Inside out: THE FAMILY WAY - You'llknow when your number's up; We know the pineapple chunks are out of date.(Features)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: December 16, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Rosie WILLIAMS

WOULD I like to buy some more school raffle tickets? No. I wouldn't actually. I have already spent more on school raffle tickets this week than I have spent on food. Solet's hope we win the hamper.

On the other hand, let's hope we don't win the hamper. It's full of Oxo cubes, bashed boxes of biscuits and out-of-date tins of pineapple chunks. We know the pineapple chunks are out of datebecauseours was the cupboard they camefrom.

So,let's concentrate on winning that litre of gin. Which I will need by the time we get out of here. At least,don't ...

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