When is a grapefruit not a grapefruit

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Yesterday I wanted a grapefruit, because Big One and I both like them and we can share one as a starter (Little One has an orange instead). I thought I had noticed some in our local Co-Op, which was unusual, so I went in to look. Sure enough there on the shelf were what looked like grapefruit; however the sign said ‘Large Oranges 50p’. I was looking at them when another of the Mums I know came in. I held it out and asked her ‘What’s this?’ ‘It’s a grapefruit’ she replied. I told her that was what I thought too but I was confused by the sign. I took the fruit to the till and asked the cashier ‘Is this a grapefruit?’ ‘Yes’ she said. I told her I had started to doubt myself because the sign said oranges. She asked me to wait a moment and disappeared. When she came back she told me ‘No, it’s an orange, we don’t have any grapefruit.’ I bought it anyway and yes, it was a grapefruit, a pink one in fact. A grapefruit by any other name is still as tasty!