Best Before 2026
It's better to burn out, than to fade away. -Neil Young, My My, Hey Hey
As I opened the packet of 'Kasugai Roasted Green Peas' today, my eyes drifted to the 'ingredients' table behind as an attempt to check if they put green colouring in green peas these days. Instead, what caught my eye was the unexpected expiry date...
BEST BEFORE 06.01.26
Obviously, the possibility of them reversing the typical 'day' and 'year' sequence came to mind. But imagine. 2026. 20 years from now. I can't even imagine 10 years, let alone 20. Will a 43 year old Faz still be ringing me up going "hey ass!" (Or even better, Steve going "fuckyyyyy!!!") Will I be babysitting baby donkeys, llamas, wombats, lizards, piglets, ostriches? Will I be.....blogging?! Or will the Blogger world face the same fate as the Death Star. I know to some, the future scares/depresses you. Me, it just makes me go........ Wow. I wonder.
Which brings me to my proposition. You know the so-called 'best before' date on my green peas pack? 6th January 2026. Write it down somewhere. (Like in that 20 year diary you keep by your side) On that day, send me an email, with this text (from this blog entry) attached to it with the words 'Lin, I remembered'... and your current address of residence. Wherever you are, I promise I'll reward you with something that was worth you remembering after 20 frikin years. Something big. By my standards. And that's real big.
Perhaps I'm doing this as an incentive to preserve the friendship I currently have with you people, who have made a difference. Perhaps I am just too bored. Perhaps I am hoping to amuse myself when I am 42 years of age and have exceeded MY 'best before' period. I don't know....
All because of a dratted packet of Kasugai Roasted Peas. Which, in case anyone is interested, DOES contain artificial colouring -(Tartrazine Yellow No.5 and Brilliant Blue No.1 FCF).
posted by Lin @ 7:40 PM
6 Comments:
Hey, it's a fun site you have here. I found it while blogging tonight and thought I'd say "Hi!" :)
PokerGirl
Texas Holdem Poker Software
the spam spies have infiltrated yours and my blog lin! delete delete!
Lin... I wrote you a note in 1926.
Comments.... Cool!
I'm at uni now guys. Some poor soul left their USB on this comp. I shall do my good dead of the day & hand it over to Becu.
Martin, thanks. I think. Coming from you, I will let it get to my head just a bit. But really, It's just a matter of not getting thought-constipated. Prunes for the brains I say. Let it flow...
Scht, I did see PokerGirl. But you know what, I left her there. :)Casey from 'Hot Tub' a few posts ago, I got rid off. I reckon PokerGirl is a friggin sign for us to start poker-nights again. She knows we do it Texas Holdem too. bleh. I think people are weary about the money issue. (Martin, one on one? B.S notes, remember?)
And a note in 1926? *sniff* how fuzzifying. On behalf (or rather in advance) of the 43 year old Lin (*shudder*)....thanks for that baybeh~
fuzzifying?
yes, i'm sure the peas must be fully fuzzified by now if they were from 1926...
Futuristic peas...WHAT?! Where?!
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