Odds are this has happened to you… Pushing your trolley round the supermarket, you find somebody else's handwritten shopping list discarded within it. Perhaps left littered loosely or snug tight in the little clipboard.
Milk. Eggs. Bread. is a gallery featuring 500 of them (below are 201 to 300) each given a unique humorous story. All persons, events, and institutions are fictitious so any resemblance is coincidental. Adult themes are explored and it is best enjoyed on a desktop.
201. He didn't understand why she would have said to get supper. That was obvious. It was only on the way home did Rufus realise it was sugar.
202. Even with his bartending experience, Pepe was still not confident what exactly constituted this sized beverage.
203. Being an engineer, Bryn ensured he measured every curly fry. The prehistoric raptors proved substantially more difficult.
205. Gary couldn't recall a Vinnie so was sure it must have been a brand. Turns out it was his best mate who he’d only known as "Diggsy" for the past twenty years.
205. Rhys' team was way better than Tony's. They were in better form and had Big Mozz.
206. Neil didn't know why Bill would need two but still picked up 12 o'clock and 4 o’clock for him. He put back the peak times.
207. The wacky baccy order at the end went unnoticed through security, but a keen-eyed cashier was able to point Kerry on his way.
208. Jane didn't like to make a big thing about it but, having forgotten them last time, it was so important the PG Tips were here for the next meeting.
209. Blaming Skylar was not big and certainly was not clever. The bitch knew that.
210. Maria put an offer in for the telecommunications giant but never expected to hear back so fast. She definitely needed the lottery ticket now.
211. Did the O have an accent above it? How would that change how he said tommies? Would Larry have to try it when asking around in the store?
212. Was it a love heart or was it a tick? She hadn't ticked it. Rose hadn't even gone anywhere near the crisps aisle. So it must have been a love heart. But was it for her?
213. The problem was he didn't drink so had no idea what was popular. He grabbed a WKD crate because he could've sworn he'd seen her have it once. Leah actually loved it. It would be perfect for her sister's shower.
214. Looking at it, Olive had a flashback to when their five-a-side captain grilled her for passing at her, not into space.
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215. He took the £18 and his CV and Martin started his own business called Gammon and Salmon.
216. Marrying a teacher meant that he feared the red pen. This time, at least, Jerome could relax.
217. Like a salmon, it leapt upstream across the page fold.
218. The manager set the team up in a 2-3-1-4-1 formation.
219. Tom's sauce could not be bought. It could not be extracted without his express permission. Luckily, tonight, Keeley had every permission in the world.
220. Two orders for Callum's special weed was fine. But asking for four bakery variants was ridiculous on a Tuesday night during half-term.
221. How was Lucas meant to get it yesterday?! Why had she put that? He could no longer time-travel ever since the operation and she knew it.
222. Matilda was right. The scientific formula for juice was correct. Her rice would be all the sweeter for it.
223. Was it a slash after lemonade or a tick? Did he want with it or a single tissue? In the end, Poppy gathered him a solo Sprite and a box of tissues.
224. Baz could see tea for Wednesday, coffee for Thursday, and hot chocolate for Friday. But that is not what he'd been asked to locate.
225. To scratch out so much only made Nicola ashamed. It was a piece of art and now it was ruined.
226. Could it have been an instruction? Was Damian meant to capture a sweet-flavoured dairy product or simply accost one and let it go?
227. Frozen what? Liam had to act quickly so took the lot. The entire freezer aisle.
228. He panicked and read it as "death spray". Rick knew his father was kinda similar to Darth Vader but this was too far.
229. Removed without notice. Somebody knew the full story.
230. Having never drunk wine himself, Nathaniel thought it meant a trapeze and he did like that Zendaya in The Greatest Showman.
231. Being "away" for 27 years, Will had no idea what Cif was. He assumed it was from abroad.
232. They liked to do Sudoku together but not Hangman. Never Hangman. So what was this? It baffled Martha.
233. Although it was good he put the date, George's teacher was eager to point out he hadn't put the learning objectives again before answering the questions.
234. Her curves were one of the reasons Simon married her. His inability to buy what she wanted was the reason they both now went to the cinema alone.
235. Lydia knew she had to prioritise the front items. Or the back? Or the front? The decision was simply too hard. In the end, she ate the profiteroles in the car.
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236. Elijah could only marvel at the illustrations. He had no interest in the listed items now so went home with flowers. All the flowers.
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237. Between five and 40 seemed a huge range. That is why Betty decided to grab 32.
238. Robyn had always said that they were a mirror of each other. But now she could see their different approaches to consumerism, she had other ideas.
239. Dave ended up debating her best songs with the chap at the till. They were both Bond fans so they had the number one but couldn't agree on a top three.
240. Lance couldn't spell courgette but, mercifully, this week's letter was Z in the game with his girlfriend. 26 weeks well spent.
241. When she brought back a single orange, he couldn't complain. Fatima was safe.
242. The love heart and inclusion of her mum was sending Jim mad. Was she being nice before her mother was staying? Had he told her how long she was staying?
243. Alison was smug about her squash selection. One tropical and one butternut.
244. Yep, it had enough letters. It said sweep. Supermarket Sweep! Janet got her trolley ready! It didn't matter that nobody else was playing.
245. Originally, he had put bread. But it had to be French. It was the city of love. Ronnie knew it would work.
246. The middle E had become an ordinal. Staring at spreadsheets all day was having an impact on Jan.
247. The queue in the biscuit aisle was tremendous irony, thought Clarissa.
248. The double underline made it clear. If he messed this up, it was the end for Kris.
249. Jonny read it far too quickly so went to grab bread with both hands.
250. Without the time saved on writing prescription in full, Bill would never have been able to successfully put a fourth item down.
251. The little kite after jam meant something. If only Guy knew.
252. People said he was a simple man with simple plans. But they didn't know. They knew nothing about Zachary.
253. It was rather fortuitous that Aunty Edith was at the time on a Nordic cruise so she could pop out when they next landed. A happy ending.
254. Diana was in a rage. She'd asked him to stop calling her that. He started all his letters to her that way.
255. She just had to guess at what the other items. In the end, Isla just got a lot of wine.
256. Apparently, cabbages only came in bags, not pots. So Muhammad came home with nothing. He had failed at the first hurdle and was distraught.
257. Imogen began looking for something that was the complete juxtaposition of milk.
258. Alfie was a red and always would be.
259. He had been waiting for this night all week. A bit of Rob time.
260. If only the mushrooms swapped their lawless C for sauce's errant S. Calm would then prevail.
261. He felt silly opening the tins and buying the beans one-by-one but that's what Gemma asked for. The till lady kindly gave him a cloth for his tomato-ey hands.
262. Even thought it was misspelt, Karl knew he had meant comfort and that he was reaching out. We all need that.
263. He was so focused on the toilet line that Fred got the wrong rolls.
264. Several peas didn't seem many but mummy wanted it so that is what Doug got.
265. That wasn't a number. It could not possibly be a number. The two above had a number and an X. So how many deodorants was he after? It was just not clear enough to Muriel.
266. Kev knew she loved chippies but to put them twice was an insult. Especially after what happened at Easter.
267. The work-do the night before was a heavy one so the words moved about a bit on the page. Turns out Jaqueline was never after 40 bottles of Pepsi.
268. Little did Ray know that the rest was written in invisible ink outside the brackets. He detested maths at school.
269. Pat got his food but was eyeing up Luna's treats too.
270. He'd finally written down his best man options. Picking one of them would be the hardest bit for Harrison.
271. This was certainly the smartest envelope Carol had met. She had never seen one with a bow tie.
272. Maria put a second offer in for the telecommunications giant. She definitely needed the lottery ticket. AGAIN!
273. Even Mitch's mates reckoned someone was having him on. That last item made his face go so red when he had to ask for it.
274. Buying 2,000 coffees seemed elaborate to Maureen but it was going to be a large community event. In the end, 1,997 were not used.
275. Clara's mum made her put the boring stuff at the end. She thought she had got away without them.
276. Pearls and tabs were often mistaken. Have you seen The Simpsons episode where Lisa wears a Bold necklace?
277. He still thought the five-match ban was excessive but it did mean Callum could drink what he wanted.
278. Stuart thought it ironic that this list could really have done with some protective plastic.
279. You had one job, Timmy. One job.
280. Jasmine lost five million pounds by putting her PIN. But she did get a Chomp.
281. They were good prices for everybody but Deirdre did like that her grandson, daughter, husband, and sister got bits.
282. As many times as he read it, Ed still had no idea what or who the chocolate was for.
283. There was a gargantuan difference between Smarties and wine gums. Fraser knew it. She must have known it. So why do this to him?!
284. Belle had recently joined Women Into Manufacturing and Engineering so understood what was required.
285. He had so much to fit into today but none of them were food. It was ridiculous to think Tony could eat all this on the move.
286. Theo got there at 9:35 and waited until 21:58 for when the spuds had aged.
287. Callum enjoyed his pot so much that the giant iceberg started floating towards him.
288. There must have been more to this. There had to be. Where was the rest? At the end of the day, it wasn't Jean's problem so she just got what was there.
289. Damon was ready to commit fraud thinking he had found someone's bank details. However, in a fortuitous turn of events, he won that night's EuroMillions.
290. She went off in a huff. This was silly. Just one thing on a ripped bit of paper. Victoria wasn't going to make the effort today.
291. Were the two letters at the top a code? Had Alexandra married a spy? Was she being play for a fool?
292. Time and time again he asked where to find cringeworthy chips. Nobody could direct Fabio.
293. Half a kilo of milk seemed an odd amount but in a rare moment of serendipity, Freddie had his scales on him.
294. Now Maria owned Vodafone, she had businesses taxes as well as council tax to worry about.
295. This was utter chaos. Florence took one look and wanted out.
296. But it wasn't Thursday 23rd. It was Sunday 11th! Jimmy did his best but wondered if the best-before dates would be skew-whiff too.
297. He would never fail to recall that woman's fingers. Never. Albert loved telling the now legendary story.
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298. Brandon lifted the peanut butter up and saw its reversed reflection in the mirror. It seemed right to him.
299. A pleasant change to do a simple drug drop for Josh. A nice simple order.
300. She was trying to a list of all B's. Her boyfriend asked for why. So Tiffany did yoghurts.