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rain_gryphonI've become some sort of involuntary agent of chaos and anarchy, it seems. Earlier I decided to make a pot of stew, so I drove to the store, as I lacked both beef and carrots. On the way I saw a wreck, although it had happened before I got there. At the store itself, a display of cabbages spontaneously collapsed as I entered the produce section. No-one around them, the pyramid just suddenly went critical, and cabbages everywhere! They make a kind of dull thumping noise when they hit the floor, if you've ever wondered. They were 'Foxy' brand cabbages too.
I decided to get some soda as well, since the place was likely to be closed tomorrow. In the soda aisle, some kid picked up a 24-pack of Mountain Dew with a bit too much enthusiasm, and the cardboard gave way, sending canned sodae everywhere. None of them burst, though.
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I love the smell of summer rain after a hot day, that particular smell at the very beginning of a storm, when the ground's just getting wet. That's one of my favourite smells.
I decided to get some soda as well, since the place was likely to be closed tomorrow. In the soda aisle, some kid picked up a 24-pack of Mountain Dew with a bit too much enthusiasm, and the cardboard gave way, sending canned sodae everywhere. None of them burst, though.
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I love the smell of summer rain after a hot day, that particular smell at the very beginning of a storm, when the ground's just getting wet. That's one of my favourite smells.
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Date: 2004-07-04 06:56 am (UTC)Branded cabbages? That's a new one on me...
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Date: 2004-07-04 07:35 am (UTC)Branded vegetables slowly crept in over the past twenty or so years, I think. It was a gradual process. Ever since the mid 60s at least (when I was old enough to notice) the United Fruit Company was putting brand stickers on their fruit.
Sometime in the 70s carrots started coming in one-pound plastic bags, and those always had a brand name. Slowly, you started seeing other veggies sold with brand markers on them. Today you've generally got a choice between branded packaged veggies, branded loose veggies, and "farmer's market" stuff, which is locally grown and unbranded. Some stores have an 'organic' section too, which is filled with costly, scroungy-looking veggies that hippies buy.
You need to come visit sometime. You can see the wonders of the American grocery store. :)