> That question on the reader poll made me wonder if it was talking about something at the supermarket checkout or maybe something else. Usually at the checkout, when they say something like, "That's $44.94," I whip out some cash in one hand and a credit card in the other and ask, "Paper or plastic?" If you time it right, the bag boy just stands there with his mouth open.
> Howard

Once, in Florida (which my mother and I consider the land of the intelligence challenged), I responded that I'd like both (usually accomplished by placing paper inside of plastic). The man gave me my groceries in six bags: three plastic, and three paper.

Mou"never living in Florida"sie