Today, while I was making my way to the checkout line at Aldi, my favorite grocery store, something caught my eye. Right next to the conveyor belt, 'big and juicy' was staring me down. The urge was tremendous. I was just an arm's length away from a large bin of 99 cent large seeded watermelon.
Now, today was not any typical day. You need to realize that I was riding my borrowed blue bicycle. This puts a twist on things. Ordinarily, I would never pass up purchasing a 99 cent beauty, but two wheels and two hands were limiting to say the least.
So, as I reasoned away how I was going to get the watermelon home, I carefully selected the perfect one and placed it on the conveyor belt, adding a 10 cent plastic bag to carry the melon back home.
However, once outside, I came to my senses. Not a chance could I ride my bike while carrying a 15 pound watermelon. It was way too heavy to manage with one hand and one hand on the handlebars. Thankfully the Valparaiso public bus stops nearby, so I climbed aboard and placed my bike on the front rack. In all, 'big and juicy' ended up costing me $2.09 (bus and plastic bag), but how can I complain, it's not everyday that watermelon calls one's name at the grocery store.
7 comments:
oh Derik...:)
Derik, you're so clever :)
I once carried two watermelons with two plasic bags hanging on the hanles of my bycicle in China. I felt like performing arobatics
show off! (franklin)
After all of the effort to get it home, how did it taste? uncle steve s.
the watermelon was fantastic. once i got it home, i cut the whole thing up. i still have a bit left in the refrigerator.
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