In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> > Heh! You never "people watch" in the checkout line?
> > I look at other people's purchases all the time. It's entertaining to
> > see the differences between "moderates", "junk food junkies" and those
> > that actually try to eat reasonably "real" diets. :-)
>
> Went to the store this past week, lady in line ahead of me had four
> cases of beer, three cases of Cokes, six big bags of chips, two or three
> boxes of cookies. Rather casually I just said, "Big party?"
>
> Just casually she said, "Nope, lunch for husband." We both cracked up
> and people were staring at us and wondering what we were laughing about.
>
> Turns out they were having some sort of to do in the backyard with their
> grown kids. I do like to meet people with a good sense of humor.

Grocery store and checkout lane conversations have been most interesting
over the years. :-)
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