The Mystery of the orange vegetable
I had a rather funny time at the Safeway* today.
I was standing in the express checkout waiting to purchase my bread rolls and can of soup when I noticed the lady in front of me sheepishly put something orange on the conveyor belt thing where you put your food.
It was a carrot. But not just any old carrot.
It was the perfect carrot.
Not quite as long as a ruler but definitely longer than a cd. And it was perfectly straight. And instead of tapering at the tip, as would a normal carrot, it had a bulbous end. Such a carrot would have to be a one-in-a-million carrot. I've seen many carrots but this one was definitely special.
And as I stood there with my soup and my bread rolls, I grinned knowingly, or un-knowingly as the case may have been.
"40 cents", said the checkout girl.
A bargain I would reckon.
I'd seen similarly shaped devices in the shop next door for $40.
"And would you like a bag for your carrot?"
Now it didn't really require a bag. But, either the checkout girl was asking as part of her spiel,... or she recognized its obscenity and knew what was going on.
Either way, she revealed nothing. Not even the twinkling of an eye.
So the lady took the bag and fished around in her purse for the exact change. The offensive vegetable was stuffed in a plastic bag and the lady trudged off home or someplace where she could be alone with the carrot.
So did the lady go into the store just to buy one carrot? Or was it impulse buying?
I guess such perfectly shaped vegetables are impossible to walk past.
And what became of the carrot?
I bet it will turn up on eBay.
* Safeway = Melbourne equivalent of Woolworths.
I was standing in the express checkout waiting to purchase my bread rolls and can of soup when I noticed the lady in front of me sheepishly put something orange on the conveyor belt thing where you put your food.
It was a carrot. But not just any old carrot.
It was the perfect carrot.
Not quite as long as a ruler but definitely longer than a cd. And it was perfectly straight. And instead of tapering at the tip, as would a normal carrot, it had a bulbous end. Such a carrot would have to be a one-in-a-million carrot. I've seen many carrots but this one was definitely special.
And as I stood there with my soup and my bread rolls, I grinned knowingly, or un-knowingly as the case may have been.
"40 cents", said the checkout girl.
A bargain I would reckon.
I'd seen similarly shaped devices in the shop next door for $40.
"And would you like a bag for your carrot?"
Now it didn't really require a bag. But, either the checkout girl was asking as part of her spiel,... or she recognized its obscenity and knew what was going on.
Either way, she revealed nothing. Not even the twinkling of an eye.
So the lady took the bag and fished around in her purse for the exact change. The offensive vegetable was stuffed in a plastic bag and the lady trudged off home or someplace where she could be alone with the carrot.
So did the lady go into the store just to buy one carrot? Or was it impulse buying?
I guess such perfectly shaped vegetables are impossible to walk past.
And what became of the carrot?
I bet it will turn up on eBay.
* Safeway = Melbourne equivalent of Woolworths.
posted by Adrian at 10:17 pm
4 Comments:
Hi adrian,
saying hello back to dreams are free! wanted to open invite you to the Corner Hotel Tuesday Night 7pm until 10pm 6th of Sept. For some songs and spoken word. Free entry as with dreams.
Rupert
I don't know what's more disturbing.
A lady going into the supermarket with the intention of buying one carrot, and selects a bulbous one, and then asks for a shopping bag to protect her bulbous carrot.
Or the fact that the carrot had a bulbous end. Who knows what is being put into our carrots these days for the carrots to decide that people what bulbous ended carrots nowadays.
Cheers Rupert,
Thanx for the invite. I'll try to be there but I work unusual hours so I won't promise.
Chelsea Girl - As far as orange vegetables go, I prefer the taste of butternut pumpkin, but any other use would be a logistical nightmare ;)
Jen - I guess growing vegetables to resemble body parts is something we may see more of in the future. After all, sex sells right?
1.fresh carrots are so easy to snap in two. 2. she would have purchased chocolate at the same time if your suspicions were accurate. 3. you missed an opportunity to escort her home and be more useful.
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