Flash Back!!

[Caran]

I suddenly remembered something my late mother did:0 years ago.
I had taken her to a supermarket for some shopping. As we approached the till she started screaming at the top of her voice. shouting "I've been mugged" I asked her what was wrong. She couldn't find her purse. I asked when was she mugged? She didn't know. I told her if you had been mugged you would know about it. By now a crowd had gathered. I checked her handbag, but I found her purse in the bottom of her shopping bag.
She was always a strange person, prone to flights of fancy.
I don't know why I remembered this though.

[lady-janine]

My late mother was very angry with e once when she came shopping with me because I paid by card and not cash. She said I was showing her up and lowering myself. When she had stopped ranting I pointed out I could insure my card and so not lose money but I could not insure any cash I carrying around and what a loss it would be if it was lost or stolen. She still didn't speak to me for nearly two weeks and still insisted i was showing her up..

[roadman]

lol how embarrassing but funny

[Buenchico]

If we're into embarrassing moments in shops her (rather than joining the Lew Dawson appreciation society with mother-in-law stories), I'll mention the time, back in my teaching days, when I was shopping with our Head of Drama in the ladies department of a large department store for costumes for a school play.

The play was Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, requiring mediaeval costumes with plenty of coloured tights. I was quietly browsing away when my colleague shouted at me from the other side of the department, holding up a pair of green tights as he did so. "Chris", he enquired at full volume, "do you think that these will fit a 14-year-old boy?".

We got some VERY odd looks from all the women who were shopping alongside us ;-)

[Caran]

Brilliant Chris!