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} The incident you describe, mere supplicant, gives an example of one of
} those unfortunates who is destined to forever suffer from an
} overwhelming lack of comprehension of a society where the level of
} unecessary and extraneous information supplied has exceeded her cranial
} data storage capacity and resulted in random interspaced logic errors.
} This is emphasised in such simple situations as shopping. In fact, if
} you had looked more carefully, you would have observed that the item
} she was actually looking at when she queried the shop assistant was a
} 400gram tub of butter. Closer examination of her shopping trolley would
} have revealed that she had selected a large packet of high fibre dog
} biscuits believing them to be breakfast cereal, Ozone friendly Crushed
} Rose scented Clean Air air freshener thinking it was a hair spray,
} Promite yeast sandwich spread instead of black shoe polish, a tube of
} Shaving Cream for her toothpaste, and 3 bottles of hospital strength
} lemon scented disinfectant cleaning fluid thinking it was a
} concentrated high vitamin cordial. In fact her entire family, the
} Kreetons, have similar problems, some of which are related in no small
} way to Marge (the woman in question)'s disoriented store purchases. Her
} husband, Oswald, worked for 23 years as a window cleaner for skyscraper
} offices, and never realised that the silent stranger who worked with
} him throughout this time, listening quietly to his meaningless banter,
} was actually his reflection in the windows. He eventually quit the job
} when he tired of the three train and bus links and 1 hour travelling
} time it took him to get to work, when unbeknownst to him his office was
} about 5 minutes walk down the road and around the corner. His pet dog,
} Rufus, is actually a tame otter, the neighbours are often bemused to
} see him attempting to mow his lawn with a rather elaborate vacuum
} cleaner, and the Kreetons' family car - complete with wide wheels, CB,
} 10 Litre V8 diesel engine, twin exhausts, power steering, and a variety
} of buttons and knobs they had yet to work out - is for all intents and
} purposes a farm tractor. Marge's parents, Theodore and Hilda, run a
} small blacksmith's store where they specialise in making customised
} swords for knights and royalty, arrowheads for thieving archers, and
} insignia'd suits of armour for the armies of Kings. Her grandmother was
} burnt at a stake being suspected of being a witch, and her great great
} grandfather died during childbirth, thanks to his angry wife and a well
} sharpened tomahawk.
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