Eddie Izzard has this hilarious bit about rotting pears."So f@$% pears… Pears are like a rock, so you think, “I’ll take them home and they’ll ripen up,” and you put them in a bowl, and they sit there going, “No! No! Don’t ripen yet! Don’t ripen yet! Wait till he goes out of the room! Ripen now! Now! Now!” (mimes pears ripening fast) And you come back in, and you go, “I’ll just have one of these…” (mimes touching a rotten fruit) “Hey, these pears are dead! These are dead pears, man. Hey, what happened, guys?” They’re all going… (laughs like Muttley)." (from Eddie's "Cake or Death" transcript site)
That's what happened to my strawberries, dammit. I prodded them just yesterday, thinking, "They'll last another day, right? Yeah, I'll have them with breakfast tomorrow." Today, I open the fridge, and there they were, covered with white fuzz. I should have guessed they would take revenge, with the ones on top -- the ones I had poked -- donning the thickest fur coats, some of which overflowed to the innocent ones beneath.
In the midst of my fist-shaking, I also can't help but feel some remorse and guilt about the tragedy. They didn't have the chance to live out their purpose in life. Sorry, guys.
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Ohmygosh! I know exactly how you feel! What is it with fruit? What is it with me not able to eat it fast enough? Your post made me crack up OUT LOUD!!! My guy was chuckling too...
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