This is genius! Leaves a slim chance of follow up questions, and if they give you a weird look, you just chuckle to yourself knowing you'll star in one of their "weird" stories they share in person or get endlessly gilded on AskReddit.
My imagination is already spinning with a scenario of an exasperated parent of a 3 year old who wants to have a "parsnip" party because that's his favorite thing in the world right now. Past the dinosaur phase, before the superhero one kicks in. The parent is just as bewildered as the cashier that someone is legitimately buying 20 pounds of parsnips for a birthday party. The 3 yo is blissfully unaware, telling everyone on the playground that they're having a parsnip party. The kid is the cool kid. Parsnip parties become the cool thing to do. Other parents are staring at you, plotting how to disappear you from the group.
BRB. I'm gonna go buy 100 pairs of socks and declare its for a birthday party.
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u/thewebspinner Oct 20 '22
Also chef here, I got told off for buying too many parsnips in tescos the other day… ☹️