# Wanna hear a funny supermarket story? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-hear-a-funny-supermarket-story/162696 "2003-03-20T01:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-hear-a-funny-supermarket-story/162696/21 "2003-03-20T19:20:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DaToad \* > Cheers **Stinkpalm and Linguini**. Hope your kindness is returned threefold. This reminded me of something funny that happened to a good friend of mine a couple of years ago. He had met a Chinese woman who, while she spoke English pretty well, had just arrived the week before and was unfamiliar with our “strange American customs”. They were walking down Michigan Ave in Chicago one evening and came upon a homeless man asking for handouts. My friend gave him a dollar and they kept walking. A minute or so later, she asked him why he gave the man a dollar. “He needed the dollar more than I did and I believe that kindness is always returned threefold” my friend said. He barely got the words out of his mouth when he looked down and there on the sidewalk were three $1 bills, neatly folded together. The girl was quite impressed! After he stopped laughing he had to explain to her that it doesn’t usually happen that fast or that literally. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-hear-a-funny-supermarket-story/162696/22 "2003-03-20T20:32:55Z")
_ **What the hell is beer cheese soup? - Stinkpalm** _ Here’s a basic beer cheese soup recipe: Ingredients 1 cup finely chopped celery 1 cup finely chopped carrot 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 2 quarts chicken broth 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup butter or margarine, melted 8 oz beer or ale 16 oz cheddar cheese, grated Directions Boil celery, carrot and onion in broth until almost tender, about 10 minutes. Mix flour and butter, stir in broth. Cook and stir until thickened, boil 1 minute. Reduce heat, add beer and cheese. Mix until smooth and cheese melts. Heat just to serving temperature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-hear-a-funny-supermarket-story/162696.md?page=1)