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jigjag

Yes please let us know how you get on at the market. I like "valedictory" but I have never used it.

Malone

I like your joke. I am not a granny or grandma but would have enjoyed it if I was!

Jigjag, Grunger

Glad you liked my silliness with the apples, grannies.

Jigjag, I am delighted to hear you might be seeing Ivan Apple soon - oh, and sorry that I got his name wrong. As well as returning to football matches and the market, you will need to find time to slot in a visit to the cafe. There must surely be a huge backlog of five items, seven items, nine items breakfasts for you to work through. There's always space on PU for a little restaurant review (or a little review of a restaurant, take your pick).

Malone

Yes I must visit the cafe too. I have missed the strange conversations and strange rules!

My wife just replaced her ancient, no longer functioning Prittstick (glue stick). The packaging on this one says "New original". I suppose "original" might mean the first time they've made this, but I bet that wasn't what was intended!

chrise

Yes, marketing nonsense I suppose.

Malone jigjag

I have only just realised this, but the recent take-over of Asda, bid for Morrisons and expected bid for Sainsbury's were all discussed as possible in your humorous postings on Supermarket mergers etc., a couple of years ago. I remember your complaints about different versions of Sainsbury's/ Sainsbury/Sainsburys being used by them, and the "Sada" slogan, which Asda has not yet introduced for some reason.

I hope you have made some money from your foresight!

Malone

Nice to see Aspargus in the Times again yesterday, and I love 1A today. I have put in "hit women" which does not quiet work, but it reminded me of your "offer/offress" of a few weeks ago.

Liked draughtsmanship yesterday, I suppose draughtswomanship is too long.

Grunger.

I too liked 1 A in today's Times - and it made up for 13 A, Passage which Cockney has to be finished? (4)

I don't know about Jigjag, but the supermarket mergers, possibilities of mergers, haven't brought any financial rewards my way. Still, the PU stuff was good fun at the time!

Grunger

The only money I have made from supermarkets is from BOGOF offers!
Any pedants who followed the semi-serious stuff from Malone and me will have done well.

Malone

Yes the "passage" clue seemed wrong, as I thought the answer was an entrance to a particular thing, but that's an opinion of mine!

Jigjag, I went as far as checking Chambers for that 'passage' - the definition includes the word 'especially....', so I suppose it's a legitimate clue.

There seems to be far fewer BOGOF deals in supermarkets these days. A trip to Marks and Spencer can do wonders for one's mental arithmetic - working out how to get the best value in the various 'three for £7' or "three for £10' offers. I pointedly ignore the 'four for three' deals as I'd be there for hours, counting on my fingers...