Dave Smith wrote:

>
> We went with them to the cheese shop. Holy cow, I wish I had been the
> proprietor. They stocked right up on cheese. Her husband told me I
> should get some of the popcorn. No way I was going to pay $5.95 for a
> bag of popcorn. They got two. I commented to my wife on the way home
> about the price of the popcorn and wondered why they wouldn't just pop
> 10 cents worth of popcorn. She giggled and said it was probably for the
> ride home.


I had a very large neighbor years ago who would go grocery shopping and
buy 2-3 16oz. bags of Oreo cookies "for the family" and an additional
bag "for the ride home". When she went to the donut shop she would buy
an extra dozen, also "for the ride".

gloria p