Perky Nana

My Dear Princess & Dear Fellows,

I thought I would take you shopping with me today. Here in the main blip you can see pictures of the bizarre sweeties we have in the confectionery aisle. "Perky Nana"? 

Please see the extras. I had to take a picture of the "Chippies" aisle, just to prove to you that there is such a thing. Witness also the wonder of "Spag Bol" flavoured chippies.

On a different subject altogether, today Lemon reminded me of a story I know about Lisa. Lemon prompted the memory by telling me about a time she returned some dvd's to Blockbuster* only for the store clerk to ask, "What HAPPENED to them?"

It was at this point her child chose to admit that he may or may not have been putting them in the toaster to see what would happen. Fortunately the Blockbuster guy wrote the whole thing off. I guess he must have had young children too.

But that is not my story. My story concerns Lisa who was working in London at the time. She was in another one of her jobs where she worked all bloody hours and made a shitload of money but was too tired to enjoy it. 

Still, she did her best to spend her city-cash. She splurged on a top-of-the-range Denon stereo with a 5 CD changer and the best speakers. Then she went out and got wankered with a bunch of her mates.

As sometimes happens, her colleagues did not want the night to end and ended up back at hers. They decided it would be really funny to play Lisa's cheesiest and most embarrassing CD's on her flash new stereo. Lisa described the hilarity as they picked out Leo Sayer, Cliff Richard, The Osmonds, Barry Manilow and Richard Clayderman.

But the drunken partygoers were distraught to find Lisa's flash new stereo was BUSTED! She was so annoyed, "I just BOUGHT this bloody thing!" she fumed. But it wouldn't play at all and they had to resort to 80's night on VH1 instead.

The next day, Lisa packed up the stereo and took it back to John Lewis, complaining (loudly) that the bloody thing didn't bloody work.

The assistant took a look. He got out a screwdriver and took a look inside. "There are FIVE CD's in here," he said.

"I know!" said Lisa. "It's a FIVE BLOODY CD stereo!"

"Yes, but they are ALL IN THE SAME SLOT," retorted the assistant.

Lisa went on to say he then picked out the CD's and FLICKED them at her disdainfully, "like they were poo". 

I've no idea what that has to do with supermarket shopping in New Zealand, but hopefully it made you laugh.

S.

* This story takes place in ancient times.