Comments on: Forbidden Fruit http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: KP http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 KP Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:46:18 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=820#comment-2954 Do they sell those bad-ass wire cutters in Spain? A few snips and you're sorted. Just check for CCTV or other pesky Big Brotherings before attempting what is essentially defacing property and stealing. Perhaps not such a good idea after all. Do they sell those bad-ass wire cutters in Spain? A few snips and you’re sorted. Just check for CCTV or other pesky Big Brotherings before attempting what is essentially defacing property and stealing. Perhaps not such a good idea after all.

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-2951 Erik R. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:28:22 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=820#comment-2951 I considered the wrist-flick option, too, Jake. It would take some pretty good coordination to get the trajectory right. Plus, there's barbed wire on the top of the fence. Surely there's a better way to keep the doctor away that doesn't involve using grappling hooks and ski masks. I considered the wrist-flick option, too, Jake. It would take some pretty good coordination to get the trajectory right. Plus, there’s barbed wire on the top of the fence.

Surely there’s a better way to keep the doctor away that doesn’t involve using grappling hooks and ski masks.

]]> By: Jake http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-2950 Jake Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:17:38 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=820#comment-2950 First, how tall is the fence? If it's not very tall you have a couple of options. At first thought, you could reach your hand through the fence, pull off the apple, and then toss it backwards to yourself over the fence. Your other option would be to quickly scale the fence, grab your prize(s), and then disappear quickly before being discovered. Don't let a little fence stand in your way of good nutrition. First, how tall is the fence? If it’s not very tall you have a couple of options. At first thought, you could reach your hand through the fence, pull off the apple, and then toss it backwards to yourself over the fence. Your other option would be to quickly scale the fence, grab your prize(s), and then disappear quickly before being discovered. Don’t let a little fence stand in your way of good nutrition.

]]> By: aquariumdrinker http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-2949 aquariumdrinker Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:16:24 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=820#comment-2949 "...but then we couldn't get our hands <em>and</em> the severed fingers back through the fence..." “…but then we couldn’t get our hands and the severed fingers back through the fence…”

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 Erik R. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=820#comment-2948 I'm thinking the solution might be to use the reverse-ship-in-a-bottle technique. If we could get two hands <i>and a knife</i> through the fence, an apple could be cut into pieces (on the other side of the fence), and then the pieces could fit through the fence and into my salivating tool-using-primate mouth. But then I wouldn't want to be made into a pie... Or I could just take some coins down to the corner <i>frutería</i>. I’m thinking the solution might be to use the reverse-ship-in-a-bottle technique. If we could get two hands and a knife through the fence, an apple could be cut into pieces (on the other side of the fence), and then the pieces could fit through the fence and into my salivating tool-using-primate mouth.

But then I wouldn’t want to be made into a pie…

Or I could just take some coins down to the corner frutería.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/09/04/forbidden-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-2947 sgazzetti Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:51:21 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=820#comment-2947 So you're saying the apple could not get its hand through the chain link fence? Keep trying. Just remember, though, Peter Rabbit's father ended up in a pie. So you’re saying the apple could not get its hand through the chain link fence?

Keep trying. Just remember, though, Peter Rabbit’s father ended up in a pie.

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