A poetic Sheldon comic strip in praise of small grocery carts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On November 10, 2026 there is a Sheldon comic strip by Dave Kellett with Gramp delivering the following dialogue praising small grocery carts (like the one shown above):

 

“Pull up a chair!

Let me open my heart!

And sing you the praise

of the small grocery cart!

 

If the big cart’s a bus,

Then the mini’s a coupe.

It steers down the aisle

Like it’s floating on soup!

 

And it’s got those two floors!

Now ain’t that a treat?

It’s about half the size

And yet twice as neat!

 

So grab you a mini,

Then pick up a spare:

‘cause one’s for the food,

And one’s for a chair!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

I often use a small cart when I shop for food at my local Fred Meyer store. They are useful when I need room for more items than I can carry in a hand basket (as shown above).  But my nearest Walmart on Overland Road no longer has many small carts – just the big ones. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

And Costco only has monster carts which encourage buying more than $100 on a trip.  

 

Images of a small cart, handbasket, and Costco cart all came from Wikimedia Commons.