On Oct 2, 1:49 pm, Little.Mal...@gmail.communge (Little Malice) wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "Felice Friese" <fri...@comcast.net> said:
>
> My local stupidmarket sells celery in bulk (great when all I want is
> one stalk to parboil a roast chicken), but little else. The salad bar
> idea would be great for other stuff, I'll have to remember that...
>

Come to Schnucks ole gal and we'll have a cabaret ole gal. Thought
I'd lost my mind when I encountered an acquaintance in line who was
trying to hide one stalk of celery. That's it. Her sole purchase and
she was contrite about it. Explaining that's all she needed. Frankly I
thought she was losing her mind too. But there's a principle involved
and it's not frugality of coin but frugality of product. It's not the
loss of a dollar but seeing a whole stalk of celery turn brown in the
fridge.