As the leaves begin their seasonal metamorphosis, I'm reminded that I have no easy way of changing my outward appearance. Sure, I can change my shirt or put on a pair of brown shoes, but leaves don't have to change their clothes, so it isn't really the same thing.
If the wizards at Monsanto can turn ordinary wheat to mahogany, I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to give an ordinary human the color and texture of an orange, or an overripe banana. More to the point, Halloween is just around the corner, and you are what you eat should be more than an empty threat to those of us who wanted to be a coconut last year, but lacked the proper training to modify our own DNA.
When I think of all the tears that went into last year's costume, I have to laugh. Not that crying over spilled coconut milk is my idea of a good time, but it's better than walking a mile in someone else's damp costume, especially at night.
"Halloween is just around the corner" -- so true! Historically, Halloween tends to be just around the corner for over 300 days every year. That's the symbolic meaning of the traditional apostrophe in Hallowe'en. The apostrophe is the dreaded corner.
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ReplyDelete"Sugared urchins" delivers just one Google result, and though it dates back to 2006, it's /technically/ fresher than yours: "freshly sugared urchins." By the way, I never knew that "fresh" derives from the Old English for "not salty," but it goes a long way to explaining why every piece of saltwater taffy I've ever eaten has been stale.
ReplyDeleteDang. Your high-speed commenting is outpacing my ability to delete my own comments.
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DeleteI keep forgetting that "urchin" originally meant "hedgehog."
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