Ten apples and a flat sponge

Many thanks to m_fallenangel for what has got to be the funniest website I've seen in, like, forever:

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

Go there, take the whole tour. Please be sure to read the captions. It's Weight-Watcher's recipe cards, circa 1974, a whole array of food-like substances you do NOT want anywhere near your mouth.

I'm laughing. I'm folding over double. I'm clutching my desk, and wiping my eyes...and I suspect it has nothing to do with being in present-day Weight Watchers.

My attention has been drawn to the "pomegranate nature" of things in my life.
I was told that the pomegranate is a chaotic fruit...too messy, too unstructured, little seeds everywhere, bits breaking off...and how DOES one eat it, anyway?

"But I love pomegranate! It's my favorite fruit!" I protested. "It's a whole adventure, packed into a skin! All crumbly and sticky and yummy and sweet."

And then, through the conversation, my attention was drawn to how many other ways in my life I turn away from structure, I shun the orange, with its neat, cleanly divided sections.
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