I was in the grocery store today, a veritable nexus of intellectual activity if ever there were one.

Going down an isle, pushing my partially loaded cart, I encounter an abandoned cart containing nothing but four small d'anjou pairs.

Directly in front of me, in my partially filled shopping cart, are three slightly larger d'anjou pairs.

My first thought, upon seeing them alone and discarded, was to wonder if I had recently been here (there), but been unsuccessful in my attempt to obtain nourishment to such an extent that evacuation was the only viable option, which I did (I guess) thereby giving myself now (me) the opportunity to return now (then) and succeed in my quest.

Then I saw the green metal twist tie which I/me never use and realized that I had not yet been there until I got there and since I was still there and didn't use those little ties, there was no way it could have been me. Before.