Earth's Third Biggest Biggest
BBC World News compère to colleague for stocks update: "So, Tesco - earth's biggest retail store"
"Yep! After Carrefour and Wal-mart."
Ah so - this is what it was about. Merely Britain 's biggest supermarché - not the frigging giant of the universe the idiot teleprompter had my compatriots all excited about. But still threatening to upsize.
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England has Tesco.
How does that compare with our Kroger?
Do you know, i don't know. Theyre Cincinnati, Ohio, right? I'm more an HEB (San Antone) and Safeway (Seattle/Bainbridge island) man. anyway, I was only quoting this ludicrous exchange between the two reporters. The proper chat would have gone:
Anchor: So, Tesco, earth's biggest retailer ...
Reporter: you kidding? There's carrefour and wal-mart wayy above it-
Anchor: ok, no need be like that - i'm just reading from this idiot ill-informed prompter
Reporter: And dont get me started on that Kroger lot
Anchor: They're Ohio based, i believe
Reporter: Cripes, is that what your teleprompter says?
Anchor: No way - the teleprompter would've placed the chain down in Hawaii or even Guantànamo
Reporter: Dude! You even got the accent right. You, like, actually been there?
Anchor: Kroger or Guantàna-wotsit?
Producer: can we get on with the financial report and stop swapping shopping hints?
Thanks for giving Kroger a mention!
Yes, I think their Head Office is
there. We are in PA.
My very great pleasure to plug Kroger and, of course, it makes me look terribly worldly with my inter-continental familiarity with the best of shopping experiences.
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