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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by M137 to c/[email protected]
 

That's $3 for 15 eggs. Sadly not free-range, only cage-free.

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[–] robocall 1 points 3 hours ago

Why does America have a bird flu problem while other countries do not?

[–] werefreeatlast 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Is that the American isle? Here in the us, you'll find the Asian isle, the Hispanic isle, the Curry isle etc depending on your neighborhood. Its encouraging us to shop there when there's an isle just for us.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I'm gonna be pedantic for just a sec cause I want to share my visualization with you:

Isle - small island

Aisle - row of shelves typically housing objects like groceries or books, etc.

That caused me to think about a small archipelago that could fit in a neighborhood that consisted of different ethnic or national peoples hawking foods. Like large swimming pools with floating stands manned by someone yelling "get your Twinkies here! Twinkies!"

I'm crying.

[–] NikkiDimes 2 points 5 hours ago

Ah, when pedanticism leads not to unnecessary eye rolling or hostility but hilarious imagery. Today will be a good day.

[–] werefreeatlast 3 points 8 hours ago

Now I really like my grammatical correctness! Thanks stranger for enforcing the laws of the teachers union!

[–] AeonFelis 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It costs... 35 what? What kind of currency is :-? I don't speak IKEA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Krona, i.e. Swedish crowns. One's about $0.09.

[–] NikkiDimes 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They denote their currency with :-? Wtf is that? It looks like a lil mosquito

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, we did that in Finland too before euros.

I think it denotes the cents. 35:23 would mean "35 kronor and 23 öre" (where öre is 1/100s of a krona). 35:- means "35 kronor" and "0 öre".

[–] NikkiDimes 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Ohhh, okay, that actually makes a lot of cents. Thanks!

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