MASCULINE BI

[230RN]

I came back from erranding which included a trip through  King Soopers (Kroger) for provender and miscellany.

Put perishables away, moderately exhausted, took a nap.  Got up, got through 1/2 cup of coffee, and as usual, looked over my grocery receipt to kind of keep an eye on pricing.

FIrst item:  "MASCULINE BI." (See attached).

Say whut?  And this here now MASCULINE BI cost $6.69.  Puzzled, I poked through the non-perishables, still in the grocery bags, and I finally got a rush of brains to my head:  it was for the birthday card I got for Son1.

Sure, MASCULINE because it was in the birthday card for Sons section, and BI standing for "BIrthday."

What could be more logical?

I don't particularly care what handbasket anyone takes to hell, and I'm not all that sensitive about this grand pecker-pussy controversy.  I was merely amused at my recent driver's license renewal when I noticed that they explicitly stated that it was the driver's choice as to what gender was to be put on the license, but that MASCULINE BI kind of jumped out at me.

So I grinned, filled out that there MASCULINE BI card, stamped it, and parked it where I park the other outgoing mail, and off the MASCULINE BI card will go in a couple of days.

Colorado's getting pretty... "flexible,"  but...

Terry, 230RN

[griz]

I'm a big fan of having those short descriptions matching the common name for the item.  For instance, "Card" or maybe "grt crd" would seem better to my simple brain.

Reminds me of the old stock book we had when ordering stuff at work.  One hard to find item was "Hex Key L"  Note that doesn't say "Allen" or "wrench", but that's what it was. Yes, it was for .gov.

[Boomhauer]

I'm a big fan of having those short descriptions matching the common name for the item.  For instance, "Card" or maybe "grt crd" would seem better to my simple brain.

Reminds me of the old stock book we had when ordering stuff at work.  One hard to find item was "Hex Key L"  Note that doesn't say "Allen" or "wrench", but that's what it was. Yes, it was for .gov.

Caterpillar parts are hopeless in their names. Some items they do to be “unique” like white trash baby names others are hopelessly generic, and still others call it something you wouldn’t expect in a million years. And they like to hide parts in the diagram pages and make you really struggle to find it.

[HankB]

Since it came from the sons birthday card section, it would have been funnier if the description were "SON BI" . . . you could have saved the receipt and had some fun with it in the future.   

[230RN]

Well, whoever came up with that descriptor

(A) was totally clueless

(B) had some kind of agenda

(C) had a twisted sense of humor

(D) was an AI robot working off the card categories it was fed, as in:
-----------------
BIRTHDAY
MASCULINE: SON NEPHEW BROTHER GRANDSON HUNTING BUDDY HUSBAND....

FEMININE: DAUGHTER NIECE GRANDAUGHTER VIEW WATCHER WIFE...
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(E) Combination of B and C

(F) Combination of A and D

There was a very wide variety of categories there; both sides of one aisle.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a GRANDNIECE OF SECOND COUSIN  category.

There is actually enough room on those item lines to have done it entirely differently --note the number of characters in one of the next items: "KRO INSTANT NF DRY"= six extra characters.  ("KRO" is their abbr for "Kroger," "NF DRY" = non-fat dry milk.)

I mean, they use abbrs throughout their system, why was "MASCULINE BI" spelled out that way?

Anyhow, whoever or whatever dood the deed, I thank you or it for the amusement.

Terry, 230RN

[griz]

Anyhow, whoever or whatever dood the deed, I thank you or it for the amusement.

In this context, should dood be spelled dude, or is did-ed the proper usage?

[Perd Hapley]

My sister worked at a restaurant years ago, and she liked the abbreviation used on the receipt, for spaghetti w/ meatballs. I don’t know how it was spelled, but she pronounced it as “spag-ma-ball.” I’ve never forgotten it, and now it’s my gift to all of you.

(It was an Imo’s, the pizza chain infamous for their St Louis style pizza.)

[Perd Hapley]

In this context, should dood be spelled dude, or is did-ed the proper usage?

My style manual says "done the deed."

[RocketMan]

My sister worked at a restaurant years ago, and she liked the abbreviation used on the receipt, for spaghetti w/ meatballs. I don’t know how it was spelled, but she pronounced it as “spag-ma-ball.” I’ve never forgotten it, and now it’s my gift to all of you.

(It was an Imo’s, the pizza chain infamous for their St Louis style pizza.)

Spag-me-balls would have been better.  Closer in spelling, too.