Summer is coming which means berries are in season ! Berries contain so many good things for your body...that is if you know what you are doing.

The following is an excerpt from a real-life conversation that took place while searching for blackberries in the woods.

Me: Wow ! We found a crapload of blackberries and they are HUGE !!!!

Other clueless person : nom nom nom nom .......

Me: Aren't you going to wash those first ?

OCP : Why wash them? Mother Nature wouldn't hurt us !

Me: On the contrary !!!! Are you kidding me ? Consider this ....

OCP: *rolls eyes*

Me: Bears like berries right ?

OCP : Yes, I suppose they do.

Me: and bears use their paws to grab berries , right ? What else do bears do with their paws ???

OCP: I don't know. ( I said this person IS/WAS clueless)

Me: Well, they do LOTS of other things with said paws and then they grope the berries.

OCP: I don't care.

So the moral of the story is ....wash your berries whether you pick them or you buy them at the grocery store. OCP died recently of E.Coli and I assume it was because she ate berries without washing them. Serves her right. I told her , after all ! ( untrue , but trying to make a point!! )

and P.S. ....The "berries" in this story may or may not be a euphemism. That depends on who you are ........*wink, wink

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