Rhyme And Raisin / May 8 2008
Bleugh! I’m not a freegan anymore; I’ve got raisin poisoning.
I spent all day yesterday working on new songs, writing lyrics, messing around with chord structures. I also spent all day yesterday eating Californian seedless raisins. I ended up eating three packets of the bloody things. My poor intestines and most of my other internal organs are now bravely trying to cope with the aftermath of my reckless dried-fruit abuse and, so far today, they aren’t doing very well.
It was like Raisin City, California, USA around here yesterday: you couldn’t move for the juicy little buggers. My Day of The Raisin, the Davy Lawrence Derbyshire Raisin Festival was spent mostly with my right hand inside one of the fat squashy packets I found in the bin outside the Co-op early in the morning. Audrey and I dashed back home and had a big plate-full each for breakfast (well, actually, I had two big plates-full because Audrey doesn’t like raisins so I did the decent thing and polished off her helping too).
For lunch, I had porridge with raisins – well, raisins with a little porridge, actually; for afternoon tea I prepared a large pan of eggy-bread with raisins – except I didn’t have any eggs, or bread, so it was just fried raisins, really; and for supper, I had Raisin Surprise (effectively, a large bowl of raisins with a generous side-helping of raisins). I had several large hands-full of raisins just on their own immediately before going to bed, in case I got a little peckish during the night.
I admit I was irresponsible: I threw myself into my raisin consumption with gay abandon, paying little heed to the inevitable digestive consequences, and I am now paying the price. Don’t end up like me, folks; Just Say No.
(Sorry to go on about raisins so much. It might seem as if I am being sponsored by the Raisin Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or something. I’m not. Tomorrow: sultanas)
Filed under Freegan / Greed / Raisins / Song Writing
Comments
6 comments on “Rhyme And Raisin”
Jo Beaufoix / May 8th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I’ve seen what raisins do to my kids Napoleon. You aren’t having guests any time soon are you??
Napoleon Fantastic / May 8th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Yes - the Sultan of Brunei!
Nelson Galaxy / May 8th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
You really have been ‘raisin the bar’. Ah genius, I thank you.
Napoleon Fantastic / May 8th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I’ll do the jokes, Nelson, thank you. You’ve got your own blog now to be funny on.
Nelson Galaxy / May 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
No funny on my blog pal
Napoleon Fantastic / May 10th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Yes is. Is funny you blogpal!
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