***The OFFICIAL Weekend Singles Thread*** 16-18-Nov-2007-Hillary & your shopping list

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926576/posts ^ | 16th November 2007 | Snugs

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There was a thread recently on FR about Hillary suggesting we all know someone with a similar personality or character.

How true do you think this is ?

If you know someone like Hillary where and how did you meet them?

Are they created or born like it?

What do you believe their motives are money, fame or jus a personality flaw?
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I know that you know a "Hillary!". Don't deny it! 11-15-07 | Looking4Truth
Posted on 11/16/2007 3:02:33 AM EST by Looking4Truth

I was standing at the kitchen sink eating the tacos I had just prepared and had an amusing thought. Everyone of us knows a "Hillary!".

They can be the trophy wife of the millionaire who accomplished nothing in life but is the director of some museum, the bitchy, bossy wife of the owner of the company you work for who doesn't work for the company but stops by from time to time to let you know just "who's boss", (we military types all know the next one) the General's/Colonel's/Major's/Captain's wife acting like an ass at the Commisary, the lady who has no looks or talent but is the local cable company's 'spokesmodel' because her old man owns the local affiliate, the yuppie wannabe who can afford to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on 'expenses' as real estate agent but hasn't yet sold a single property…..you get the picture.

Those are "Hillary!"s.

Let's stop here before I go any further. I am not a bitter male because I was 'done wrong', I don't have any problem with women in general, I've had many healthy, satisfying relationships with women, both platonic and otherwise. Just so you know where I'm coming from.

The next time you meet one of these annoying beyotches, tell her that she's a "Hillary!". At first they will swell up with pride that you consider them 'strong-willed' or some such nonsense until you further explain just exactly what a "Hillary!" is like. They have accomplished nothing in life on their own but ironically have ridden the coattails of the man or men they have come in contact with in life as opposed to what they think they are in their own little minds. Go forth Freepers and call out the "Hillary!"s that you know today.
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The supplementary subject this weekend is what does your shopping list tell about you, here are three recent ones of mine.

Do they reflect my personality?

Where I live ?

My family situation?

My budget ?

My lifestyle?

How does this list compare with your weekly or monthly shop? Or do you shop the old fashion way every day or so?

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[GOP_Proud]

It’s been a little nippy the last couple of days. That caused me to stop in today and pickup all the makings for homemade vegetable beef soup. So my latest list is all vegetables and some round steak.

[GOP_Raider]

I may not eat tacos for a while after said meal caused someone to consider “Hillary!”

[GOP_Raider]

And just so you’re all aware, I think the proper term is Hillary! with the required exclamation point. Your good ol’ fashioned punctuation propaganda. :)

[Chickensoup]

The proper term is “Mrs. Clinton.” IMHO

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ok THE HILLARY QUESTIONS

How true do you think this is ?

I am certain there is an awful lot of truth in this.

If you know someone like Hillary where and how did you meet them?

I have met several people who exhibit partial characteristics of Hillary but not an whole. I have noticed that many girlfriends/wives of colleagues at work seem to have nothing much to offer on their own but as a group and in particular extolling how they mould their man appear to have substance and creditability and here I see similarities to Hillary.

Are they created or born like it?

I think a lot of them moulded by discontented mothers who rather than extol education as the way to go extol getting your man and then living off him either monetarily or intellectually or socially.

What do you believe their motives are money, fame or just a personality flaw?

Money I think is a big factor with many women certainly initially egged on by similar mothers. Man are there to be used and abused because deep down they believe that men will do that to them. And often they have self fulfilling prophecy with their relationships, in other words they do not encourage their partner to be faithful and loyal because they do not believe they will or are capable of doing so and are there for them to score points off and use to achieve not to support and jointly achieve. Hillary's situation IMHO is classic of this.

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I have a similar thing with my first and ASDA list which have several “Christmas” items on them.

[GOP_Raider]

I love the British English spelling for certain words, like “Authorisation”, “Centre”, “Metres”, etc. Not sure why, just always liked it seemed so traditional.

[GOP_Raider]

True, as Rush uses that term quite a bit. The “insult” of calling her “Mrs. Bill Clinton” cracks me up.

[darkangel82]

I think a lot of them moulded by discontented mothers who rather than extol education as the way to go extol getting your man and then living off him either monetarily or intellectually or socially.

I agree, although I am no expert in psychology.

[pigsmith]

Dare I ask - what’s a “fun size banana”?

[GOP_Raider]

Do I want to google that to find out?

[snugs]

I think both the British and American English has a mix of tradition and modernized words.

I always think of the American authorization as more traditional than ours with s instead of z. In fact the Oxford dictionary still allows z and you are not wrong in Britain to use z but it just considered nowadays the old fashion way of spelling such words.

Centre and metres of course are French and I somehow to me seem more refined way of spelling the words though your way makes more sense in how they are pronounced.

I wonder way the “u” is dropped in many American words was this done from day one or something that was introduced over the years? We need an English language expert I wonder if we have one who visits this thread

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They are the smaller bananas and good marketing ploy. They are not large enough to be sold as a class one banana but re-brand it as fun size suitable for children’s lunch boxes and once again you can class them as a premier product and charge accordingly.

[LaineyDee]

I would hate to show my shopping lists in the past few weeks without adding a disclaimer.... *chuckle* I can get most of my produce at the local fruitstands and my meat at a small butchershop, so the “store-bought” items are mostly paper products, office supplies, hygiene items and 25lbs of dog food. :)

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The supplementary questions on the shopping list

Do they reflect my personality?

These 3 till receipts I do not think reflect my personality except that it does indicate that I have a sweet tooth and like making cakes and in particular shows that I have made my own Christmas cake as there is icing sugar and marzipan. Also I get my eggs from a different shop and I had enough flour so it does not reflect my liking for homemade food in particular pastry and egg based items.

Where I live ?

Obviously being English the items purchased reflect that in terms of preference and what is available. On a local produce basis the only item that reflects this is the strawberries.

My family situation?

Most items I buy are standard size not individual but not family or economy size apart from washing powder. Also items reflect tastes of probably the older generation in Britain younger people would probably have more pasta and rice and the more exotic fruit and veg now available. Also the food would be more spicy but dad comes from a generation that did not tend to eat anything other than basic meat and veg and of course potatoes served with every meal.

My budget ?

To an extent yes in particular the shops where I buy my goods from both ASDA and Lidl would be consider the lower end price wise. Also some of the items are from their value range. Having said that some of those items are purchased not just on price but also on taste for example I prefer the smart price (value) cranberry sauce from ASDA to the more expensive and far sweeter Ocean Spray brand. ASDA's has a sharper more cranberry taste and has IMHO more berries in it.

My lifestyle?

I suppose in way it shows that although there is a fair amount of fruit most items are not what you would consider healthy options. I use white flour, white sugar though I have switched to wholemeal bread mainly because dad wanted to and I cannot be bothered to buy 2 different types. Though I did buy a loaf of white for toasting as I do not particularly care for brown bread toasted. There are also a lot of products that are high in sugar which reflects both dad and my sweet tooth.

How does this list compare with your weekly or monthly shop? Or do you shop the old fashion way every day or so?

I tend to shop weekly though I will occasionally go to our local bakery and buy freshly baked bread there or if I run out of milk I will buy a 2 pint container from the local shop.

[snugs]

I know what you mean when I looked at my list and saw all that icing sugar and thought people will think I live on the stuff.

[A knight without armor]

I just got home from the store a little while ago:

Kroger

Cashier was Detric

Purina Cat Chow 18 pounds -——— 11.99
Crossword Magazine ——————— 2.99
Cinnamon Altoids ———————— 1.89
Kellog’s Cereal Variety Pack —— 3.42
Post Raisin Bran Cereal -———— 3.08
Kroger Aspirin 1,000 count ——— 7.99
Kroger Instant Coffee -————— 4.79
Kroger Cheddar Mini Rice Cakes — 1.49
Kroger Cheddar Mini Rice Cakes — 1.49
Kroger Caramel Mini Rice Cakes — 1.49
Kroger Caramel Mini Rice Cakes — 1.49
Kroger Skim Milk 1 gallon -——— 3.19
Kroger Tomato Juice -—————— 1.59
Kroger Tomato Juice -—————— 1.59
4 Bananas .39/pound -—————— .56
Tangerines 3 pounds -—————— 2.50

Tax -—————————————— 2.98

Balance -———————————— 54.52

Saved $6.03 with Kroger loyalty card

Saved so far this year $270.37 with Kroger loyalty card

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Wow you can still buy Asprin in that quantity in Britain the most you can buy at one go ofd that and similar products is 32 which is stupid if you are to do yourself in you would just go from store to store until you got the quantity you wanted. I can remember the days when we used buy them by the 100 or 200 now you can only buy such medication in that quantity if you have a prescription from the doctor.

Well at least I recognised most items though I suspect the variety pack of Kellogs would be different from the variety pack sold in Britain. Cinnamon Altoids never seen cinnamon flavour but we get mint ones I believe originally this was a British product made by one of our most famous toffee producers Callard and Bowser.

We get Purina cat and dog food in Britain, and Kroger is obviously the supermarket’s own brand I buy quite a lot of own brand stuff myself as often it is much cheaper and as I stated above some of it I prefer the taste. Often it is no so loaded in sugar.

Rice Cakes I presume are those big round white things that started off in health food shops and now have migrated to the main stream shops. Jacobs in Britain do different flavoured snack varieties which I believe are called snack a jacks and they are mini rice cakes.

Today will be the fill in shop, try not to buy stuff unless really needed as it is the week before pay day.