I buy my
groceries at the
Star Market in
Central Square,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is
relevant, because the last time I was there, I happened to notice the signs on the
express lanes:
12 Items or Fewer
I am not making this up. Some of them say "8 Items", though.
I'd prefer "
12 or Fewer Items" myself -- or best of all, "Twelve or Fewer Items", but never mind that.
A number of the jokes in
Infinite Jest are exaggerations of, or elaborations on, real stuff that's quite normal 'round these parts.