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.
Kieran has found 500 lists, crafted unique stories for each, and even transformed them into a live show. Below, Rubbish Lists presents a curated selection. To enjoy the full gallery (members-only), visit here.
All persons, events, and institutions are fictitious so any resemblance is coincidental. Adult themes are explored.
24. As he noticed someone else's discarded list for some reason, Kieran mused that cake and fish fingers did indeed appear beautiful in Bengali.
32. Jess now understood why her father-in-law had called her an 'apos-trophy wife'.
55. Fletcher had planned the finest date night in years.
64. So much time was saved with the missing letters, Adrian knocked 4.8 minutes off his record.
87. Nikki could have sworn carrots were on the list. Whether it was a horse or dog, the carrots were gone.
98. It was such art that Leroy felt compelled to sign it.
191. The lovely lady at the till helped with three down. She had done it on her break. They had made her take the early one so Sue was not a happy teddy bear.
218. The manager set the team up in a 2-3-1-4-1 formation.
324. Even outside of school, you could not take the teacher out of Janice.
345. Kayla knew she had made an error when she looked for bull's milk. That nearby field never saw her coming.