Do Strawberries Have To Taste So Terrible?

The original title of this post was :  "Why do people continue to waste money on the following items when the economy sucks as bad as it does?"  The list was just of three items.  I think I answered my own question and I was bored with the concept.

1.  Tanning



2.  Sparkly spinning hubcaps



3.  Fake Fingernails

Now I have come to the conclusion that one of the blessings of blogging is that it provides a ready made excuse for procrastinating.  Right now I should be looking for my birth certificate and getting my laundry prepared for Darling Eldest Daughter (that task is more than half way done, I am not completely evil) and journaling for HUS 219.

Instead I am going to write about two "things" that have been annoying me lately.
Fruit
and
Manholes

Yes, manholes; like in the middle of city streets.  And just typing the word "manhole" makes me cringe.  Anyway, I drive over nine manholes on the trip to the bank from here at Casa Mommy Dearest.  Every single one of them could be classified as a Giant Sinkhole.  Axle Demolition is what it feels like at a nice, old lady speed of 20 mph.  Aren't city planners aware of the settling process manhole covers experience after years of traffic?  Can't some corrective action be taken?  Maybe the gas and electric companies (who have placed most of the manhole covers) could get together and pad them or prop them up or at least post some kind of a warning to the hapless motorist.
"Manhole Ahead.  Approach With Caution."

and Fruit.  Specifically Strawberries.

I'm sorry.
That does not look yummy to me.
It looks like fruit on steroids.
There have been too many of these abnormally large strawberries around lately and they all manage to taste like carboard.  And, yes, due to my demented childhood, I do know what cardboard tastes like, thank you very much.
But yesterday I actually ate one of these monster fruits and it tasted like cardboard soaked in vinegar!
Why are we being punished for trying to eat a more balanced diet?  Who are these farmers and what corporate despot are they working for?  Strawberries should be tiny and sun drenched and drip juice on your chin.  Not threaten to poison and choke a person with every bite.

Yeah.  I know.  Go do my homework.
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