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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I had to pick up some stuff at the butcher/deli down the road from me.
> >While I was checking out I grabbed some bananas. The cashier looked a
> >little confused and then started counting them and said something about
> >them being 50 cents apiece. I looked at her puzzled and then told her they
> >are bananas. They are sold by the pound. Doh. A hand of 6 bananas would
> >have been $3.
>
> They're not always sold that way here. Target sells them per piece.

In cities here there are places for office workers to choose a take-
away picnic lunch; they all seem to sell whole apples and bananas priced
by the piece. I don't think they even have scales to price anything by
weight.

Janet UK