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[tiny_chicken]

Dear Citrus Fruits,

Why must you be so delicious?

Love,
tiny_chicken

Dear Innards,

Why must you be so allergic to citrus fruits? I just want a lime, you bitches. Just one tiny lime.

Love,
tiny_chicken

Comments

[badriyaz]

Oh! I am allergic to citrus too! But for me it's more of a hives and skin on the roof of my mouth cracking open thing rather than a stomach thing. Oranges are by far the worst for me, though I can put lime slices in drinks without too much ill effect.

[tiny_chicken]

Oranges are the worst for me too, and I have a similar reaction to them -- hives on the roof of my mouth, swollen tongue, etc., but no skin rash or anything. Do you have a problem with tomatoes, too? They do the same thing to me...

[badriyaz]

Tomatoes used to, when I was younger--I still have trouble with them making the edges of my mouth crack. Raw tomatoes are easier to deal with than cooked ones.

[watchamacallit]

oh no! you could get SCURVY!

[tiny_chicken]

When I first started dating Hector, he tried really hard to convince me that he once had scurvy. For the longest time I didn't believe it, but then I figured, "Well, Mexico is a third-world country..." so I finally bought it. He then relentlessly mocked me for my idiocy.

Conclusion: Hector is an ass. Not really sure what this has to do with limes, but I'm just sayin' ...

[whittles]

very similar to my friend Jess saying, "fuck you cake! stop being so damn delicious!"

[tiny_chicken]

You just reminded me that my mom left three slices of chocolate cake in my refrigerator when she visited earlier this week.

Damn you, Whit! Stop being so damn suggestive!

[co_cutthroat]

My stepdad is allergic to pineapples, but can eat the stuff that's in a can. Something gets denatured in the canning process. I think that's weird.

I am currently not allergic to anything, and think I am terribly lucky.

[tiny_chicken]

Ohhh that is weird... I read or heard something once about how something extracted from pineapple is used as a meat tenderizer, and if you eat too much fresh pineapple it can sort of have the same effect in your mouth (um... ew) -- okay, thanks to Google, I've just found out that pineapple has an enzyme called bromelain, which is the tenderizer thingy. I wonder if his allergy has something to do with that? How does he react to it?

[co_cutthroat]

I'm not sure how he reacts to it. But I'm a pineapple freak, and I know that if I eat too much of it, my tongue gets a little sore. I always thought it was the acidity, not tenderizing enzyme! :O

[emcicle]

totally unrelated.... how did the job interview thing go?

*fingers still crossed*

[tiny_chicken]

It's a no-go, but it's a good thing because it wasn't really what I thought it was... thanks for asking, though!