Wednesday, April 13, 2011

A Green Giant

Have you ever seen
A pepper big as me
I think I must have fallen
From a giant pepper tree


I was such a handsome fellow
My picture she did take
She sat me on the scale
My weight she didn't fake

When she sliced me open
My secrets to reveal
What she saw I thought
Would surely make her squeal




Posted for One Shot Wednesday

24 comments:

  1. Very whimsical. I had to laugh and did enjoy reading this!

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  2. Mark David - Thank you! Seeing the inside of that pepper made me laugh too.

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  3. ahh...its a monster...smiles. fun verse

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  4. That is a HUGE pepper! Or do those scales belong in a doll's house? ;)

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  5. Brian- Thank you, it made me smile, too.

    Babs- Yes, even the cashier remarked on how big it was. Oh, those are regular kitchen scales. :)

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  6. Wow! That's one huge pepper! I loved this, Linda! I'm still chuckling over here :)

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  7. great innocent fun...cheers pete

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  8. Hi Linda .. that's a fun poem, a humungous pepper and a fun inside - it is inside isn't it ..and not something else I shouldn't see ..?

    Cheers good chuckle .. Hilary

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  9. Are BOTH those pictures real???? I mean, 14 pounds? Really? Am I reading that wrong? And WTF is that green snail doing inside? This whole thing is freaking me out, man.

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  10. Talon- I'm glad you got a laugh from this.

    Pete- Thanks!

    Hilary- Yes, it is the weird inside of the pepper. Glad you liked it.

    Margaret- To clear up any confusion, the pepper weighs 14.35 ounces, almost a pound which is pretty big for a pepper, and both pictures ae real. It does kind of look like a snail inside, doesn't it, and it is a bit freaky looking.

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  11. Wow...pretty senuous pepper once she was opened up! Sometimes the outward appearances can be deceiving...well done! Glad you sliced her carefully so there was no need to call...Dr. Pepper.

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  12. Now, THAT is one big bell pepper. So much vitamin C. Yummy.

    You are ever a delight, my dear!

    xoxo

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  13. tolbert- "Glad you sliced her carefully so there was no need to call...Dr. Pepper." That cracked me up!

    Belinda- Thank you!

    Jannie- It was big, and the Vit. C is a good thing. You know there is much more in the red bell peppers. I put red, orange and green into my cheeseburger pie tonight. Cheers.

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  14. Love this. It makes me want to grow some green peppers again! :)

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  15. that is THE BIGGEST pepper I have EVER seen! WOWZAH!

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  16. Sandra- Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for visiting.

    meleah rebeccah- Yeah, it caused quite a stir at the checkout.

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  17. Holy Cow! That's a giant pepper! What do you feed it??? And yes, it does look a little like one of my mutant lemons!

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  18. Linda- Almost a pound, and that's big for a pepper considering they are mostly hollow. Alas,the unfortunate pepper is now feeding us. It does look rather like a large mouth, except for the snail.

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  19. lol what a pretty pepper and looks yummy too :)

    your piece made me smile, thank you
    http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/in-remission/

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  20. lynnaima- I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by.

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  21. The inside of the pepper made me gasp. I wasn't sure if that was a snail until I read the comments.

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  22. The inside of the pepper made me gasp. I wasn't sure if that was a snail until I read the comments.

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  23. chrisd- Thanks for stopping by! That pepper was kind of freaky looking inside. I see more and more of that lately, but of course it's not really a snail, but it sure looks like one.

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