Potato salad and Nice biscuits

It's a Tesco bonanza. Not only was this lovely pot of potato salad discarded amongst the non-refrigerated shelves, thus diminishing its product shelf life, but they actually chose to put it with Nice biscuits. They could, of course have opted to leave it with Prince Charles' lovely posh biscuits, but no, Tesco brand Nice!! Classy shoppers!!

Lollies and Clubs

Seldom do you find a better example of random shopping than this one. Iced lollies blatantly dumped amongst a batch of chocolate covered biscuits. I can only imagine the lure of a two for one deal on the orange Club biscuits prompted some young child to discard of the lollies in favour of the chocolatey treats. Imagine the mess as those gelatinous melted lollies begin to ooze out of the box and down the shelves. Serious product compromisation!! Top marks.

Washing up bowl on pink vests

I am amazed at womens' shops. Their state of complete and utter devastation, with articles strewn all over the place, and their constant similarity to a jumble sale would put me off trying to buy anything there. For women, the challenge of "rooting out" a bargain is the thrill of the chase. Anyhoo, these little pink vests must have proved too much for the Shirley Valentinesque shopper..... "Screw the washing up, I'm going to Greece".

Noodles and Grape Juice

I would love to take these two items, a bottle of red grape juice and a pot of microwaveable noddles to the checkout, and to demand that the two items only cost two pounds as advertised in this stunning offer. Microwaveable noodles?? Don't they only take two minutes in boiling water anyway? Ridiculous!!

Bras and Books

One of the more unusual random shopping items. Although this was not witnessed in a supermarket, it was in fact a good example fo the way people's minds work. So you need a bra.... what the heck, let's get two..... Then suddenly sidetracked by some suitable reading material, the bras are no longer required.... what the hell was the book they chose instead? The female eunuch perhaps? All joking aside, eighteen pounds for a nasty looking bra is expensive, even if it does have revolutionary technology!!

Shirt in the freezer

This one was sent to me by a fellow "random shop watcher". It's a shirt, which for some reason was discarded amongst pizza bases, cheeses, and goodness knows what else.... They even went to the trouble of hanging the bloody thing up. Some people amaze me.

Discarded Basket

It takes a special shopper to completely discard their basket of items. I can only assume that they were whacked out of their gourd on flu medication at the time. They had obvisouly been eating a cheese and onion pasty from Greggs, as the empty bag was still in the basket, along with Tixylix, and Venos cough medicine.

Chocolate Coins and Razors

Since I have been observing random shopping, there does seem to be a bit of gravity involved in the razors sections of shops. This shopper abandoned their stocking filler of gold foil covered chocolate coins, and obviously went "all out" on their present for their uncle, with David Beckham's endorsed Gillette Fusion gift box.

Chocolate Oranges and Bean Bag Tray

Thinking of relaxing tonight with a TV dinner on your lap courtesy of this lovely bean bag tray? Think again - Terry's chocolate oranges at four for a fiver - It's too good to miss, and Auntie Margaret would much prefer to stuff herself silly with these orangey orbs!

Egg Mayonaise with Cress

The blog title for this entry would simply be too long to type in full. It's an egg mayonnaise sandwich pack (with cress on brown bread) and a pack of hair grips which have been tossed aside in the New Woman magazine section. Perhaps the parking meter was running out, or they couldn't be bothered to queue, but this is a clasasic example of compromised shelf life that surely deserves kudos?

Marmite and Jaffa Cakes

No special offers to contend with here..... Just a jar of Marmite.... Oh my God... Mini Jaffa Cakes.... They're not cakes, they're bloody biscuits..... Just ask the VAT man, he will know what I mean, even if you're too stupid to get it.

Lunch with Wine

Shall I have a glass of wine with my lunch? Maybe I should have a bottle? Wait, the Kumala Zenith Merlot Pinotage Shiraz in both white and red is on half price.... If I skip the food, I can have a bottle of each! Bollocks, I'm gonna take them all....

Chinese Chicken Wraps and Asparagus with Razors

Chinese chicken wraps on special reduction, and a nice bunch of asparagus, were both hastily discarded amongst the disposable Bics. I can only imagine our hirsute shopper needed a shave more than a hearty meal.

Tuna and Breakaway

I will never cease to be amazed at the discerning shopper's eye for a bargain.... away with the Tuna Crunch (wtf?) on special reduced offer, and a BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free) chocolate biscuit attack.... a much sweeter lunch!

Lightbulbs and Gravy

Full marks to this shopper for correctly choosing the more expensive, but ultimately more efficient energy saving lightbulbs. The thought of instant gravy was just too much to bear. Ahhhh Bisto!!

Potatoes on Bedding

Luxurious waffle weave cotton duvet set, and a bag of jacket potatoes.... Is this where the concept of potato waffles came from? Or the concept of a bed jacket.... I don't know, but whoever dropped this beggar, was quite tall.

Gingerbread on Ham

I've heard of "ham on rye" but I've never heard of "gingerbread on ham". A truly bizarre concoction that I can only shake my head in disbelief, at the shopper that thought this one up.

Hotpot, a Game, and Aunt Bessie's

I think I will have a beef hotpot and a game of Pro Evolution Soccer on my Playstation 2.... No, wait just a cotton picking minute, those Aunt Bessie yorkshire puddings look good..... Bollocks to football!!

Cucumber and Crackers

What could be nicer on a hot summer's day, than a few cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off.... no wait.... I think I will have some Cream Crackers instead. Poor old cucumber.

Reindeer on Powder

Rarely do you get to see a reindeer on copious amounts of white powder. Well now you do! I knew there was a good reason for drinking all that reindeer piss, and now I know why! No little Johnny, you can't have a reindeer, let's have washing powder instead!