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mac56

(17,566 posts)
Thu May 1, 2014, 01:00 PM May 2014

Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn’t Be In Poor People’s Grocery Carts

http://www.theonion.com/articles/woman-a-leading-authority-on-what-shouldnt-be-in-p,35922/

NORTHAMPTON, MA—With her remarkable ability to determine exactly how others should be allocating their limited resources for food, local woman Carol Gaither is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on what poor people should and should not have in their grocery carts, sources said Thursday.

As verified by multiple eyewitness reports from supermarkets across the Northampton area, the real estate agent and mother of three is capable of scanning the contents of any low-income person’s basket and rapidly identifying those items which people like that don’t need to be buying, based on the products’ nutrition and cost. Additionally, Gaither, 48, is widely regarded as a leading expert in determining which groceries they would purchase instead if they had any common sense or restraint.


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Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn’t Be In Poor People’s Grocery Carts (Original Post) mac56 May 2014 OP
If I didn't see the link, I would be liable to cuss her out. Xyzse May 2014 #1
I was expecting someone on Fox ... nt eppur_se_muova May 2014 #2
Children of the wealthy act-out plenty siligut May 2014 #3
'But then it's Road Flare Mary...' shenmue May 2014 #4
Geez.... CherokeeDem May 2014 #5
First off... Wounded Bear May 2014 #6
Oh... so sorry.... CherokeeDem May 2014 #7

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
4. 'But then it's Road Flare Mary...'
Thu May 1, 2014, 01:45 PM
May 2014

A classic caller to the Stephanie Miller Show. The woman got her start complaining about people who use food stamps. Every time she calls, it's weirder and weirder. Her voice sounds like she smokes road flares, hence the nickname. If you get a chance, do listen, her calls are a trip.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
5. Geez....
Thu May 1, 2014, 02:04 PM
May 2014

I read through this entire article getting angrier by the minute... then saw The Onion.

The problem is... these kind of sanctimonious women exist... and I thought this was just another one.

Likely there is a food cart surveyor out there somewhere...

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
6. First off...
Thu May 1, 2014, 04:01 PM
May 2014

it's "these kinds of sanctimonious people" exist. Just sayin'.

It's a problem with our society that these satirical articles are so believable. Hell Faux Noise gets a lot of air time complaining about what people buy with food stamps. We get a bit of it around here.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
7. Oh... so sorry....
Thu May 1, 2014, 04:20 PM
May 2014

There are certainly sanctimonious men, but since the article featured a woman, I was only following the author's lead. But I agree, there are certainly sanctimonious people....

And yes.... it is difficult at times to decipher the satire from the real news, considering the inane things we hear all the time.

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