# Checkout items that don't go well together **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877 "2010-02-13T16:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/41 "2010-02-16T18:15:27Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I hate buying condoms so I buy a bunch at a time. I also have a huge sweet tooth, so I couldn’t let the cheap bags of candy go. That must have looked weird as those were the only two things I bought. That reminds me that this morning on my way home from work, I stopped at the supermarket to pick up some half-price Valentine’s Day chocolate. And now I gotta wonder – do the stores have deep discounts on condoms the day after Valentine’s Day? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/42 "2010-02-16T18:40:00Z")
I once went into Walgreens and bought “Plan B” and a large box of condoms. Yes, for exactly the reason you think. ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/43 "2010-02-16T19:21:29Z")
Ya know, I thought that this would be funny but the cashier didn’t bat an eye. Hubby and I thought I was pregnant and his sister drove me to Wal-Mart to buy a test. She was scheduled for a C-Section the next morning. I handed her the money and had her buy it. I seriously thought it would hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/44 "2010-02-16T19:24:19Z")
My wife went away for the weekend with her sisters - one of whom is disabled and requires assistance with her hygeine. They went to the grocery store at 11 pm and purchased: tequila, margarita mix, cookies, whipped cream, vaseline, latex gloves and handy wipes. They said the cashier got a little wide-eyed. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/45 "2010-02-16T19:25:13Z")
A bottle of denaturated alcohol and a loaf of toast bread; Four cans of your least expensive beer (going for less than $0.50 for a half liter) and a can of dog food This last one I actually saw happen. That guy reeked… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/46 "2010-02-16T20:24:34Z")
We were giggling about the guy in line ahead of us in the express lane, who was buying a raw chicken and a box of extra-large condoms. ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/47 "2010-02-17T10:10:57Z")
Oh, man. I remember one chap I saw with a bottle of gulping whiskey and an extra-large jar of pickled onions. Keeper! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/48 "2010-02-17T11:16:43Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > They went to the grocery store at 11 pm and purchased: tequila, margarita mix, cookies, whipped cream, vaseline, latex gloves and handy wipes. They said the cashier got a little wide-eyed. Where the hell did she find a grocery store that sells tequila at 11 PM? :dubious: I think there’s some law that says including condoms and/or lube with any items automatically makes it funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/49 "2010-02-17T14:54:26Z")
I once ran into a male friend in WalMart, the contents of his cart consisted of 8 quarts of motor oil and a pair of false eyelashes. He’s a man of many talents, he was planning on changing the oil in his truck in the afternoon and he was doing a drag act at a party that night. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/50 "2010-02-17T15:57:06Z")
I had a teaching assistant for the Human Sexuality course I took in college who described what it was like buying lots of cucumbers in the grocery store, and having to evaluate them for size/shape/general suitability for what they would be used for. … For use as “demonstration models” for her discussion sections on that class, to teach how to properly put on a condom. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/51 "2010-02-17T17:32:12Z")
This is not in a store. It’s a Craig’slist Freebie. I’m not linking to this person either. > [@](#): > > I have a TON of beanie babies that I just don’t need anymore. > > I also have some adult mags that I am done using as well. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/52 "2010-02-17T18:30:44Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Funny. There was a thread a while back about someone checking out of Wal-Mart with something like razor blades, duct tape, wall bolts, and children’s toys. Swallow before reading, [Scylla frightens a walmart employee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542473). ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/53 "2010-02-17T18:35:53Z")
Every year on the evening of October 30th, and again the following afternoon, I go out and make the following purchase from at least one local grocery: a couple of dozen apples and two packages of Gillette double-edged razor blades. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/54 "2010-02-17T18:43:32Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Swallow before reading, [Scylla frightens a walmart employee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542473). Somehow I missed this thread during the holiday season…now my coworkers are looking at me funny as I try to smother my laughing hysterically. Thanks for sharing. \ ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877/55 "2010-02-18T13:54:19Z")
Tampons, chocolate ice cream and WD-40. I needed them, the ice cream was on sale and I had to fix my bike chain… I wasn’t surprised when the teenage boy checker gave me a weird look. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkout-items-that-dont-go-well-together/528877.md?page=2)