The Origin of Greek Tragic Drama Jokes

[chestnic]

Mittelwerk at aol.com wrote:

> now
>
> you'e at the checkout line at Price Chopper, express lane, 5 items or
> less,
> repeat, you must be checking out 5 items or less.
>
> now, if you have four different 'items,' yet one of these 'items'
> happens to
> be cat food, of which you are about to purchase 5 cans of said
> substance,
>
> what do you have?  4 items (with one item in a quantity of 5)?
>
> or,
>
> 8 items, effectively disbarring you fom usage of the express lane?

  It depends on hoe they are priced, if the cat food is 5 for one price
it is one item, if each can is priced separately it is 5 items for a
total of 8 items.