Curiously enough, people will use a spoon to eat half a grapefruit, with – or if brave enough – without sugar, oranges can be eaten in slices or squeezed for the juice, yet lemons only get sliced and dunked in water or tea or other beverages, or squeezed into a glass. Size discrimination? Pity the poor lime.
Fortunately, at least some of the statin drugs are no longer as sensitive to grapefruit. I’m told by my pharmacist, whom I trust implicitly, that I should be okay if I don’t ingest them very close together. Yes-hah! I love grapefruit!
A friend of mine had trained himself to eat lemons whole, like normal people eat oranges. Great party trick. It’s a riot to watch people pucker up just watching him do it.
Frazz18 hrs · Eleven years ago (!), I wrote a semi-useful and (if I can say so)(or not; a lot of other people said so) pretty entertaining book about the booming but still offbeat sport of triathlon. There was some how to it, but it was mostly about the why. Specifically, the mental part of the why.
I was going to title it “Three Track Mind,” but thought I’d get clever and name it something a little more cerebral (and I’ll now admit insensitive), a three-fold take on schizophrenia. I don’t recall the publishers putting up a big fight. They were nice, and I was beginning this current phase of my life where I can’t seem to get anything turned in on time. I’m not sure.The book had decent sales and was received well enough for its niche status. I don’t know if the original title would have helped it rise above that niche status or not, but I will say that I wince every time I hear someone struggle to recall or pronounce, or both, “Trizophrenia.” Which is just about every single time someone tries.
Keep it simple, future authors. It must roll off the tongue easily. Take it from someone who knows.
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
I’ve had to deal with a Millie second. Lasts what feels like several minutes if she’s in a high-pitch dander.
RAGs almost 4 years ago
When you’ve been baking in the sun for a while, tart lemonade does help. Your mouth puckers up so much that it pulls you eyes open.
KenTheCoffinDweller almost 4 years ago
Not to mention dumping sugar into good fresh Grapefruit juice counts as a crime.
catchup almost 4 years ago
Also summer is a time to take antihistamines, and some of them react fatally with grapefruit juice.
rekam Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And people on different medications can’t have grapefruit juice. It changes how effective your medicines are.
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
When the world hands you grapefruit, make grapefruit-juice-ade.
batmanwithprep almost 4 years ago
Though “Grapefruitade” would roll off the tongue quicker than “lemon-juice-ade”.
jpayne4040 almost 4 years ago
Apparently that’s everyday now, considering how many people suddenly want to abbreviate everything!
Ignatz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
It would be “grapefruitade,” Frazz. “Grapefruit-juice-ade” would be redundant.
Live by the pedantry, die by the pedantry.
Uncle Bob almost 4 years ago
Gin, kiddo. Gin…
Markov Da Robot almost 4 years ago
Lemonade is the king of summer drinks? Since when? I thought Gatorade had that spot.
kenharkins almost 4 years ago
Maybe they didn’t notice that grapefruit juice is bitter, more than Lemons are sour.
sandpiper almost 4 years ago
is that bitterer vs sourer? Hurts just to say.
sandpiper almost 4 years ago
Curiously enough, people will use a spoon to eat half a grapefruit, with – or if brave enough – without sugar, oranges can be eaten in slices or squeezed for the juice, yet lemons only get sliced and dunked in water or tea or other beverages, or squeezed into a glass. Size discrimination? Pity the poor lime.
atajayhawk almost 4 years ago
Fortunately, at least some of the statin drugs are no longer as sensitive to grapefruit. I’m told by my pharmacist, whom I trust implicitly, that I should be okay if I don’t ingest them very close together. Yes-hah! I love grapefruit!
cervelo almost 4 years ago
A friend of mine had trained himself to eat lemons whole, like normal people eat oranges. Great party trick. It’s a riot to watch people pucker up just watching him do it.
poppacapsmokeblower almost 4 years ago
It isn’t lemon juice ade, so it should be just grapefruitade. Still milliseconds too long, which is why there is limeade.
Bill The Nuke almost 4 years ago
Neither does lemon juice ade.
asrialfeeple almost 4 years ago
I wonder who was the first to make lemonade?
Charlie Tuba almost 4 years ago
If milliseconds count, why not limeade?
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“Just try this Flavor-Ade, and your worries will all be over.” —Jim Jones
Jan C almost 4 years ago
And “Grapeade” has already been taken.
bike2sac almost 4 years ago
you don’t make tom collins with grapefruitade.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
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Frazz18 hrs · Eleven years ago (!), I wrote a semi-useful and (if I can say so)(or not; a lot of other people said so) pretty entertaining book about the booming but still offbeat sport of triathlon. There was some how to it, but it was mostly about the why. Specifically, the mental part of the why.
I was going to title it “Three Track Mind,” but thought I’d get clever and name it something a little more cerebral (and I’ll now admit insensitive), a three-fold take on schizophrenia. I don’t recall the publishers putting up a big fight. They were nice, and I was beginning this current phase of my life where I can’t seem to get anything turned in on time. I’m not sure.The book had decent sales and was received well enough for its niche status. I don’t know if the original title would have helped it rise above that niche status or not, but I will say that I wince every time I hear someone struggle to recall or pronounce, or both, “Trizophrenia.” Which is just about every single time someone tries.
Keep it simple, future authors. It must roll off the tongue easily. Take it from someone who knows.
Jhony-Yermo about 1 year ago
If milliseconds really count, why not LIME-ADE?