I do my online shopping with Superquinn on a Wednesday night. The website never ceases to amaze me. For some reason they have scorned Google’s customised search options to give you their own more quirky approach.
A couple of sample items from tonight’s list:
Kitchen Paper
A search under kitchen paper reveals nothing but yet, somehow, I feel that there must be some kitchen paper in the Superquinn empire. Aha, I am not fooled, I try “kitchen towels” nothing. Using quite amazing cunning, I try “kitchen towel’s”. Bingo. But you know, maybe it would be worth putting them under “kitchen towels” as well, just for those people who don’t know about the obligation to put an apostrophe in all plurals.
Toilet Paper
There is no toilet paper. Ah no, a novice’s mistake, I should have searched under “toilet tissue” which is obvious really.
Washing-up liquid
Searching washing-up liquid gives a paltry few results. Try “Fairy” though and you hit the jackpot.
Cocoa
Cocoa was under cocoa as, mysteriously, were air fresheners.
Double Cream
This returned two items: double cream and “Oil Of Olay Double action Night Cream Sensitive (50 Millilitre)” If you were looking for night cream would you look under double cream? Nope, didn’t think so.
Corn Flakes
Sole item returned: “Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes Portion Pack (35 Gram)” Well that’s not going to feed a family of five for a week is it?
Aren’t we all glad NaBloPoMo is over?
This made me chuckle, which watching paint dry doesn’t (and I should know as there’s a lot of that going on in our house at the moment). I’ve enjoyed your NaBloPoMo posts.
I’ve quite enjoyed writing for it too, but then there are two of us at Ken and Dot’s Allsorts. The narking thing is the way that while I write the bulk of the posts Ken gets the bulk of the comments. But yes, inspiration is running pretty low now.
I, for one, am very sorry that namoplobo is over. I enjoy reading ephemera on my phone at odd hours of the night, and I hope that a December equivalent will materialise. Or that you will continue to post regularly, unprompted by such mass movements.
Don’t you mean ‘a novices mistake’?!
Well done over Na Blo Po Mo.
You are kind Dot, and you have v. faithfully commented this month whereas I have been poor, frankly. Thank you.
MT, you are very kind. You will get your reward in heaven.
Of course, yes, I needed you to set me straight. Do you think that the SQ people could copy edit your novel; they clearly need a broader canvas.