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Spanish Singletons Swapping Dating Apps For Upside-Down Pineapples

maximus otter

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Spanish singletons are swapping dating appsfor “flirting time” in supermarkets, with upside-down pineapples being used as a sign that shoppers are ready to get fruity.

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As part of the new trend, Gen Z members flock to branches of popular chain Mercadona between 7pm and 8pm hoping to find a romantic spark among the shelves.

Inspired by an online dating game, single young people have been told to pick up a pineapple from the fruit aisle, hold it upside down and then go to the wine section.

If an enamoured shopper sees someone they like with an upside-down pineapple, they simply bump their trolley into them to “match” - replacing the Tinder method of “swiping right” on a person’s picture.

Other products are also functioning as forms of “real-life” emojis at Mercadona, which has now been nicknamed “Tinder-dona” on TikTok. Sweets and chocolate supposedly signal an openness to a short-term liaison, while vegetables indicate a desire for a more serious, longer-term relationship.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...eapples-secret-symbol-spain-mercadona-stores/

maximus otter
 
Didn't we have something similar years ago in the UK? It didn't really take off.
 
The upside down pineapple has a long history on cruise ships. Putting one on your cabin door means that the occupant is open to a casual encounter - "knock and enter and ye shall be received." Here's an article from 2022 claiming that it goes back decades.

https://www.cruisehive.com/upside-down-pineapple-meaning/70087

I get the feeling that the meaning has shifted a little with the Spanish. On cruise ships it's all about casual sex. The Spaniards seem to be using it to mean that they're interested in starting a relationship.
 
What happens if the supermarket doesn't have any pineapples? Does everyone wander about improvising with various fruit and veg, giving rise to the sad image of a man trying to find 'upside down' on a potato? Baskets full of inverted leeks?
 
Salmonellus said:
The upside down pineapple has a long history on cruise ships. Putting one on your cabin door means that the occupant is open to a casual encounter - "knock and enter and ye shall be received." Here's an article from 2022 claiming that it goes back decades.

https://www.cruisehive.com/upside-down-pineapple-meaning/70087

I get the feeling that the meaning has shifted a little with the Spanish. On cruise ships it's all about casual sex. The Spaniards seem to be using it to mean that they're interested in starting a relationship.
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I was always led to understand that it was planting pampas grass outside your house that meant you were a swinger. But it's upside down pineapples really...

'Martin? MARTIN! Get the lawnmower out and get down to Sainsburys, I've found out why we haven't had anyone round lately!'
 
catseye said:
I was always led to understand that it was planting pampas grass outside your house that meant you were a swinger. But it's upside down pineapples really...

'Martin? MARTIN! Get the lawnmower out and get down to Sainsburys, I've found out why we haven't had anyone round lately!'
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l can’t resist this old chestnut:

Husband: “I’ve just overheard our postman in the pub saying that he’s had sex with every woman in our street, except one.”

Wife: “Ooh, l bet it’s that stuck-up cow at No. 22!”

maximus otter
 
chanubi said:
Yes but it was in public parks and the police put a stop to that.
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No, we had one supermarket chain that was encouraging people to do a dating thing. People would look at what you had in your basket, such as a bottle of wine, and they'd work out whether you were worth a bit of chat. It didn't last long.
 
Mythopoeika said:
No, we had one supermarket chain that was encouraging people to do a dating thing. People would look at what you had in your basket, such as a bottle of wine, and they'd work out whether you were worth a bit of chat. It didn't last long.
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These 'singles shopping events' inevitably decline into one attractive person (who usually doesn't want to date, has just wandered in because they ran out of milk and isn't trying to catch anyone's eye) being followed around the shop by lots of hopefuls, all trying to avoid eye contact with each other.
 
catseye said:
These 'singles shopping events' inevitably decline into one attractive person (who usually doesn't want to date, has just wandered in because they ran out of milk and isn't trying to catch anyone's eye) being followed around the shop by lots of hopefuls, all trying to avoid eye contact with each other.
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Yes, l have to manage my milk stock very carefully now.

maximus otter
 
Not sure why this is in the "Urban Legend & Folklore" section. It appears to be real, as it was reported on Spanish TV etc. However, the idea may have been a "joke" by a comedian.
 
yodigo said:
Not sure why this is in the "Urban Legend & Folklore" section. It appears to be real, as it was reported on Spanish TV etc. However, the idea may have been a "joke" by a comedian.
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I presume it's here because, like a lot of these 'eye catching' things, they very soon vanish and then the stories start to emerge. Rather like the whole 'pampas grass outside your house means you're a swinger' stories. They may have started with a grain of truth about them, but degenerated into urban myth (I mean, what did people THINK would happen?).

In a couple of years people will be arguing about whether putting a pineapple in their trolley means that it's a signal that they are 'available', because this whole story will have been forgotten - the one occasion when it WAS the correct meaning.
 
catseye said:
In a couple of years people will be arguing about whether putting a pineapple in their trolley means that it's a signal that they are 'available', because this whole story will have been forgotten - the one occasion when it WAS the correct meaning.
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Him: Hello... I see you have a pineapple in your trolley... [nudge nudge, wink wink]
Her: Er...yes. I'll be eating pineapple later. [frowns] But I see now that I should have bought the tinned variety.
Him: OK...'bye then... sexy pineapple-eating lady...
 
catseye said:
I presume it's here because, like a lot of these 'eye catching' things, they very soon vanish and then the stories start to emerge. Rather like the whole 'pampas grass outside your house means you're a swinger' stories. They may have started with a grain of truth about them, but degenerated into urban myth (I mean, what did people THINK would happen?).

In a couple of years people will be arguing about whether putting a pineapple in their trolley means that it's a signal that they are 'available', because this whole story will have been forgotten - the one occasion when it WAS the correct meaning.
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Yep, I see your point.

https://www.lasexta.com/programas/a...-temita_2024082666cc19291dd4400001723ea2.html

Partial Google translation
"Couple on offer Patricia Benítez teaches you how to flirt in a supermarket, the new fashion to find a partner: "That means you want to fear" Flirting in the supermarket has become fashionable thanks to a fun viral who has turned to Spain, but do you know how to get it? Aruser @ s collaborator Patricia Benítez gives us the keys to put love in the shopping basket."

https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma...31/despedida-solteros-mercadona-pina_3952824/

"In recent weeks, a viral phenomenon has taken Mercadona supermarkets by surprise. A peculiar urban legend that has spread rapidly through social networks: if you want to find the love of your life, you just have to go to Mercadona between seven and eight in the afternoon and put a pineapple inside out in your shopping cart. Your true love will also carry a pineapple in the same position, thus creating the perfect setting for a romantic encounter."
 
Mythopoeika said:
Him: Hello... I see you have a pineapple in your trolley... [nudge nudge, wink wink]
Her: Er...yes. I'll be eating pineapple later. [frowns] But I see now that I should have bought the tinned variety.
Him: OK...'bye then... sexy pineapple-eating lady...
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I am NEVER buying a cucumber ever again...
 
Mythopoeika said:
Him: Hello... I see you have a pineapple in your trolley... [nudge nudge, wink wink]
Her: Er...yes. I'll be eating pineapple later. [frowns] But I see now that I should have bought the tinned variety.
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Him: Pervert.
catseye said:
I am NEVER buying a cucumber ever again...
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Ken Dodd: "What a lovely day for sticking a cucumber through someone's letterbox and shouting; "The Martians are coming.""
 
I went to Morrisons today, and remembering this thread, I placed an upside-down pineapple in my trolley.

I did not receive any romantic advances, and replaced the pineapple before I went through the tills.

However, last night I was briefly entertained when a strange French woman, completely unknown to me, suddenly barged into my house through the front door while I was watching Casualty. Perhaps my life is running backwards, and the pineapple working in reverse.
 
Steev(still) said:
I went to Morrisons today, and remembering this thread, I placed an upside-down pineapple in my trolley.

I did not receive any romantic advances, and replaced the pineapple before I went through the tills.

However, last night I was briefly entertained when a strange French woman, completely unknown to me, suddenly barged into my house through the front door while I was watching Casualty. Perhaps my life is running backwards, and the pineapple working in reverse.
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People are taking sex away from you?
 
The Wimbledon men’s winner trophy has a pineapple on the top. Hiding in plain sight.
 
The symbol goes back a long way, according to WikiHow. But nobody seems to be able to pinpoint the exact origins.

https://www.wikihow.com/Upside-Down-Pineapple-Meaning

But what I didn't know is that another universally known swinger symbol - well, universally known to everyone except out of touch old farts like me - is the pink flamingo on the lawn!

Egads! do we all remember playing the Sims and having the option of putting pink flamingos on the lawn? I mean, that's ridiculous. Indoctrinating young kids into the swinger lifestyle before they even know what a swinger lifestyle is. Will nobody think of the children...

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