Pop quiz!!!
Oh, relax.
There’s only one question, and no wrong answers.
It’ll be fun!
Here we go…
WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS, YOU ARE MOST LIKELY TO:
a) Pull on your sweatpants, grab a few pints of Chunky Monkey, and indulge in a three day marathon of tear-jerkers, including John Q and The Pursuit of Happyness, then bawl for days over the myriad of injustices in life.
b) Find your inner peace after thoroughly exhausting yourself by going postal on random objects- the neighbor’s hideous Halloween scarecrow they have yet to take down, the coffee maker that just kicked the bucket, the freakishly large rat scurrying by…
c) Throw those lemons at someone deserving. A few helpful options: that toxic frenemy you can’t seem to cut loose, a particularly infuriating coworker, or the out-of-control maniac in a semi who just cut you off on the freeway.
d) Use your pent-up aggression to squeeze every last drop of lemon juice out with your bare hands like a Viking masseuse and make a badass (and probably dangerously potent) lemon martini.
e) Other (please elaborate)
While these are all very logical (and highly acceptable) approaches, I’d personally go with option c.
After all, research clearly shows that actively doing something to alleviate troubles can be highly beneficial.
And how much more proactive can one get than hurling objects across the room?
So…which did you choose?
~Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you all have a lemon-free weekend… Unless, of course, you were planning on making a lemon martini!~
(Much Ado About Lemons originally appeared on Comically Quirky on 10/08/2015)
Thank you!
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I’d rather make a few sour lemon meringue pies, invite some frenemies over, put on Gloria Esteban “The Conga” and whack each one with a pie in the face as they kick their way on by. Then, I’ll kick back and sip my maritini while I watch them slip, slide, and collide. 🍸 🍋 🍋 😇
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😂🤣😂 Oh, how I’ve missed your humor! What a hysterical picture you just painted. And may I just say, I totally approve of your proposed use of lemons. 😂
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I missed you too! So happy to be home from the hospital. I do have another surgery on Wednesday though. I hope I can come home soon after that. Love you ❤ 😃
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Wishing you luck on your upcoming surgery and sending positive vibes. Love you! ❤❤❤
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Put me down for D. Stiff Drink!
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Excellent choice! 😆
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I was thinking D. Not necessarily for the drink, but more the micro-aggression of squeezing them…or using them like a stress ball. lol.
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Ah, yes. The very act of squeezing the life out of lemons can be therapeutic in itself. 😆
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Someone once sent me a lemon (From California, no less!) Having no use for lemons, I did the only rational thing to do in that situation and put the lemon in my fridge. A few years later, it no longer looked like a lemon, so I had to actually throw it away. Maybe the best way to deal with philosophical lemons is to banish them to someplace cold and forget about them until they’ve sufficiently molded over…
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Hmm. Someone sent you a lemon? As in one single lemon? I wonder if that is better or worse than receiving a whole basket filled with lemons? Then that poor little lemon could’ve turned to mush in good company! 😂
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Oooh, I need one of those so I can have a Happy Saturday 😀
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Of course you do! But I have to wonder how it’s possible you haven’t already earned a couple today simply by playing your parenting drinking game. Surely you must’ve gotten a few shots in by this point in the day…😂
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😁😁 I’m giving my liver a break 😉
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😆
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I would take a few and toss them into a pan and make a quick Indian ‘pickle’ that will serve as a tasty accompaniment to many meals after and watch the happy family indulging in its bitter-sour spicy taste and forget about all that is missing in the rest of the imperfect dishes that are devoured without complain.
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That sounds like a very good plan. Way to productively use those lemons to feed the family! 😁
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I’d go with Option E. ALL OF THE ABOVE! 😉
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Hey, that works for me! Let the fun begin! 🤣😂🤣
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I think I’ll join in with number 3. There’s something infinitely satisfying about tossing a few. Though, I have to admit baking a lemon cake comes a close second. 😊
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Yes! We can toss lemons together! It’ll be fun! 😃 And then we can use whatever remaining lemons for that yummy cake. 😁
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Haha. Love it! 😀
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I like E. There’s a Hallmark card with Maxine (the crotchety old lady) that says, “When life gives you lemons, tuck ’em in your bra. Couldn’t hurt. Might help.” 🙂
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Ha! I can’t imagine how that would be comfortable, but it’ss certainly a creative way to use lemons! 😁
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lol like all of the above but e is easily my best solution … let you know what that is when I work it out 🙂
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Excellent! Can’t wait to hear what exciting solutions you come up with! 😀 😛
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ease into meditation of course 🙂
Let those jolly lemons squeeze themselves I say!
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That does sound intriguing… I’m gonna put some lemons on the counter right now and see how long it takes them to squeeze themselves. Or rot… 😛
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power of the mind is amazing … if they are not juice before they rot then you didn’t try hard enough 😦
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Hmmm. I’ll get working on that. It’d be a lot easier if they didn’t tauntingly lay there, staring back at me. 😛
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let things sour if you must … 😉
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Oh, no. I am determined to get juice out of these lemons, come hell or high water. 😛
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I add honey to sweeten it 🙂
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Sweet to go with the sour 😀
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ah you’re such a sweet girl 🙂
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Aww, thanks. I don’t know how true that is, but I’ll take it. 😀
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a drop of honey for your lemon life 🙂
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🤣
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lol definitely D! Bottoms up 🍸🥃🍹
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Cheers! 😀
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Similar to a. I would throw a pity party extraordinaire. Sleeping the day away and feeling sorry for myself does wonders … NOT … yet that’s my go-to solution when lemons make an appearance in my life.
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Haha! Yeah, that approach may not exactly work wonders, but it certainly does have its appeal. 😛
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I’m with you Angelica, I’d go with option C. But I liked this saying the most, “When life hands you lemons, make chocolate cake and leave them wondering how you did it.”
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If someone can turn lemons into a chocolate cake, they must be a magician! But I do like the sentiment there. 😀
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Though I love fresh squeezed lemonade, and KoolKosher’s idea sounds sublime…in context of anger it might ruin it for me when I’m more me so not sure what I’d do! In context of your suggestions I might try making a lemon margarita!
Naw, I know, I’d throw them against a brick wall and watch them split and splash all over the place.
But in the end, geez what a waste of good lemons!
Hope you have a great memorial weekend!
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If you place a bucket by the brick wall to capture the juice as the lemons splatter, it wouldn’t be wasteful at all! Sounds like a win-win to me! 😛
Hope you have a great weekend, too! 😀
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Other …I’d make some deliciously icy lemonade, the kind that gives you a brain freeze. I love lemons in any form, and don’t get upset about much of anything, so throwing them at someone/something would waste those luscious lemons. 🙂
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Mmm… Lemonade! Can’t go wrong with that. 🙂
Throwing the lemons first might help soften them up, though, so it’ll be easier to squeeze out every last drop of lemon juice. 😛
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ooh good point. I didn’t think of softening them up first! 🙂
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😀
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I would ignore the lemons as a whole and choose to deal with them one at a time. Some lemons will roll away if you don’t acknowledge them, others rot; it’s about picking them up at just the right time.
Or.. there’s always a good cry in the shower. Lol
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Ha! I like that idea. Ignore them and maybe they’ll find someone else to latch on to. 😛
Crying in the shower does have its merits. One, you’re already wet. And two, it sure beats bursting into tears while pushing a cart full of crap at Walmart. 😛
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Ah yes, the random overflow cry is the worst! Best to get it out on your own terms. 😭
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For sure! 😢😂
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Since you brought it up as a valid option, I would sip my Bombay Blue Saphire martini, with lots of lemon, while I looked up the definition of “Toxic Frenemy” Cheers.
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Excellent choice! Oh, and if you have to look up “toxic frenemy”, chances are good you don’t have one of those. 😛
Cheers!
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Probably give them back. I have enough lemons. lol
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Is that seriously an option? Because if it is, I’m giving ALL my lemons back. I can find something else to throw. 😛
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Sure it is! Much like two year olds arguing, if you ignore them long enough they will go away!
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This is fantastic news! So long, lemons! 🤣
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Best answer ever!
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I agree! 😀
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Very cute. I’ll bake a lemon cake, with plenty of chocolate for comfort.
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Ooh, yes! Excellent thinking. That sounds delightful! 😀
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My rule is, the more chocolate, the better! Lemons be darned!
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Sounds good to me! 😄
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