If Rassie Did the Grocery Shopping
A Saturday supermarket run, planned like a Test match. Seven trolleys. One loaf of bread.
StarringRassie
Enlarge panel 1
Panel 1. Saturday, 07:00. Kitchen. Test-week intensity.
- Rassie: Milk. Bread. Boerewors. We go through the phases.
Enlarge panel 2
Panel 2. Aisle 4.
- Rassie: Trolleys one to five, hold the line at the specials. Six and seven — you are my bench.
Enlarge panel 3
Panel 3. - Cashier: Sir, that is seven trolleys for one loaf of bread.
- Rassie: The bread is the plan. The trolleys are the depth.
Read the transcript
Panel 1
In a kitchen, Rassie points at a whiteboard covered in crosses, circles and dashed arrows. A coffee mug sits on the counter.
Caption: Saturday, 07:00. Kitchen. Test-week intensity.
Rassie: Milk. Bread. Boerewors. We go through the phases.
Panel 2
A wide supermarket aisle. Loaded trolleys are lined up around Rassie as he consults a clipboard in the middle.
Caption: Aisle 4.
Rassie: Trolleys one to five, hold the line at the specials. Six and seven — you are my bench.
Panel 3
Near the tills a long row of trolleys is lined up beside Rassie, who stands with his hands on his hips while a cashier looks on.
Cashier: Sir, that is seven trolleys for one loaf of bread.
Rassie: The bread is the plan. The trolleys are the depth.


