Omelet wrote:
> 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. :-)

One of my favorites happened several years ago. Was in line behind a
young mother and her daughter, who appeared to be about two or three
years old. Little girl was watching me and I was flirting with her,
winking and grinning. She looked up and said, "Are you somebody's
PawPaw?" To which I replied, "Yes, I am, several somebody's PawPaw." Her
mother was upset with the little girl for bothering me but I explained
that my grand and great grandkids lived more than 125 miles away and I
didn't get to see them that often. It was either that or she thought I
was pervert getting ready to make off with her kid. <G>