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Things I saw on my way to work this morning...

A man running up a hill, pushing a pushchair. Behind him, a small child on a scooter tried to keep up. I guessed they were late for school, but maybe they were just racing for fun.

A jet black labrador guide-dog sitting patiently by the side of the road, waiting for two white vans to sort out their issues so he could take his human across their path. (Reading has a weird idea of pedestrianised streets; the street-furniture-clogged pedestrian areas are regularly filled with confused or abandoned vehicles.)

A small child in a buggy, munching on a Rice Krispie bar. He had a pointed face and enormous, sad, deep brown eyes.

An elderly lady dressed in tasteful, expensive-looking clothes, walking a small, trim, caramel-coloured dog. Everything about her conformed carefully to type, apart from her elegantly-cut, emerald-green bobbed hair.

An elderly couple buying their week's shopping in Lidl. A sensible trolleyful of fresh fruit, vegetables, a couple of tins and four kilos of sugar. I wondered if they were planning to make jam. Behind them, a middle-aged man was buying three large tubs of margarine and a dozen eggs.

Date: 2010-10-19 12:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
School bake sale, of course!

Date: 2010-10-19 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
Hmm, could be! Seems a low ratio of eggs:fat, but maybe he had loads of eggs already.

(Also, I have a tendency to call everything yellow and spready which isn't butter "margarine", but actually it was olive oil spread, which I don't think I'd expect to be great for cakes. Could be wrong , though :)

Date: 2010-10-19 12:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lanfykins.livejournal.com
Maybe he doesn't know that? :)

Date: 2010-10-19 01:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
If I see him tomorrow buying loads of ready-made cakes, I'll consider your theory proven ;)

Date: 2010-10-19 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tigerfort.livejournal.com
I've encountered at least one person who not only didn't know it, but refused to accept it when told. Repeatedly, by several people.

Date: 2010-10-19 01:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
Maybe he had been sent out to fetch emergency supplies because he was the worst baker? :)

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