[lit-ideas] Re: Fruit.

  • From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:57:24 -0400

Ohhhh, okay.  I see I had it all backwards.  Gotcha.  


Erin
Toronto


Quoting Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> No, wait, before you throw out that peach... that's a real peach. They used
> to be like that.
> The really big peaches from Georgia were so juicy. They were best when eaten
> warmed by the
> sun, not chilled.
> 
> Nowadays, they only sell the small peaches: more per box, and the stores can
> charge more
> overall.
> 
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:48 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Fruit.
> 
> 
> > Okay, I realize this is going to sound absurd, but I just took a measuring
> tape to my
> peach.  This peach, let me tell you, has a circumference of ten inches - ten
> inches! That
> is, I think I mean circumference.  Whatever, it's ten inches around.  Can you
> even conceive
> of how large a peach that is?!!  It is the most frighteningly large peach I
> have ever seen,
> never mind taken a bite out of.  How on earth is fruit being grown these
> days?!!  I swear,
> it reminds me of the Simpsons Tomacco episode - that was a great episode. 
> This peach has
> got to be, like, genetically engineered or something.  A peach this large is
> unheard of.
> It's sick.  Obscene!!  That's it.  From now on I'm buying organic.
> 
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