Tattooed Fruit Is on Way

NYT ^ | 7/19/05 | Julia Moskin

[laishly]

What's next?! Piercing??!!

[itsamelman]

[oldcomputerguy]

If produce comes from Mexico, my wife refuses to buy it.

[Salvation]

Good one!

[Salvation]

Mr. Atos did the picture -- so you can thank him.

Can't answer your question about the inhabitants of Oregon other than to say some of us have found sanity at FreeRepublic.

[Salvation]

LOL!

[BJClinton]

Tattooed Fruit

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Leave Rob Halford alone. Gay or not he is talented. I saw him with Judas Priest and Fight.

[lOKKI]

Those who can't see the danger in this are only those with no imagination and no fear of the least common denominator.

Why, even I, intellectually stunted as I am, can see where these innocent little tattos are heading:

Goofy Apples!

Yes, friends, soon every piece of fruit will be emblazoned with your (child's) favorite cartoon character! Why, the release of the new Spiderman movie will be preceeded by Spiderman!® apples!

And wait till you see the new KING KONG grapefruits!

OMG... it's going to be horrible.... horrible...horrible

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"KING KONG grapefruits! "

Will... behave... no... dirty...jokes.... must....not...anger...the...mods...

[tiki]

Most companies will not sell produce without the stickers anymore. It is annoying, it adds cost to everything and then you have to peel them off and then you have to peel them off your fingers and try to get them in the trash.

[itsamelman]

Leave Rob Halford alone. Gay or not he is talented. I saw him with Judas Priest and Fight.

Aw, I'm sure ol' Rob'll be just fine. I made no comment regarding his talent or how it was in any way tied to his sexual preference or how they were in some way mutually exclusive. I like some Priest and dig Queen/Freddie Mercury even more.

I knew I shoulda put a "ducking to avoid incoming spiked leather doo-dads from nose-out-of-joint metalheads" tag at the bottom of my post.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I was just razzing you. No harm, no foul, just joking around.

But metal heads are protective of Rob even if they cannot comprehend is lifestyle.

[JZelle]

Or the stickers pull the skin off the fruit, like nectarines and plums.

[itsamelman]

Heh Heh, ain't it the truth. I've got some hardcore alpha-hetero metalhead buds and the disconnect and confusion when Rob officially came out way back when was something to see. But they came around and still went to the mat for Rob.

"Dude, I don't dig f@gs and stuff, I mean, keep 'em away from me, but Rob's still cool, I mean as a singer. I mean, I totally dig chicks, don't get me wrong, but Priest still rocks. Hey, pass the bong."

[Xenalyte]

What about that banana?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Funny thing is, we chicks knew just from watching him on stage. You could just tell. The guys were shocked.

[Xenalyte]

I despise merchandising tie-ins. Never bought into 'em as a kid, and can't stand 'em now.

I'm still puzzling my way through the Fantastic Four Amazon card you get at Burger King. How does any one of those variables - Fantastic Four, Amazon.com, Burger King - relate to the other two?

[najida]

Good lord,
Even *I* knew that! (I mean, the leather and they lyrics kinda gave it away ;) )

[The Red Zone]

The stickers ought to have a non sticky tab on them, like the starter on a roll of scotch tape. To discourage transfer between items they could come off in several pieces, but all accessible from the tab.