“Beets consumed at dinner will, come morning, stock a toilet bowl with crimson fish, their hue attesting to beet’s chromatic immunity to the powerful digestive acids and thoroughgoing microbes that can turn the reddest pimento, the orangest carrot, the yellowest corn, the same disgusting shade of brown.” —Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
ksu71 about 15 hours ago
Sonny Bono just rolled over in his grave.
grozar about 8 hours ago
A character staring back at the reader, after ANOTHER failed gag. Something Batty beat to death in the early years.
puddleglum1066 about 5 hours ago
“Beets consumed at dinner will, come morning, stock a toilet bowl with crimson fish, their hue attesting to beet’s chromatic immunity to the powerful digestive acids and thoroughgoing microbes that can turn the reddest pimento, the orangest carrot, the yellowest corn, the same disgusting shade of brown.” —Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
I Chong is right: only the beet goes on.