Friday, October 21, 2011

* Less Squinting Of The Eye

This blog entry has been removed, revised and included in the romping sci-fi epic TESTAMENT: FUNNY BADGERS by Indigo Roth, Red Angel Publishing, 2013.

Its reference in the book is iDIFFICULT 2:1-30

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19 comments:

  1. Pat Hatt21/10/2011, 15:16

    Yeah even if it takes close to 40 years or so, one day we learn for ourselves..haha

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  2. A Daft Scots Lass21/10/2011, 15:50

    and a spoonful of sugar helps too.

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  3. Eolist Petite21/10/2011, 17:42

    isn't it funny just how many times we can be told something and never believe that mom really does know what she's talking about....

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  4. IndigoWrath21/10/2011, 17:55

    Hey Pat Hatt, you crazy cat! Never a truer word spoken. Tho as the old song goes - "they say some people live and learn / some just live and live".

    Hey Lass! This is also true, but would you do that to your porridge? Apologies for the shameless national stereotype. "Cos I'm a reeeed-heeeeead!"

    Hey Eolist! Not all moms dispense wisdom, but yeah, we fight against it tooth and nail.

    Thanks one and all! Indigo

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  5. Blissed-Out Grandma21/10/2011, 19:41

    It took me a very long time to learn that also. It happened when I discovered red grapefruit.

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  6. IndigoWrath21/10/2011, 20:03

    Hey Blissed-Out! It was red grapefruit, Nancy? Well damn, is it me, or is that spooky? Talking of red, my red velvet cake goes orange when it cooks, despite the livid red batter. Any ideas? Thanks! Indigo x

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  7. Joshua21/10/2011, 22:15

    Great story. However, every time I see "grapefruit" the word, I think of John Cleese, Fawlty Towers, and "gralefrit."

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  8. Pearl22/10/2011, 00:03

    It took only 20 years?

    Sound DOES move slower than light...

    Pearl

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  9. IndigoWrath22/10/2011, 21:43

    Hey Joshua! Thank you, it was from the heart. As for Basil, I can never put ice in a glass that way without thinking of him.

    Hey Pearl! I'm not so sure. I'm told there infinite depths of nothing between my ears. Sound could be super-luminal and still take years.

    Thanks to you both! Indigo

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  10. injaynesworld22/10/2011, 23:49

    I've yet to understand the appeal of grapefruit. My mother liked it, too. Maybe it's a mother thing. And now I'm thinking of the film scene where Clark Gable shoved half a grapefruit in Carole Lombard's face. Or somebody's face. Perhaps, it was originally created as weaponry.

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  11. Kato23/10/2011, 05:44

    Heehee! I twitched my nose and winked and it made me giggle. And then I wiggled my toes and laughed out loud.

    Lovely story Indigo, and grapefruit are wonderfully nice my dear!!

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  12. f8hasit23/10/2011, 11:13

    I'm a big fan of grapefruit. Have been as long as I can remember! But I no longer have need of my grapefruit spoon. I squeeze my grapefruit into a glass, add a little kettle one and basil and call it a day. I wouldn't suggest this as a breakfast drink...unless you are on vacation.
    :-)

    LOVE how a smell can throw you into memory mode.

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  13. IndigoWrath23/10/2011, 11:19

    Hey Jayne! The Clark Gable story tickled a brain cell or two, but the only reference I can find is Jimmy Cagney doing that to Mae Clark in PUBLIC ENEMY. But he was a rogue, that Clark Gable, and maybe he did it in real life. Hmmm...

    Hey Kato! Wowsers, sounds like this tale brought some unanticipated jollity! I call it the Badger Effect. And you're welcome!

    Hey Nancy! Good grief, you're up early! It's SUNDAY! But yes, smell is a strong invoker. Now, have a grapefruit'n'Ketel and go back to bed ;>

    Thanks one and all! Indigo

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  14. Murr Brewster29/10/2011, 09:06

    Every now and then Mom would present a half grapefruit (neatly sliced, wedges free) and call it dessert. Such a betrayal. We choked it down with a crust of sugar on it. Now I love it and only wish the white kind were more available, because the Ruby Reds are too sweet.

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  15. Occasionally called Robbie01/11/2011, 11:58

    This is a lovely story. A slice of Indigo life that I thank you for sharing :)

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  16. IndigoWrath01/11/2011, 19:10

    Hey Murr! Grapefruit dessert? That's right up there with savoury ice cream. Just. Plain. Wrong.

    Hey Robbie! Too kind, old son. Thank you.

    Thanks to you both! Indigo

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  17. injaynesworld21/11/2011, 02:41

    You're right. It was Jimmy Cagney. Oh, well. At least I got the fruit right. ;)

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  18. Boom Boom Larew04/12/2011, 17:25

    Grapefruit is definitely an acquired taste... but once you've acquired it, there's no going back!

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  19. IndigoWrath22/12/2011, 22:30

    Hey Boom Boom! I do like it, tho sometimes it doesn't like me. A bit like squid. But that's another story. Indigo x

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