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Thank god for it
Means I can buy two tubs of ky jelly
A pair of marigold gloves,
one eight pack of performer condoms,
and an electronic arouser tip,
without anyone asking any questions.

thank you  technology
for all things seedy

You see
The robotic till has no sense of embarrassment built in
and there are no age limits
on debauchery.
To top it all off I decided upon
A half price bottle of rose cava
as I felt that may follow this evenings proceedings quite nicely
I have even heard of bizarre and erotic
uses for it in the forms of female fountains.

Sounds interesting

Unfortunately it caused a pile up on the
lubricant and condom cartons, jamming part of the conveyor mechanism
This in turn prompted an investigation by 2 young checkout supervisors
who speedily began an attempt to remove the jammed durex carton from
the steel roller conveyor wheels.
This all took place as the jelly was still on the bar code reader
which then totted up false multiples
and the security tag, still on the cava
sounded a toxic alarm, a digital voice, assistance needed
Christ, even more assistance.
The manager arrived as a second alarm sounded
The two girls then rescanned the entire lot of my seedy buy
as the curious que gawped
I imagined some wanting to join in the evening fun,
the wife swapping elite perhaps.
anyway
me glowing bright red
Struggled with chip and pin
Trembling hands inserted it in
to the reader
as it shouted questions of cash-back
Cash-back?
Oh heck

What if they work out what the marigold gloves are for?

◄ not allowed to smile

Studies in Pripyet ►

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Francine

Thu 30th Dec 2010 02:48

LOL
Tu es fou !

xxxxx

Pete Crompton

Wed 19th Nov 2008 00:36

went down well in Bolton, changed it a little

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shoeless

Sun 16th Nov 2008 10:46

you have a lovely son in pete june , well done that girl .

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Sun 16th Nov 2008 08:10

Phew! mum breaths sighs of relief, not ture! lol mum xxxxxxx

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Jordan Saxby

Tue 11th Nov 2008 16:49

Ha! brilliant!

Love the poem, a brilliant portrayal of those "time-saving" devices :)

And im wondering what the gloves could be for...

Pete Crompton

Tue 11th Nov 2008 09:36

Steve n John, cheers.

Steve O connor - err i'll come clean about the KY

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Jon

Tue 11th Nov 2008 09:14

Really funny and a perfect example of how the brain begins to wander when in the local hypermarket!
I myself for example find that I start to think about possible methods of strangulation when stuck behind a queue of people taking an unneccessarily long time at the ATM machine in these places.(Could be another poem there!)

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Steve OConnor

Tue 11th Nov 2008 08:58

There's no part of this poem that isn't completely true is there, Pete?

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Jeff Dawson

Sun 9th Nov 2008 21:17

Pete, fantastic mate, as ever I would love your ability to look at the extreme perverse side of things as you do!

You could do this as a comedy sketch, for now I will look forward to see you at the self scam checkout in action!

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shoeless

Sun 9th Nov 2008 18:43

pete , you forgot the raspberries , can you just call back .......

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clarissa mckone

Sun 9th Nov 2008 05:08

Well I knew it was not a true story. however it could be to a point. I have been totally red faced, at the check out, in line and the bar code does not work, and they cant find the price, and the loud speaker goes off, and some little pimple faced kid, runs to get the exact product, and over speaker tells everyone what it is and the cost.I have not had to purchase anything, in years that made my face turn red, and have not had to worry. But Im sure the day will come. I guess if I was to feel like an adventure, Id purchase over the internet, thus no bar codes, and no loud speakers, for price /product checks. lol your so funny xx good poem!

Pete Crompton

Sat 8th Nov 2008 12:48

not based upon a true story ;-) but my thoughts at a till one day honest guv

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