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
