Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Botulism?

I'm sitting in my back room looking out at the sky as the changing of the guard from night to day takes place while eating my breakfast. As I polish off my bowl of Kashi flakes with cranberries I reach over and crack open my container of raspberry yogurt.

I take a bite.

(Brain) hhmmm? tastes a little funny. better try another bite, not sure

Now most normal human beings would have stopped here, cut their losses on the can of bacteria filled dairy product and gone to the kitchen for a banana. Not me though, another spoonful later and I palpating it around my mouth.

(Brain) looks a little chunky...sometimes yogurts chunky though.

(Mouth) smack, smack, smack! More! More!

(Brain) Ok, maybe just one more bite. It could have been a flavor clash from the cereal...

Third bite into the container and I'm wondering what the heck I'm doing.

(Brain) well I've only got one or two more bites so it seems like a waste to toss the rest. Besides that which does not kill you make you stronger right

It's precisely this backwards kind of thinking that kills people. So, I'm off to work hoping desperately that I don't have to see this yogurt again.

Note to self: if it tastes bad and looks bad it probably is bad. Don't eat it! Dummy!

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