The Grape

Today at work something just plain weird happened to me. Things like this happen to me all the time.

I was eating lunch (okay an early lunch, but I get up earlier than most), and part of my lunch involved grapes. Green ones. Taste great. As I’m eating away at my location, I distinctly recalled pulling three (3) grapes out of the bag, but when I opened my hand, I felt one “leave,” and only found two looking up at me with the “what’s your major malfunction?” look grapes can give. You know the look. I turned that area upside down. Looked around the papers, pens, and nooks and crannies. Under the desk, around the floor (squatted down–I was in Dockers, y’know…). Went to the extremes of the floor the I could reach. Checked the folds of my clothes (wore short sleeves). Fingers. Everywhere.

I shrugged…and continued on. Finished eating (grapes included).

Did work.

Couple hours later, I break out the second meal (well, third, actually, but who’s counting…as I said, I get up early…). A sealed container. No grapes this time. I open the lid to the container, and (literally) out of nowhere pops this frigging grape!

I saw no grape in my bundle of food, no grape on the desk, no grape anywhere around where I was, in my hands, in the Tupperware-like container. It literally “popped” out of my hand and onto the floor.

From my hands.

Where no grape resided.

I sat there and stared at it. On the floor, over by the wall.

Laughed!

I picked it up and threw it away.

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7 comments on “The Grape”

OK that’s just freaky. I’ve had a few freaky things happen in my life. None of them involved grapes and none of them happened in my hands. Cool. You are really tuned in. The only thing that I would question on the site is, white is a bit hard to read on on the lighter parts of the blue background. I can read it, but it causes a little bit of strain. Is this one going to be devoted to Seth style talk?

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fpdorchak on January 24, 2012 at 5:40 am said:

Yeah, kinda weird, though any of a number of scenarios can “answer” what really happened, but, I tell ya, I looked *everywhere* for that danged grape! And, sure, another grape *could* have “lodged” somewhere…under the lip of the container? Maybe. Hidden between my fingers without me know it? Hey, weirder things…though all my “handling” of it from the refrigerator, to and from the microwave, etc., makes absolutely ZERO sense, not to mention the grape would have exploded from microwave use…well, I’m just leaving it as is. Makes for an interesting story, doesn’t it? :-]

This whole thing is experimental. Just playing around. Will see if I end up devoting any energy to this or not…if I can get interest. It makes for one more thing “to do,” so yet another output of time has just been created (you know, if you BELIEVE in Time…). Yeah, a “Seth style,” I’m just wanting an outlet where I can write about cool, weird stuff like this. My other site is turning into more of a writing related site, and with its link on the Chisled site, which IS about writing, I don’t want to pummel people with the more rarified topics I like to get into. But, thanks for the “ergo” tip of the white on light blue. I’ll see what I can come up with. Would like to modify the site a little, since this is a ready-to-ue template.

Thanks for stopping by, Karen! :-]

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