For decades I have suffered under the misconception that the Coca-Cola Company has been perpetrating a hoax upon the American consumer. Sprite, their popular, citrus-flavored answer to 7-Up is - if you are to believe their commercials - produced from a fruit known as the Lymon. Half lemon, half lime, the Lymon can rightfully lay claim to being the first genetically-modified food product to be mass-produced...and mass-consumed.I have thought the Lymon to be a PR device, 'invented' by the Coca-Cola Company as a catchy little devise to hawk their carbonated wares. It now appears that I was sorely mistaken...
...the Lymon does exist.
This weekend, my son Thomas presented me with this piece of fruit, harvested from our own yard:
It looks like that's a lime emerging from this lemon! I'm thinking I can propagate this fruit and plant hundreds - perhaps even thousands - of Lymon trees. Then I can score a fairly lucrative deal with Coca-Cola to become a major fruit supplier. And, if not Coca-Cola, then I'll offer my harvest to PepsiCo.So the Lymon does exist after all. It's either admit that, or the fact that we're living far too close to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for comfort*.
*In actuality, we live about 14 miles from this plant...and it's never caused me an ounce of concern.
2 comments:
There is something H R Giger about that fruit.
Only you Matt.Even your fruit tree is unique.
You should see it in person. Definitely x-rated.
BTW, Amie and I took a 5-mile walk this morning, which included a stroll by the airport. Saw a dark blue T-28 out on the ramp. Looked like a C model.
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