# I Did Myself an Injury **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355 "2003-08-11T12:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/61 "2003-08-13T11:58:14Z")
I looked around **Elle** n. **Kn\*ckers** was in the Cafe just yesterday afternoon. I guess she just doesn’t love us enough to show up here anymore… You know what I have? A bird’s nest in the tree in my backyard. It’s one of those yellow finchy birds and the little chicks are looking out of the nest and peeping furiously. Not that I’m a big fan of birds or anything. But thses little yellow finchy birds are OK. They don’t tweet real loud and they don’t poop all over my patio furniture. -Rue. (looking around) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/62 "2003-08-13T11:59:32Z")
Fruited? Like in _Mrs. Doubtfire_’s drive-by fruiting?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/63 "2003-08-13T12:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > **This is late, but just for Kallessa, 'cause I love her to itty-witty bits:** How itty bitty? Are we talking blender size bits here? **Kalessa** burgers for dinner? And **Rue** , if small furry animals are your gig, then you have all the rainbow sprinkles you want. **Swampy** , I tend to think of you as more fruit like than fruity. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/64 "2003-08-13T12:38:12Z")
**FCM** , Drive by fruiting…hmmm… ya know I could stand to be fruited about now. 😉 **welby** , actually I’m more fruit filled fruitilicious than anything. - swampbear (with a fruit filled filthy mind this a.m.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/65 "2003-08-13T13:22:48Z")
Well my children had fruity rice crispies for breakfast this morning. I don’t know what the actual name is, since I buy Kroger Brand Cereal, and I don’t even know what it’s a knock-of _of_. But it was exceedingly fruity smelling. Almost as obnoxious as the fruit Gushers that my son was claiming are Actual Fruit, and therefore permissible as a breakfast food. (He didn’t get anywhere with that tack!) I have a coffeemaker in my office, and I just brewed a pot. Mmmm. It smells wonderful. **deb2world** I enjoyed your pet tales! 🙂 **Ex** , darling, your talents are limitless! Poetry! \ -Ellen. (sincerely) ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/66 "2003-08-13T16:54:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*I looked around **Elle** n. \*\*Kn_ckers\*\* was in the Cafe just yesterday afternoon. I guess she just doesn’t love us enough to show up here anymore… > \*\* No! No! I still love you all, I’ve just been super busy, so I haven’t spent much time on the SDMB lately (You did catch me peeking into CS, though). I’m quitting the Job from Hell, next month, so I’m in the middle of all kinds of administrative hassles, right now, as well as looking for another job. So I’ve rather a lot on my plate, and since I only have internet access at work, it does limit my SDMB time… ☹ But hooray for the Shittiest Job Ever going away! Here’s hoping I don’t end up starving to death as a consequence… ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/67 "2003-08-13T16:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by welby \* > **How itty bitty? Are we talking blender size bits here? Kalessa burgers for dinner?** Really, **welby** , I hardly think Kallessa burgers will be appearing on any menu–I’m more the prime rib type. But you can have SPAM. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/68 "2003-08-13T17:20:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*But hooray for the Shittiest Job Ever going away! Here’s hoping I don’t end up starving to death as a consequence… \*\* Congrats on leaving the Shittiest Job Ever! And you won’t starve–if nothing else, we’ll all send you SPAM! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/69 "2003-08-14T14:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > \*\*Congrats on leaving the Shittiest Job Ever! And you won’t starve–if nothing else, we’ll all send you SPAM! 😛 \*\* Or Kalessa burgers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/70 "2003-08-14T17:13:14Z")
Who is this K-a-l-e-s-s-s-a person you keep threatening to turn into burgers? It can’t be me, like the llama, I’m a two-L. I’m going back to the drive by fruitings now (try to keep up)–would they be done on the fruited plains? Would we need to wear Fruit of the Loom? Does fruitcake figure into this at all? How about fruitbats? If we’re on the Atkins diet, can we use vegetables instead? And just where does the fruit of my loins fit in? Inquiring minds want to know. Kallessa (soon to be channeling Carmen Miranda, or maybe Opus) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/71 "2003-08-14T19:04:37Z")
Oh yeah, JOKE about drive-by fruitings. It’s all fun and games at first. Raspberries, grapes, maybe a Bing cherry. Then it gets more serious. Lemons, limes, oranges and other, heftier citrus. Before you know it honeydews are being lobbed at innocent bystanders. It could even escalate to… _watermellon!!!_ Think of the children people! Think of the children. -Rue. (fruit of your loins? Mom!) ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/72 "2003-08-14T19:10:42Z")
:hums: _“I’m a Chiquita banana, and I’m here to say eat a banana everyday…”_ (That should date me pretty effectively.) Glad to see you back **Kn\*cky** , and congratulations on leaving the Job From Hell. Good luck with your job search. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/73 "2003-08-14T19:12:00Z")
A fruitjack? I gotta be more careful with these things. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/74 "2003-08-14T19:55:39Z")
We need a theme song for the fruiting. Let’s see . . . _Lemon tree, very pretty . . ._ No, it makes me feel like dusting. \*Don’t sit under the apple tree with anybody else by me . . .\*Nope, makes me feel like snuggling (volunteers?) _Yes, we have no bananas . . ._ But we _need_ bananas for a fruiting. _I’ve got a loverly bunch of coconuts . . ._ Well, no, we don’t want to kill anybody. _You put the lime in the coconut, you shake it all up . . ._ Too much fun to sing, we’d never get around to throwing anything. Oh, oh, oh, I’ve got it! \*If you don’t want my peaches, dot’ shake my tree . . . \* ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/75 "2003-08-14T20:45:02Z")
Hey, treated correctly, Spam’s good stuff. Our Hawaiian dopers know all about Spam musubi, a sort of sushi-like snack. It’s a soap-bar sized cake of cooked rice topped with a spam slice which has been cooked in a little teriyaki sauce. Wrap the whole ensemble with a wide belt of that crackly dark green nori seaweed, and there you are. I know it sounds weird, but it is seriously addictive. Packs up well in a lunch box, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/76 "2003-08-14T21:59:29Z")
Noboody else is going to say it? Well I can’t resist. “Now. the first thing to do when you’re being stalked by an ugly mob with redcurrants is to – release the tiger!” And, since things seem to be getting ugly, I mean, _fruity_ around here: [Self Defense Against Fresh Fruit](http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_scripts/fruit.txt) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/77 "2003-08-15T11:52:45Z")
Did you ever chew Juicy Fruit gum? Probably. I mean it’s a pretty popular gum and it’s easy to find, so I think it’s safe to assume the majority of us have at one time or another chewed Juicy Fruit gum. It’s a pretty good chewing gum if that’s what you have. It’s no Big Red, but then what is? I ask you. Big Red is probably my favorite chewing gum. For bubble gum, I prefer Hubba Bubba because it won’t stick to your face. Although I haven’t had Hubba Bubba in a real long time and don’t know if they (the Hubba Bubba people) still make it or not. There used to be Dr Pepper gum which was a big nugget of gum with a squirt of real Dr Pepper syrup in the middle. Sort of like Gushers, only a gum. It wasn’t as good as what I expected and I’m pretty sure they don’t make that any more. But I was talking about Jucy Fruit gum. If you don’t believe me, go back to the top of the post a re-read it just to be sure. Or save the effort and just trust me. Like Indiana Jones said: “Trust me.” Did you know the Jelly Belly Jellybean company makes a jellybean called “Tutti Fruity”? Yeah, they do. It tasted JUST LIKE Juicy Fruit gum. Since I like Juicy Fruit gum, I like the taste of Jelly Belly Tutti Fruity jellybeans. But since they taste JUST LIKE Juicy Fruit gum and you’re not supposed to swallow chewing gum and I always try to do what I’m supposed to I don’t much like to eat Jelly Belly Tutti Fruity jellybeans because I’ve been conditioned not to swallow anything that tastes like that since I associate that taste with a chewing gum. I really like the cinnamon and the blueberry Jelly Belly jellybeans best. So I get those instead. Or those red and black candy raspberries. I like those too. -Rue. (the Candyman) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/78 "2003-08-15T13:37:40Z")
More fruiting songs: _Cherry! Cherry, baby…_ or is it Sherry?? Frm the Kingston Trio: _Raspberries, Strawberries…_ Then there’s the line from the \*Hide 'n Seek Polka: Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie…\* Then there’s the [Strange Fruit Lyrics](http://www.asklyrics.com/display/Strange_fruit_lyrics/107338) which are more disturbing than anything. Incidentally, I just finished eating an apple, and I bought two melons the other day, but they’re in Florida and at the moment, I’m in Maryland at my mother’s house, so I’m 800 miles from my melons. 😃 Happy Firday all!!! ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/79 "2003-08-15T15:31:46Z")
I needed a chuckle this morning and something about **FairyChatMom** being 800 miles from her melons made me smile. Speaking of fruit - who else remembers the alien guy from Saturday morning cartoons who ‘was from mars and only ate candy bars.’ He was then summarily seduced by a big pile of fruit that was ‘yummy and not bad.’ Gum makes my teeth itch. I know of no other way to explain it than that. I was always a fan of either grape or chocolate hubba bubba but I haven’t had bubble gum in about 15 years and I have a general gum phobia since the day I was illicitly chewing gum at work (but my boss gave it to me!) and I lost a filling in the gum. Oh and I’m guessing if **Swampbear** is fruitylicious then he is also delicious and nutritious? I think that should be his new slogan - it may help him get a few health conscious cabana boys to give him a try 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355/80 "2003-08-15T16:48:41Z")
No, no no–bazooka is the best bubblegum. The old kind that came in little squares and had a comic (and was often hard as a rock). That squirty hubba bubba stuff is just not good–the mean people used to give it away on Halloween and that was the candy I took to school to put in the “share treats” bowl. (I imagine I just dated myself, being in school when it was still okay for a teacher to have a big ol’bowl of candy to hand out with a good test grade or a neat art project or for not being bad for ten minutes–surely they’re not allowed to do that anymore). I’m wondering when _FairyChatMom_ will be reunited with her melons. It seems to me that being separated from them for too long would really spoil things. Don’t hit me–ow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-myself-an-injury/194355.md?page=5)