Posted on 11/17/2017 1:37:48 PM PST by Kaslin
RUSH: I have made a big deal out of the fact that I don’t like fruit. In fact, it has become a signature thing. At golf every Saturday morning we get together early and have breakfast at the club prior to going on out. And I’m always razzed, you know, I order bacon and eggs or just some bacon. And everybody says, “Hey, Rush, I got some extra fruit, you want some fruit?” It’s not even funny anymore because it’s so well known.
So I have a story here. “Just 12% of Americans Eat Enough Fruit and Vegetables, According to a Study by the Centers for Disease Control — Only 5.8% of West Virginians eat the recommended daily amount. Women and wealthier people are more likely to consume enough fruit and vegetables.” Even this! Even this now has an economic delineator. The rich and women are the only people eating enough fruit and vegetables.
Well, what does being rich have to do with it? Fruit’s not that expensive, is it? No, because the rich are supposedly smarter. I have never liked it. The problem with fruit for me is psychological. It’s like soup! I don’t eat soup because I don’t feel like I’ve eaten anything after having soup. Soup served as an appetizer, sometimes as a meal, I don’t psychologically feel like I’ve had a thing if I’ve been served a bowl of soup. Even if I like it, there’s no psychological satisfaction or feeling that I have actually consumed anything.
Same thing with fruit. And it’s all sugar. I’m not crazy about it. But I am continually amazed. I mentioned the golf course. A couple weeks ago we’re all lined up in our golf carts, there’s about 50 golf carts and we’re waiting for the signal to head to the holes on which we’re starting. And some poor waiter, some poor guy has this large bowl of fruit that he has to transport from one area of the club to the next, and he has to walk past all of these guys in the golf carts.
He’s got his white jacket on and he’s holding the tray up with his hand like professional waiters do. And this guy was swarmed! The fruit was not even for the golfers, but the golfers swarmed this guy. They got out of the golf carts and they just converged on this poor guy, and he’s just an employee. He can’t look at ’em and say, “This is not for you. I have to take this over to the –” whatever.
And I sat there and watched this in amazement. It’s about 8:45 in the morning and these guys just swarmed this thing like it was money, like it was whatever your favorite thing to eat is, they just swarmed like they hadn’t eaten in two days. I just cannot relate to people who like fruit that much. I just sat there and watched this in stunned amazement, bananas in there, there were grapes, apples and whatever. I just was totally taken aback by the scene.
These are people that could have anything they want any time they want it, but they got out of their golf carts — they just had breakfast — and swarmed this poor guy. I don’t know, it just took me aback. And I sat there in stunned amazement watching this.
I like fruit. Especially fruit salad.
I love Rush, was with him even when he was in Sacto, before his syndication.
But he STILL doesn’t know what “innoculate” means.
Or “literally”.
usually people like SOME KINDS of fruit and maybe not others.
same for veggies, meats, fishies, you name it
it is unusual for someone to dislike ALL of something
hey Rush, is that a sexist comment?
As for the guys stampeding for the fruit, at that age it’s all about the bowels. Fruit is good for preventing constipation.
Betcha’ he likes fruit when it’s in a pie!
Hannity literally uses “literally” in every third sentence.
Okay, that’s not true. But lots.
You’d think he’d have a coach or studio person to tell him to knock it off.
I’m on this dried fruit kick lately. Plums, figs, dates, apricots, whatever.
Shock the others with you order well done Corn-Beef hash, Country Hash-Brown Potatoes and 2 Eggs Over Easy with a Muffin, Nutter and Honey.
We eat to survive. God made it pleasurable. However if you eat based on feelings, then you are probably fat and unhealthy. Rush isn't exactly svelte.
I also go back to Rush’s Sact’o days. I remember the segments on floating candles on a stream for peace, as if that was going to convince Gorbasm Gorbachev.
I also stopped eating most fruit, though will have some of the low sugar kind like berries.
Pineapple and watermelon are definitely forbidden and if you care about health and weight, they should be eliminated for most people. May as well eat candy. It’s about insulin response and what that does to metabolism. Only 20% of us can handle it.
I don’t dislike fruit; I just don’t eat it.
I freeze grapes and use them as wine ice cubes. That’s about the extent of it.
I really love grapefruit but I take meds so.....
I don’t like fruits either.
The food pictured looks delicious to me.
I like some fruit.
But, it contains, naturally, fructose. Fructose is a sugar. Cancer is fueled by sugars. Since I have a pre-cancerous blood disorder, I avoid fruit. I miss peaches.
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