Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for December 20, 2019

“Madam, you are hereby charged with ‘desecration of fruit remains’. How do you plead?”

Could of made him into a belt of fruit leather.

He was always a little weird, so the name fits.

Who is in the urn to the right?

There are enough apple trees in the cemetery already.

The wife may have been the apple of his eye, maybe she’s a little bit fruity or some kind of nut job. This could be the uncovering of a cereal killer.

They bought me a t-shirt that says fruitcake. Not know why.

Good point. It’s not like anyone’s going to eat it.

He always was a bit nutty.

Oy! A “hard” decision….

It seems you didn’t get his pear-mission to do that.

They may very well discover some day that the giant stone blocks of the pyramids are actually fruit cakes!

If there is a “wake,” I’ll be there to…ahem…show my respects…

ah, a great use for fruitcake

That thar is one ripe tomato.

We may be talking apples and oranges here.

I heard on NPR about a fruitcake that was baked in 1878 and is still kept (and occasionally tasted) by the family. (https://komonews.com/news/offbeat/141-year-old-fruitcake-is-a-michigan-familys-heirloom)

Fruitcakes in the galaxy

Fruitcakes on the Earth

Strut naked towards eternity

We’ve been that way since birth

Half baked cookies in the oven

Half baked people on the bus

There’s a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

James William Buffett III

Fruitcake? That’s crazy!

everyone always said that he was a brick…

I love fruitcake…trick is you should have it warm

Good choice. It’s what everybody at work always thought he was.