Weirdness

“Police Tuesday announced the arrests of three people accused of hoisting a shopping cart atop a flagpole, which then fell and seriously injured a grocery… Read More »3 arrested in shopping cart prank

James Jacob Ritty, inventor of the first working version of a mechanical cash register, was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1837. Ritty was a barkeeper… Read More »Inventor of the Week: James Jacob Ritty

Have an analytical mind? Like to cook? Check out Cooking For Engineers… “Everyone’s got a favorite way of cooking bacon, but what’s the difference if… Read More »Cooking For Engineers: Cooking Tests: Bacon (Part I)

“When Ralphs employee Shantie Muraj prepared to raise the flag outside her store early Saturday she was hit on the head by a grocery cart… Read More »Woman injured by falling grocery cart

Sausage shaped like a beer bottle Originally uploaded by jkottke. Noted without comment.

The Onion: “Ancient Shopping List Shows Early Man Really Loved Meat” (links to audio)

“The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments: What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It’s amazing and… Read More »Just two items on this list: Diet Coke and Mentos

“Wal-Mart isn’t just the number-one retailer in the universe. It also leads the way in calls for help to local police. No west-county property generates… Read More »Wal-Mart tops local police calls, sheriff’s office finds

“Tesco and Wal-Mart are the undisputed champions of the international grocery market, but little-known fringe grocers may rise to eat into their margins over the… Read More »Newcomers take to global grocery stage

“This week, Hell’s food editor brings you an informative primer for properly stocking your pantry shelves in case a horde of hungry rednecks descends on… Read More »Food from Hell

“It’s another enemy in the battle against urban ugliness: stolen shopping carts. The carts are strewn along roadsides, under bridges and in neighborhoods. Takers range… Read More »Crackdown on wayward carts

“A woman shopping at a Target store paid for her items and left. But she forgot her wallet at the checkout stand. Police say the… Read More »Thief Rings Up $$ After Woman Leaves Wallet At Counter

“When Newsline reporters went shopping, here are some of the stuff they bought off-the-shelf. These items, common in any household grocery list, had either expired,… Read More »A bad shopping day

“A cashier at the Gallery Gourmet Market in the basement of Ivory Tower was detained Sunday night after University Police was called due to inappropriate… Read More »Gallery clerk hurls obscenities at students