The constraint of Thursday Thirteen appeals to me - and I find myself constructing odd lists in spare moments.
- It is crunchy.
- It is indented.
- It is juicy.
- It is nutritious.
- It is past.
- It is portable.
- It is potential.
- It is prophylactic.
- It is round.
- It is sweet.
- It is tempting.
- It is versatile.
- It is waiting.
So. What is it? Tiny prize to the first person to guess right.
(*with many, many apologies to Wallace Stevens)
20 comments:
Are you a poet Magpie? Is it a blackbird?
Going with my first instinct here and saying apple...but some just seem odd for that. Can't wait to find out the answer.
I'm with Sassy on the apple, but the prophylactic thing...I need the answer!!! You can whisper it to me. I won't tell!
apple, i think.
Oh, apple my apple. I just ate thee.
Apple guess here too. I am all appled up here.
Julie
Using My Words
Apple?
sigh. i think apple, too, although I would like to vote something more original.
Apple. But damn, I'm too late...
I'm thinking not apple because you said, 'It's past' and apples are so in season right now.
Indented?
Crunchy?
Sweet?
I'm thinking maybe it's a vegetable. Is it a sweet pepper? Not exactly round, but I stand behind my decision.
I still say apple, and it's prophylactic because it keeps the doctor away!
I was thinking apple even before I realized I was in an appley chorus.
I thought orange because of the indented thing, but oranges aren't crunchy. Well, unless you get some different oranges where you are. Hmm. Crunchy. What's crunchy? You don't mind if I think out loud, do you? Wallace Stevens. Hmm. A pear?
I'm trying and failing to think of anything other than an apple, but as someone else said, apples aren't entirely past.
It was "prophylatic" that gave it away. (But I don't get "past.")
Am I the only one who doesn't get how an apple is prophylactic? Gah! What is it??
Okay - APPLE! I guess I wasn't opaque enough. Huh.
So - Sassy Lucy gets a little prize - email me your address!
Mayberry answered the prophylactic question.
As to "past" - apples, in their reproductive capacity, being fruits and all, hold the past (their forebears) within their seeds.
pickle?
Hee, I should read the comments first :)
Clever.
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