Supermarket Luxury Items...

[jaybee82]

OK, so I was in the queue for the checkouts at Sainsbury's at the weekend, buying my usual man-fayre of meat, lager and a copy of Men's Health when I noticed this sheepish looking bloke in front of me who appeared to be arranging his items on the conveyor in a rather shifty way. From what I could tell, they consisted of a copy of The Guardian and Angling Times arranged in a 'tent' formation, with a packet of easy cook dried Basics Farfalle at either end. On top of this the whole megastructure was managing to withstand the movement of the conveyor belt very well, probably owing to some pre-planning on the part of the architect. Impressive stuff.

The upshot was that this literary wigwam was made for one purpose...to conceal a packet of condoms. A young girl sat behind the checkout and had a little smirk to herself as the chap hastily threw them into his Bag For Life...anyone would think he was buying an eighth of Crack and a 12-bore.

Anyway, I digress. In these times of tightening our belts we all still need our luxury items...and thinking about it a packet of condoms would rank quite highly with me (along with decent loo roll and Ben and Jerry's Phish Food).

So lets hear it, both the weird and the wonderful...what luxury items could you simply not do without?

[PeckhamRose]

70% minimum cocoa solid chocolate.

Best quality organic bread flour for the bread machine.

Ethiopian or Javan coffee for the coffee machine.

Wait wait wait I just re read your post. Are you saying Condoms are a luxury item?

In some cases they're a necessity aren't they?

[sophiesofa]

JB82 your post has bought back memories of working in a petrol station frequented by porn buying lorry drivers, those were the days.

Mine are a nice bit of rib-eye steak, a bottle of vino and lots of chocolate - yum yum yum. I'm happy to substitute nice loo roll etc. for the scratchy value range if it means i get my beef.

[louisiana]

Chocolate is not a luxury. It's an essential.

Condoms. Well. Neither a luxury, Nor an essential. B)

[PeckhamRose]

Ah louisiana - I agree chocolate is an essential, but 70% + cocoa solid is a luxury.

Condoms are an essential in some couple's situations so not a luxury in anyone's.

Champagne and steak and chips is a luxury to me!

[jaybee82]

Hahaha Sophie - "if it means I get my Beef". Found that quite funny!

I guess condoms are essential. Sex is the luxury!

[????]

I would have been desperately trying to hide my copy of The Guardian under a whole load of condoms

[jaybee82]

Hahaha - I dont think either publication is exactly pulling material!

[PeckhamRose]

Ohh I dunno. Least it wasn't the Sun.

Rita Rudner: I like a man with earrings, it means he's experienced pain and bought jewellery.

I think I've cited that joke on here before. Still worth telling tho.

Yeah, sex is the luxury!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Kitchen Roll. When I can afford it I always wonder how I lived without it.

[jaybee82]

One of my friends said Febreze in the pub the other night! I wonder how the hell they managed in the war with no Febreze?!?!

[Mick Mac]

HP sauce i cannot do without. As for luxuries i quite like nairns scottish oat cakes for cheese.

[BigPhil]

new found luxury in sainsburys

budweiser bbq sauce ?3.49 per small bottle

great for the chicken wings on football night.

[*Bob*]

We stopped by a mini-mart at the weekend to get some some items for a friend's 40th birthday.

The shopping basket consisted of 1 x bottle Moet, 2 x jazz-mags.. and The Guardian. I hid in the car whilst Mrs *Bob* made the purchase. I think she hid the Guardian inside the porn mags.

[????]

beat you bob ;-)

[flapjackdavey]

stella

own brand baked beans

[Sue]

Flowers :)

Happy to live on potatoes if I can still have flowers :)

[Morag]

Womens trousers, that have pockets, to keep phones in etc. Also bras that are not made of stupid hot foam.

[charliecharlie]

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I would have been desperately trying to hide my copy of The Angling Times under the conveyor belt...

[woofmarkthedog]

charliecharlie Wrote:

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> I would have been desperately trying to hide my

> copy of The Angling Times under the conveyor

> belt...

Do they sell The Angling Times in Aldi then ?

[Moos]

Hot foam? You're buying some left-of-field bras, Morag!

I love flowers too Sue - can live without them, but buy them whenever I can.

[SimonM]

GU desserts....>:D

[SteveT]

Manx Kippers

They taste sooooo much better than the oily tasteless scottish kippers.

[Nero]

Divine cocoa powder, organic peanut butter, organic bananas, single cream and milk - preferably organic.

[dukesdenver]

Almond Magnums. Or should that be Magna?