by Rick Baker
On Jul 15, 2013
Thought Tweet #781 People eat sour fruit sparingly. Yet they complain about it much.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Sometimes sour fruit is the best thing to consume. The British found that out several centuries ago and the practice of eating limes was encouraged by Scottish Dr. James Lind. He helped the British Navy understand limes and lime juice prevented sailors from the pain and suffering of scurvy. This fact was known prior to the arrival of Dr. Lind. And, the benefit of limes was well understood when he documented proof. Yet, the practice of eating limes to prevent scurvy was not adopted by the British Navy until some time later.
The first sailors who ate limes were ridiculed. By fellow sailors and pirates alike.
To this day the legacy of ridicule lives on in the form of a derogatory/racist ancestor of the word lime.
To this day, people resist when others try to force them to eat sour fruit.
So, take care when you try to unload sour fruit on your people.
Care taken while introducing sour fruit is inversely proportional to the amount of complaining that introduction generates. The greater the care, the lesser the complaints.