That is Just Not Right!

from Elliott

We have a market nearby that oftentimes has fruit and veg that traditional places don’t have. We were glad one day to find orange sweet potatoes - quite an oddity here! Recently, I was surprised to see the sign for ‘Grapefruit’ but something was very wrong. They were green and I learned the meat was white and a bit bitter. OK, something is not right about that.  Imposters!

I have to admit, I am a Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit snob. I don't even like Florida grapefruit. So much so, that even at $2.50 per kilogram, I was not even willing to try what looked like some kind of scam.

Just something wrong with that…somethings are just better left to our memories!

Qualifies as Ridiculous!

from Elliott
We often see things that don’t seem to make sense or a bit ridiculous to say the least. At least from our outsider perspective, that is. Most of the time we don’t say anything; we just say, ‘hmmm’, try to understand and then just move on. 

But this one just has left us a bit perplexed. It is not some deep cultural belief, it is probably just

tradition and in some environments tradition is VERY important. We visited our son a couple of weeks ago at boarding school and after watching his rugby match, the ‘varsity’ team was playing and all the students were expected to attend. While the parents and visitors were allowed to sit in the shade of the trees, the students were all is bleachers on the other side of the field. In the full sun on a day that was 95 degrees.

Take a look at the picture. There they all were in full dress uniform (coat and tie) cheering on the team. Their cheering (war cries) was impressive. I think I would have been close to passing out! 

Perhaps, I am too practical having grown up on the Gulf Coast where survival in the summer was rule #1. Or maybe if I had attended a boarding school I would understand.

The good news is since it was rugby there were ambulances and medics standing by! Even the under 14’s had a medic!