Yesterday I was sitting at a cafe and saw a woman wearing a lobster-shaped brooch. It looked like it was made out of silver and diamonds. I complemented her on it, and asked if she had bought it locally. She said that it was a gift from someone who bought it online.
The she said that she lives in California, and people there constantly ask her what it is. Most guess that it’s a scorpion.
Do people outside of New England really not know what a Maine lobster looks like? (I couldn’t tell you what a rock lobster looks like.)
Yes, I do. And I always did…but I was certainly less familiar with it when I lived in MI as opposed to living in NY. And I didn’t have a whole cooked lobster in front of me until I was at least 25.
maybe people know what a lobster looks like but this particular brooch was more ambiguous? i would imagine a lot less people confusing a live lobster or a cooked lobster for a scorpion.
I know what they both look like and I think they’re shaped very similarly, especially when depicted as gems. I also think things like scorpions and black widow spiders show up as jewelry more often than seafood does. Except in Maine, of course.
