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Retail Randoms
by 55 North
INDECENT PROPOSAL
You have to credit Salvatore Costarelli for thinking outside the box.
When you live somewhere like Venice you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to romantic locations for a wedding proposal: St. Mark’s Square, the Rialto Bridge, Harry’s Bar. The list goes on. You could even (carefully) get down on one knee in a gondola. That’s probably never been done before.
None of the above for the bold Salvatore though. The Pitbull lookalike popped into his local supermarket to pop the question, using a microphone at the checkout to let Tiziana Famao – and everyone else in the store – know he had a special question for her.
“I love you, you’re my life, and I want to ask you, will you marry me?” he said (in Italian) before intercepting his bemused trolley-pushing sweetheart in the freezer aisle with a ring at the ready. Tiziana said “sì” of course – given the circumstances how could she refuse? After a quick kiss and a cuddle, the lovestruck pair got back to finishing the big shop, or “il grande negozio” as no-one in Italy calls it.
IF THE DOG DOESN’T LIKE IT, YOU KNOW WHERE TO STICK IT
Aldi has shown it has a sense of humour after one of its SpecialBuys – a £2.99 dog toy – went viral for all the wrong reasons.
The toy, a plastic corn on the cob that can be stuck to the floor by means of a suction cup, soon whipped up a social media frenzy.
Some of the more filthyminded members of the public channelled their inner Sid James with comments like: “What in the name of Ann Summers is this?” and “Ribbed for extra pleasure.”
One wag suggested: “Absolutely no one is purchasing that for their dogs,” which our picture of Wee Jock the West Highland Terrier clearly disproves.
At any rate, Aldi wasn’t about to be the butt of the joke, and ended the matter with: “What you buy for your pet is none of our business.”
