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How to read a Shopping List

By Budiak

The idea is simple, for the most part. You think of some things you need to buy. Then you get a small slip of paper than you can either fit in your wallet without folding or will fold to easily fit into one of your many pockets without being a nuisance or causing your leg to sweat and subsequently smudge the writing that it will soon bear. Then you get a pen or pencil that is easily readable and has sufficient ink for the task at hand. Then comes the fun part. You write, in whatever language you speak, your intended purchases on the slip of paper. Easy enough, right? The idea being, of course, that you will unholster your list upon reaching the store and using the list, purchase exactly what you need and then blow, leaving the store with exactly your intent fulfilled.
Sometimes, though, things go horribly awry. What if...what if you lose your list? What do you do? Chances are you'll end up getting about half of what you wanted to buy and the other half of your purchases are either completely useless or inedible.
But I know that nobody reading Dynamitegun would ever lose their list. We can all thank the Lord for that.
What then, should you do, when you find a shopping list? Perhaps a list like the one below?

I know what you're thinking.
"Wow, what a list! I wouldn't have the slightest clue what to do with that!"
Well, thats where I come in, my friends, because on the following pages I'll illustrate exactly what this list means. Most people don't pay any attention to these lists which are actually not so much lists of things to buy, but have transformed into lists of clues into the lives and livelihoods of the originators.
"Shouldn't you try to find who wrote it? Maybe you could help someone who lost their list!"
Well, of course. You should always give the list a premilinary look, and then look around to see if the writer is around. Perhaps ask somebody if they've lost a list, to which they will say "No. Get away from me and my children." And then YOU will look like a maniac because you are picking up garbage and trying to give it to people. Chances are, though, that you will find the list blowing around alone in the parking lot or in a forgotten section of the store, having been totally forgotten and kicked around. In most cases, grab the list, look around to see if anybody is giving you the stink-eye, and stuff it in your pocket like a raccoon. I know what you're thinking.
"You're a monster!"
No, I'm not. And I think that you should go ahead and give the lessons a read before you go about judging people who are trying to teach you one of the first steps to being an amateur anthropologist.

List 1: List Overview

List 2: List Overview

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