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April 10, 2008


I was looking at this tabloidly picture of Doctor Who star Billie Piper shopping for groceries, marveling at her ability to accessorize… then my gaze wandered to the shopping cart. Or, as the Brits call it, trolley.
Do we need any further evidence of the American consumer society? We could fit a couple of those puny trolleys into just ONE of our Safeway carts. To say nothing of a big ol’ Costco vehicle.

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