Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Greenwith

I was in the supermaket a couple of nights ago picking up some essentials (bread, milk, whole egg mayonnaise, I think) and as I went through the checkout, I couldn't help but check out what the guy behind me was putting on the black conveyor belt thing. He looked early- to mid-30s, well tanned, number 1 or 2 haircut, with a fairly new blue t-shirt with white banding. He looked very healthy; probably worked outdoors. He was buying about 10 tins of Tuna tempters with chilli, bananas, grapes, some fancy wholegrain bread, peaches, a tin of Mexican refried beans with chilli, some tortillas, and a 12-pack of condoms. Just for a second I thought "I wish I were that guy".

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