UPSIDE-DOWN PINEAPPLE LOVE

There is a social media craze in Spain where singles are encouraged to seek out prospective partners in supermarkets by walking around the store with an upside down pineapple in their cart. Single people looking for a hookup have been drawn to branches of the Mercadona supermarket chain, where it is claimed they can find romance if they visit between 7pm and 8pm and put a pineapple upside down in their cart. If they like someone, they bump their cart against the other’s cart, indicating they are interested in talking to them. The supermarket chain has addressed the craze, posting a pineapple with the caption: “The pineapple on the shelf of Mercadona is waiting for you to get a date.” Meanwhile, another Spanish supermarket chain, Lidl, has launched its own campaign to encourage customers to do the same in its stores – but with a watermelon rather than a pineapple.
* “Boss, I just thought of a great way to get rid of all those unsold bananas.”
* Of course, no one’s buying the pineapples ’cause after three days each one has been handled by 200 people.
* If you’re in a hurry, instead of a pineapple you use a box of condoms.
* I tried this in the store the other night, and a woman came up and replaced my pineapple with an ugli fruit.
* Why a pineapple? Beets me. If you’re looking for a date, and you carrot all, and you’ve got the thyme, lettuce explore this. Just say, “Honeydew,” and wait for someone to create a rhubarb.