The only things we have to fear are....pineapples!

[Kara]

As I continue with my transition, I start feeling confident. Almost to the point of what I guess I might call recklessness. Usually what happens in a situation that I feel nervous about ostracism is...I tell myself these people will never see me after today and they don't even know my name. So I just suck it up and say damn the torpodoes!

With that in mind, however, there's one thing we all should be on the watch for. It's pineapples. Don't these just look so sinister? 

[Valerie Elizabeth]

It's pineapples. Don't these just look so sinister? 

Durian Fruit.  I think they look a little more sinister - plus they are much more smelly.  And they taste kinda weird.  Hard to describe.

[V M]

The Sinister Pineapples - Sounds like the name of a pop rock musical group 

I happen to like pineapples. They are sweet and tasty. Wouldn't want one to fall on my head though 

[Janet_Girl]

Pineapples.... huuummm good.  Especially in yogurt.


Janet

[FairyGirl]

I heard pineapples messed with your hormones... or was it grapefruits? Indeed there is a lot of sinister fruit out there.

[aubrey]

I heard it was grapefruit

[Cindy]

I think it's grapefruit due to high potassium levels I think.

The Sinister Pineapples

Love that group. Heard they were all fruity though

Cindy

[Genevieve Swann]

Virginia Marie, Pineapples don't grow on trees so someone would have to throw it. By the way, Antonio Noriega the famous dictator of Panama was nicknamed Pineapple face or "Cara de Pina". And he is one very evil bastard.

[Renate]

It's grapefruit that you have to watch out for.
A chemical in grapefruit interferes with an intestinal enzyme that metabolizes various medicines.
The medicine ends up being effectively more potent.
While in some cases this may be desirable, in other cases it may be dangerous.

See: List of drugs affected by grapefruit on Wikipedia

[finewine]

I loathe grapefruit.  I remember getting quinine tablets on half a grapefruit when I was in Africa - the idea being that you discuss one bitter taste with another.

Of course, the British Raj had a better idea - mix the quinine tonic with gin!  Far more palatable   Mind you, that wouldn't have helped me in Africa as I was only 7 and a little young for a Bombay Sapphire and tonic.

[Kara]

Does anyone else think the pic I posted look like the tailpipe of a rocket engine? All that green stuff looks like fire coming out.

[tekla]

But Pineapples are one of the few fruits you can really cook on the grill and have them come out right - really, don't grill the bananas, besides 'they hid the deadly black tarantula' and all, so no to bananas.  And kumquats just sound dirty, I'm surprised they have not been banned by the church. 

[finewine]

Oh yes, bananas should be cut into generous slices and fried - sprinkle them with unrefined sugar during frying to get a nice sweet caramelized coating ... I was enjoying plenty of that just last week in Manila. Drool!  Bananas sure are a tasty herb!

As for kumquats well...I'm sure the Iranians would certainly ban them for "undermining family values and promoting homosexuality" just like those corrupting seedless watermelons.

I think the lowly kumquat should play a more prominent role in the more pleasurably moist pursuits, myself. I had a delicious kumquat marmalade in Santa Clara a little while ago.  Not quite joy-jelly but damn fine on a toasted poppyseed bagel.

[FairyGirl]

bananas should be raw on a sandwich with peanut butter, or better yet dipped in chocolate syrup and frozen. I don't mind being dipped in chocolate syrup, but I HATE being frozen.

[tekla]

bananas should be raw on a sandwich with peanut butter

I think we just found Elvis.

[FairyGirl]

it's a Tennessee thing.

[finewine]

Didn't Elvis have his peanut butter and banana sandwiches deep fried too?

[tekla]

Grilled I think.

[Sigma Prime]

For a while, Tekla, I was a little skeptical about your sense of humor. I have been cured of this condition by a few minutes of laughing that have left me utterly exhausted. Thank you.

To the spirit of this thread, I agree. We really have nothing substantial to be afraid of. We should try to enjoy our lives, and we should try to make them beautiful.

And people, don't be afraid of kumquats. They're just a misshapen orange, if you ask me. If you hang two of them together and add a banana, though...hehehe, image.

[Chaos_Dagger]

Wouldn't want one to fall on my head though 

Well your lucky then, they grow in the ground believe it or not.  Which makes them even more scary if you ask me. You see them in the store and then go out and spend your whole life looking for a pineapple tree, yet you never find one.  Meanwhile they're hiding underground laughing evilly at you in that field of odd looking grass you've been standing beside the entire time....