I have grown totally dependent on the kindness not of strangers but of my fellow bloggers, to be able to post shopping lists. It also caters to my totally lazy nature.
So today, I have to rouse myself from my new occupation of sofa tester, to thank Ian for this list. You can see his offerings here
Ian had this to say about the list he found and donated to us:
Here is the list I thought you might appreciate. I have very little to add in the way of commentary except that it appears to be very eclectic in nature, and was found somewhere in Wisconsin, heaven knows where exactly. Dumbestblogger
Oh, goodness, where do we start on this one? Over to you, folks!
It’s the potato popsicle that bothers me…
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And they are real things!
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Weird!
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This piece of paper is harder to understand than Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity. Maybe Albert would have been able to decipher it. Hi. Take care.
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The list definitely caused a few questions.
Thank you for your comment!
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HA! I figured out the chicken and zucchini…the rest was too much for my pea-brain! 😉 HA! 😀
If the person who wrote it could read their own writing/notes then I guess all is well. 😉
Ha! Ever written something down in a hurry and later, while looking at it, go, “Hmm? What does that say?” HA! 😀
HUGS!!! 🙂
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OMG – Potato Popsicle is a thing!
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By George, they look good, and especially with tomato sauce!
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Just as you suggested to one of the other comments
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Exactly, except then I was being facetious!
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Be careful what you wish for . . .
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Hah!
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DGON? Don’t go on . . . ummm . . . Monday (given some of the other letters are a bit dyslexic).
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It’s very cryptic, Gwen.
I am currently reading ‘Joe’s fruit Shop and Milk bar’ by Zoe Boccabella, which is based on the lives of her Italian ancestors. It is is set in Queensland, and covers the time before, during and after the Second World War.
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I’ve heard her speak and she was delightful. Also has a second book: Mezza Italiana (half Italian). I haven’t read either – yet.
I gave the second copy of “For a Better Life” to my stepmother on Saturday night. She was delighted with the gift. Started talking about her own experiences and which one of her daughters was going to write it. Eventually I suggested they buy a recorder and I do the transcribing. . . as if that will ever happen.
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I hope they do as you suggest, otherwise, it’s just lost.
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I feel I have heard more of her stories than they have. It comes down to interest and understanding of the lives beyond our own busy ones. But I wasn’t recording them at the time.
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It’s so often the story, eh?
We’ve just taken delivery of a second printing of the book, much to our delight and surprise!
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Surely that’s not a potato popsicle?!
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Haven’t you had them? Yummy with some catsup/tomato sauce. 😊
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gagging as I type—but why do I think my two and half year old granddaughter would think it oh so tasty?!
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It could also be, following the bad spelling, sole the fish rather than soak…
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Okay, I have a different interpretation. I think this is someone who is…careless with spelling. It’s also a list that combines errands and shopping. We’ve got soak, which could be a foot soak; chicken and zucchini; popsicles and potatoes; they need to do something about their social security and medicare–maybe sign up? And it appears they need to visit their study carel (sic–not looking that up) or acquire one (maybe going back to school in retirement? Or closing it down….
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So, you’re going for an Ed(ucational) carrel then? The string of vertical letters has me puzzled.
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I’ve got no clue about those, as the letters aren’t legible–that first one could be a delta, there ore meaning change something about the following ones, but…
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I don’t get the “fire lighting thing”. I only just got ‘potato’ (thanks to Lou)! I thought it was ‘yobto’. And I thought the word after Ed was ‘carel’. I frequently type letters in the wrong order — nobody’s prefect! * But I can’t imagine writing letters in the wrong order, as in ‘popscile’.
* 🙂
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We have Jiffy and Redheads firelighters, so I was also unsure what Lou had in mind. Maybe she’ll come back and tell us.
I think it’s card, but only after Lou made me look again.
People with dyslexia might write letters in the wrong order, dog knows. 😊
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Although Lou’s explanation seems credible, it looks more like a complicated plot for a murder. In fact I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was an author’s summary of what he (Stephen King) intended to say in his next volume.
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You see murder everywhere, BA.
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It’s a good thing we are separated by the Ditch.
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It could be my blotter which contains all kinds of cryptic scribble, ink blots, and coffee rings.
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You could frame your next blotter as a modern piece of art, Derrick.
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You would like it, Yvonne. 🙂 Thanks very much.
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I might use it as an inspiration for knitting a sweater, Derrick. 🙂
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🙂
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Lou’s decipher works for me! 🙂
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Same here, Sue.
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I don’t live in 221 B Baker Street!
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You folks are so darn sharp today. I am very impressed, Uma.
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Lou has it covered, I think. That’s what I call being short on words. 🙂
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I was so impressed with her knowledge, E.T. 🙂
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It looks quite straight forward really. It’s not actually a shopping list although it was taken with the writer as a reminder that they’re right out of spuds and ice creams.
It’s a Monday when this was written. Washing Day. Need to get those Levi’s-a-soakin.
It’s Ed’s Birthday next month. With the mail such as it is, best get that card in the post quick smart.
Best check in with Social Security in case Medicare ever comes in.
Chicken with Zucchini for supper and this Covid stuff is so upsetting I might light a fire – how’d y’all spell that fire lighting thing?
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OMG!!! Thank goodness you know how to decipher these things, Lou. Is it from years of experience? ❤
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