Brendan was completely lost in the kitchen and couldn’t even make a plate of soup for himself or boil an egg.
He’d never even done the food shopping, but always came home from work to a delicious meal cooked by his wife, Barbara.
One day, after Barbara had been sick with the flu for several days and the fridge was all but empty, Brendan realized he’d better help out, and offered to go to the supermarket.
Barbara sent him off with a carefully numbered list of seven items.
Brendan returned shortly, very proud of himself, and proceeded to unpack the grocery bags.
He had:
One bag of carrots
Two packages of celery
Three dozen eggs
Four bags of potatoes
Five raw chickens
Six boxes of noodles
and
Seven loaves of bread.