Homage to Henry Pratt

It was a combination of a bad pun inspired by 1930’s classic horror movies, and modern supermarket technology. Ariel and I were at the Safeway, grocery shopping. She had scampered off to another section to retrieve something overlooked on our list.

I was in the produce department choosing veggies. The list said "Limes, (2)" . I picked my way through a pile of the green orbs, finding two that were heavy for their size (the way you choose citrus). Inspiration struck. I held the two limes over my head and cackled “it’s a lime! It’s a lime!” in my best Dr. Frankenstein voice, ala Colin Clive in the 1929 classic film. Just as I finished my intonation, the auto mist in the fresh vegetable aisle went off, complete with canned rainforest thunder. The peal faded, I double over in self inflicted laughter, and Ariel came round the corner, witnessing the whole thing. “Daddy, you are so weird.” Was her comment, but she was laughing as she said it.