We need what?

Ron and I keep a list of things we need to buy when we do our weekly grocery shopping, and add to it whenever one of us notices we have run out of something or sees a special on the weekly flyers. Last night I went to the kitchen to add cereal to the list, and I noticed that Ron had added an item since I had last looked.

large bottom

We needed a large bottom? Another one? Was mine not large enough? Maybe he meant a bottom enhancer. Or something to make mine appear bigger. He wasn't going to buy another hairbrush, was he?

I looked again. There were two lines on the list in his handwriting, and I had only read the last one. The line above made it all clear.

chandelier bulbs

He needed light bulbs - the ones that are small and tapered to look like candle flames, but have a large base, the same as regular bulbs - for the light fixtures in our upper hallway and main floor entrance. Mystery solved. But it would have been fun to shop for bottoms, especially if they were on sale.