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Oct. 14, 2004 We were on a trip the other day and stopped at a local farmer's market. Local here, of course, being that area and not near my home. I have had a little experience with produce (my parents always had a big garden) and so I thought I'd show off a little for my city friend with whom I was traveling. I picked up some tomatoes. They were firm, but still a little under ripe. I didn't want them as I knew they might not make the trip and might also over ripe on the way home. Beside that there were some bell peppers. They had some spots and again I thought they weren't in real good shape; so I passed on those, too. There was a stall with various melons. I thumped a few and smelled some of the cantaloupes and I figured they might still be a little green, but ripe enough to take one home. There were some early potatoes and seeing they had some bad spots moved on. This went on for a little until we came to a stand with something I couldn't identify at first. I couldn't make up my mind if it were a fruit, or a vegetable. I was going to pass when my friend exclaimed "My what lovely liberals. And in season! Imagine that!" "You know what that stuff is?" Of course my friend nodded. It's the biggest assortment of liberals I've ever seen. Liberals? Really?Yes, that's what they were. I picked one up and thumped it. It sounded a little hollow. I smelled it. It smelled a little over ripe, maybe rotten. It seemed a little mushy and yet a lot were green. I pointed this out to my friend. I also noted they were pretty pricy and I thought I didn't see one which wasn't spoiled in some way. There were cobwebs on some, like they had been there awhile. I really doubted there was anything of substance and value there. Oh, no! My friend replied these were the best liberals money could buy. There were Michael Moores, Dandy Dan Rathers, Jolly Johnnies (Kerry and Edwards varieties) and Clintons. Even despite the things I pointed out? Well, of course! That's how you can tell a liberal is ripe. Being both a little fruity and also a vegetable, being spoiled, a little green, high priced, mushy, and of course some had a little age (old thinking, you know) that's how you can tell a liberal is ripe. I just turned around and headed to the car. Sometimes people tell you more then you need to know. ------------ About the author: Lee Zelhart is a proud graduate of McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois and the father of two teens (one of which will be getting married in the next couple of years, maybe sometime in 2006) and the author of The Ghost of the Cavalier due out in 2005. Email: graphicsdoctor1@sbcglobal.net Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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