no.24 - Secret Bitterness

My freshman high school English teacher told us that everyone has a dark hidden part of themselves; an ugly secret which, if revealed, could be the ruin of everything. In his case it was drinking, and he was "secretly" drunk at the time, but his point was well taken.

I often think of this when I eat a banana. (more...)

If you have ever eaten a banana — and I am guessing that you have — you know what is lurking at the end. A sour, bitter, nasty little nub whose flavor seems designed to undo the banana's sweet deliciousness. (An astute, anonymous commentator on this blog has brilliantly and repulsively dubbed it, the Bananus.)

I assume it is by design, compelling us to spit out what must be the banana's seed. Still, I prefer the softer approach of fruits like the Kiwi, whose seeds go down easily with the understanding that we will eventually poop them out in the jungle.