primitives gripe about price of corn

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

housewolf  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 02:59 AM
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99 Cent ear of corn
   
Holy cow!!! In the supermarket yesterday, they had a big bin of nice-looking ears of corn, non-organic. Sign on the bin read "$.99" Not 2 or 3 for $.99, but $.99 a piece.

Shocked me right out of buying any, gotta say. This was a Kroger-family non-gourmet supermarket,

The domestic wolf primitive must live in a blue state.

Two days ago, while driving around, I noticed corn at 12 for $2 in most farmers' roadside markets.

And by this time next week, I bet it's down to 12 for $1.

In the supermarkets, it seems to be about 12 for $3.

grasswire  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 03:12 AM
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1. Geez!
   
At my local Kroger, it's eight ears for $2.

Tab  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 08:23 AM
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2. We're running 3 for 0.99 - at least they're not artichokes
   
This guy, Artie, gets tired of working so hard and not getting anywhere, and seeing all these guys in the Mafia in their fine three piece suits and fancy cars, decides that he has to join the Mafia.

He goes up to one of the guys and says, "I want to join the Mafia."

The guy answers, "You ever kill any one for money?"

Artie answers, "No."

The guy says, "Well, you either got to be born into the mafia, or you gotta kill somebody for money."

So Artie says, "How much will you pay me?"

The guy says, "I'm not gonna pay you."

Artie says, "C'mon, just pay me a dollar so I can get in."

The guy says, "Okay, I'll tell you what. You kill somebody, tell me about it, and if I see it in the morning paper, I'll pay you a dollar."

Artie says, "Oh thank you, thank you!" and heads off on his mission. He goes to Ralphs Supermarket, sees an old lady pushing a cart, and decides that she's lived a full life, goes up to her, grabs her round the neck and chokes her to death.

The bag boy sees him, and chases after him. Artie realizes that he can't out run the bag boy, turns around, grabs the bag boy by the neck and chokes him to death.

In the morning paper the headlines read, "ARTIE CHOKES TWO FOR A DOLLAR AT RALPHS!"

Husb2Sparkly  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 09:42 AM
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3. I'm embarrassed and angry to say we paid $1.29 for a single lemon.
   
One Lemon ............

A dollar and twenty nine cents.

Yeah, right, as if the real-estate magnate the sparkling husband primitive hasn't raised his rents to reflect the higher cost of living, too.  One suspects the price increase of the sparkling husband primitive's rents exceeds the price increase of lemons, which are out of season anyway.

Crisco  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 04:04 PM
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6. That Hurts
   
I've resorted to buying bottled lemon juice because of the cost

Crisco  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 08:44 PM
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8. H2S - Head's Up
   
Whole Foods (in TN) has Cali lemons - lotsa rind - at .50 a pop right now. I snagged 3, even though I don't have anything I need them for in the next week - I'll make me need something.

Cassandra  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 11:00 AM
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4. 50 cents an ear for bi-color corn...
   
at the Greenmarket. I think, in the past, it's been 3 or four ears for a dollar. They're good, though.

Crisco  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 04:03 PM
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5. It's About .45 at the Produce Stands
   
I don't even glance at supermarket corn anymore, so can't tell ya.

But for .99, I hope it butters itself.

sandnsea  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-20-08 05:00 PM
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7. I'm paying $4.00 for 5 ears
   
I used hippywife's perfect corn picking strategy - so at least it was delicious corn.

Hmmm.

franksolich is going to have to look around for the hippowife's bonfire on this; other than her nonsensical ideas about politics, the hippowife primitive usually has some pretty good ideas.

bicentennial_baby  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 08:59 PM
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9. I saw $4 for a dozen today
   
Ah, gotta love farm stands.

[Lauri]

we have a local Dem running for congress.. this is her second stab at it, she didnt win the first time.

we saw her newest commercial last night; she is standing in front of a gas station sign, just talking to people on the streets, and the sign has the listed prices of Regular, Unleaded, Premium behind her.

all the prices are far higher in her commercial than the prices are today.

i'm not sure Dummies can really understand economics - or how their 'leaders' are affecting the prices of everything in our economy.

its a quandry 

[jtyangel]

Ok, what a load of horsecrap. First of all, I looked up just ONE store ad in my area and hit on the first one! 8 ears of corn for 2 bucks...that's right...EIGHT for TWO!!!

Secondly, I don't want to hear of anyone's economic woes if they are shopping at Whole Foods. That place caters to a high end clientele. I just had to do the most boring ass paper of my life on them and that's what they do is cater to the high end organic customer, but they support a bunch of liberal social issue crap so I guess that makes it all ok.

[Lauri]

Ok, what a load of horsecrap. First of all, I looked up just ONE store ad in my area and hit on the first one! 8 ears of corn for 2 bucks...that's right...EIGHT for TWO!!!

Secondly, I don't want to hear of anyone's economic woes if they are shopping at Whole Foods. That place caters to a high end clientele. I just had to do the most boring ass paper of my life on them and that's what they do is cater to the high end organic customer, but they support a bunch of liberal social issue crap so I guess that makes it all ok.

yep, Whole Foods is mostly about their 'brand' .. and all of their stuff is far more expensive than a regular market - but they also have their employees to pay, who are part owner, and they pay for a lot of extra services for their employees, so, gotta keep the kiddos happy happy happy.

[jtyangel]

Ok, what a load of horsecrap. First of all, I looked up just ONE store ad in my area and hit on the first one! 8 ears of corn for 2 bucks...that's right...EIGHT for TWO!!!

Secondly, I don't want to hear of anyone's economic woes if they are shopping at Whole Foods. That place caters to a high end clientele. I just had to do the most boring ass paper of my life on them and that's what they do is cater to the high end organic customer, but they support a bunch of liberal social issue crap so I guess that makes it all ok.

yep, Whole Foods is mostly about their 'brand' .. and all of their stuff is far more expensive than a regular market - but they also have their employees to pay, who are part owner, and they pay for a lot of extra services for their employees, so, gotta keep the kiddos happy happy happy.

I admit, I hit Trader Joe's for a few things. They've got fairly reasonable prices though since their store actually resembles a REAL grocery coop ie no frills, but Whole Foods? I know you are right though about the employee/part owner.

[jukin]

I know that not a single DUmbass will notice that the food prices, energy prices, and the deficit have all gone up 200-400% since the coronation of Queen Pelosi.