Friday, December 08, 2006
The Post Which Dares You to Eat an Orange Right Now
The most amazing thing my big sister Amy has accomplished in her life is that at approximately the age of nine, she peeled an entire orange, leaving the rind intact in one piece.
It's really difficult to do, and I challenge anyone to try this -- I bet no one can do it on their first try. We bought oranges last week, and I haven't been able to single-coat the rind yet. I know it can be done, but I don't know if I'll ever do it.
She's sung in front of thousands of people around the world, graduated college, taught hundreds of kindergarteners, gotten married, and had a child, but to me it all pales in comparison to the orange she took down in one peel that bright summer evening of 1985.
It's really difficult to do, and I challenge anyone to try this -- I bet no one can do it on their first try. We bought oranges last week, and I haven't been able to single-coat the rind yet. I know it can be done, but I don't know if I'll ever do it.
She's sung in front of thousands of people around the world, graduated college, taught hundreds of kindergarteners, gotten married, and had a child, but to me it all pales in comparison to the orange she took down in one peel that bright summer evening of 1985.
