Comments on: Corn rationing

By: Yossef

Yossef — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:36:47 +0000

This reminds me of a sign I saw at the grocery store about a month ago. I don’t know the full story, but I saw signs taped up by the milk saying that the store regrets any trouble, but they cannot sell milk for the advertised price of 4 gallons for $5. Apparently there was a typo in the weekly ad (or maybe it was intentional, to get people in), but there’s a STATE LAW that doesn’t allow a price that low.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:04:54 +0000

Pam: Yay! And you can go and check the corns ration status of our old local Loeb (and thus your current local Loeb) too! THE BLOGOSPHERE AWAITS UPDATES. happinesstogo: It's funny, the Buddhism stuff was becoming a bit of a drag to me, too -- but I wanted to get all that basic stuff out there so I can start talking about my own practice without having hundreds of footnotes. It'll get more interesting when it gets more personal, I hope. Meanwhile: Corns on the cob!

By: sherm

sherm — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:08:53 +0000

HEH! I saw that at a Loeb up there (probably the same one). I don’t think I analyzed it quite as thoroughly though. :P

By: happinesstogo

happinesstogo — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:45:10 +0000

Ha! I agree with Pam. I'm enjoying the Buddhism stuff, and I also enjoyed the most expensive list thingy from a while back, but this corn entry is special somehow. I also had the same thought as to corns on the cob?

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:42:03 +0000

this might be my favourite entry you’ve ever written :P

By: dagbrown

dagbrown — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:12:12 +0000

Wow, I never anticipated needing 20 corns on the cob until now.

(I just like saying “corns on the cob”. What does that mean, individual kernels?)

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:56:46 +0000

Tell them you just want the cob and the husk

By: sporetobemore

sporetobemore — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:26:04 +0000

hahha Due to my Dad being a penny pincher, he often runs into this when buying kleenex that’s on sale. Usually it’s 4 per customer, which means he buys 4, and I buy 4… And he gets 8 in the end. And then he goes back again. Ya, he’s right nuts for paper products. I would guess that it does have to do with drawing more people in and still having it in stock. No point in letting one person take 20 when 4 more customers could be coming in to look around when it’s limited like that.