toothpaste, and the second a brand new cruet. Then I reveal that I have found them a house, and booked them a wedding venue. I even track down Evelyn and apologise on their behalf for not meeting as he had lost his list. Then, just as they are tearfully thanking me, a second hand car pulls into the road, the driver gets out and casually tosses the keys over. The car is theirs as a wedding present.
I love a happy ending.
