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9:24 a.m. - 2005-03-02 I am happy to say I finally finished �Trojan Odessy� by Clive Cussler. Another instalment in the �Dirk Pitt�(registered trademark) adventures. Funny story here - A couple of weeks ago I was going over my grocery receipt from Safeway. I was doing a little comparison-shopping, but I ALWAYS find that Safeway is more expensive. (I really don�t know why I shop there other than it�s the closest, largest grocery to us). I also like to check the receipt to make sure they�ve charged me for the right item. As I looked over the bill, I saw that they broke items into categories, i.e. bakery, deli, taxable sundries, etc. Well under the �Taxable Sundries� I see that it says �Trojan O��.. $11.99�. My first thought was � what is �Trojan O?�. I didn�t by anything called a Trojan!! . . . !!!!Oh wait!!!! � they charged me for Trojan Condoms instead of something else. �Honey! Look at this. Safeway charged me for condoms.� I bellow down the hall to me sweety. �I didn�t buy Condoms. We don�t need Condoms. I�d better go down there and talk to these people. Honey � you go down and talk to them. I don�t want to discuss condoms with our grocery people.� I say as hubby and I meet in the hall to look at the receipt together. He laughed and said �You made the purchase � you go talk to them. Are you sure it is condoms? Trojan Condoms probably run about that price . . . I think � I don�t know. I�ve never bought . . .� his voice trails off. Well, I was in a quandary. I didn�t really want to go confront our grocery people over condoms. That�s the seriously passive person in me. But 12 bucks is 12 bucks � that�s equal to at least 2 bags of cookies, or a good magazine! WAIT!!! That�s it!!!! Light bulb goes off in brain � the new book I bought is called Trojan Odyssey, and it would be classified as a taxable sundry. Confrontation is averted. Loud, long belly laughs are emitted from hubby�s body. Long, sharp dagger looks are emitted from wife�s body language. Now � weeks later, I can laugh at the situation. And I�m glad to say I used my Trojan wisely!
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