Ever had a clementine? They’re these delicious mini orange-type things that we eat quite a few of around the holidays. They’re seedless and easy to peel which makes for a great snack.
Except for last night.
Last night, as we were staying up late to welcome in the new year, several clementines were consumed. However, as I peeled open one of mine IT STARTED BLEEDING.
Not really. If it had started oozing blood the title of this post wouldn’t have had a question mark at the end; it would have had a lot of profanity. And I would have already mentioned how I soiled myself.
Something a bit odd did happen though. As I was eating it I bit into something hard: a seed. Never, out of the dozens of clementines I’ve eaten have I ever had a seed. A bit puzzled, I spit it into the peel.
But the next slice had two seeds.
And the next had another one.
This went on until I’d found ten seeds in a piece of seedless fruit only slightly larger than a golfball.
10 seeds.
10 minutes to midnight.
10 minutes to 2010.
What do you make of it? Bizarre coincidence or a sign of something to come? Roll the bones and let me know what you think in the comments.
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10 seeds in a single clementine? This is a travesty! This is one of my favorite fruits and I wait all year long to be able to consume a large amount of these around the holidays and I have never had a seed in a single one. You should have planted them, maybe you could grow clementine trees in you apartment.
wasn’t there a prophecy in the apocrypha about seeds in clementines?
Isn’t “10 minutes to midnight” an old megadeath song?
Seeds are only present in fruits that have aged. 10 seeds, 10 minutes to midnight, 10 minutes to 2010?It means you’re old.Sorry.
I was wrong, it was Iron Maiden.
Hugh – I wonder if it means my music career will take off this year.Peter – Being old isn’t so much an omen as it is a fact.
An omen of things to come? The fruit of your loins will grow to ten Rathseeds this year! Octuplets for Amy.
When I told my wife that she said, “I’d cry.”