May11

swap meet.

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 this sign in a local store

so funny and makes a good point

yesterday

i found myself

swapping out a box of rigatoni

for a homemade strawberry shortcake donut

it all depends on supply and demand

and irrational cravings

i consider the transaction a win-win

vs.

a battle of the titans

yes

 there are days

when i would swap in the other direction.

what have you swapped during your quarantine?

 

—

“america ships tons of sugar cookies to denmark,

and denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to america.

wouldn’t it be more efficient just to swap recipes?”

-michael pollard

 

49 responses »

  1. I understand swapping rigatoni for donuts. That is just good common sense. But to swap in reverse would require two important factors. First, I would need to have some irrational craving for rigatoni, which has never happened before. And I would need to be sitting on an excess of strawberry donuts. And I am not sure how many donuts I would need to have to think I have too many. That also has never happened before. Great post, Beth, and the quote is hilarious!

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  4. I’m with Brad. I can’t ever imagine a situation where I would want to swap a donut for rigatoni, but I would gladly get rid of some rigatoni, especially for a homemade donut.

    And once again, a perfect quote to go with your story…

    I hope you enjoyed the donut 🙂

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  6. For us, Beth, it’s more like ‘Georgia and Bert might like/need that’ when we’re venturing with our masks and we leave a little present in our neighbor friends’ garage. Soon enough, we find a pleasant surprise in our front alcove.

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  9. We haven’t bartered anything yet, but the comments have been fun to read. And the sign is cute. I remember thinking how far in the future the year 2000 seemed. And now it’s 2020 and we are for real living in that SciFi pandemic movie.

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  13. I haven’t swapped anything yet..but if someone offered me a 36 mega roll pack of Charmin..what would I be willing to let go of…I’d say my sewing machine, but I may need to make some masks.. I’d say my coffee maker but only if things got really desperate..
    What would be a fair trade..hmm.

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  20. I loved this and especially Pollard’s quote at the end. I swap lots of things, especially in the craft department. Patterns for fabric, If I am free with what I have, it always circles back around to me. So if you need anything, just ask. Mine will come later from somewhere else. There is a saying and I don’t know where it came from being a secular person of faith but it says “You can’t out give God.” I’ll swap too though. 🙂

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