I've been thinking this for a while. It's a source of fascination to me.
So while I chunk through a whole load of fixed issues and documentation enhancement requests, I find myself turning my thoughts to deep philosophical matters, in much the same way as those great men of ancient learning must have done when they looked up at the stars and pondered the deeper, classical themes, of life, mortality and the vastness of the universe.
Why do bananas go off so quickly?
Hey, listen, I love bananas. The peeling mechanism is just about as perfectly simple as it could be, not to mention the ease with which you split them from the bunch! They come with their own handy wrapper, they taste great and you can make short work of one without too much complicated chewing.
What I don't like though, is the phenomenal speed with which the banana becomes completely inedible.
One moment, it's there, firm and yellow in the prime of its life. Don't look away though because in a few minutes time, the edges will be browning and it'll be developing ugly black spots.
Oh sure, you can convince yourself it will be alright on the inside, and indeed, when you peel back the layers, it does look unblemished. But whenever I take a bite of a soft banana, I genuinely feel the gag reflex kicking in.
There is a definite point, a fixed moment in the life-cycle, when a banana turns from a delicious mid-morning treat to a squelchy, sickly nightmare that makes me nauseous.
And this afternoon, I took a bite of one that was precisely on the turn. Honestly, you buy a bunch of bananas at the beginning of the week (oh and they only come in eights for some reason) and by Thursday...
Well, God, I'm not complaining about your design - just wondering whether bananas were this duplicitous before the Fall? Then again, I suppose Adam and Eve already had enough trouble with fruit without worrying about when bananas went off.
I'd better be thankful, and get back to my enhancement requests.
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