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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind! - Dr. Suess

It's not a personal comment, I don't think, it's just some people have aversions for certain things (like clowns), or things that scare them to no end (like cars, or fire.) Just an association.

i just have to say again, i absolutely LOVE this siggy pic, it is SO cool blaugh

nothing against you personally...pomegranates scare me. Yes I know it's totally silly to be scared of a food but I've had the phobia almost my whole life. Personally i wish i had been smart enough to think of being the wicked one of them cuz nobody who knows me would have ever guessed it was me.

As to why they are ebil, pomegranates are often believed to be the fruit of knowledge of which adam and eve ate and lost paradise (not the apple as commonly depicted)

The biggest reason I am afraid (seriously...more afraid of them than clowns) of them is the Greek myth of Persephone. She was abducted by Hades and taken to the underworld. After much pleading from Demeter, during which time she caused the earth to be barren while she searched for her daughter, Zeus finally convinced Hades to let Persephone go, but only if she hadn't eaten any food in the underworld. However, Hades tricked Persephone and she ate 6 pom seeds. Finally an agreement was made where Persephone would be allowed to leasve the underworld to rejoin her mother, but must return one month for each seed she ate, which is when we have autumn and winter, and when she is rejoined with her mom, spring and summer.

I read this at a very young age. I've never eaten a pom seed or had pom juice. I made Kevin promise he would never trick me into eating them. Once we went to an xmas party with his family and they had a fruit salad with these little red things (i had never even seen them before) and Kevin's brother asked what they were....Kevin looked at me before saying "pomegranate seeds" I jumped 3 seats away like i had been shocked. I couldn't even look at the salad. I can't even smell polmegranate scented candles...i'm too afraid to even pick them up. Once time someone jokingly gave me a pom on Neo and it sat in my inventory for weeks cuz i was too afraid to "touch" it. And heaven forbid i see one at the grocery store...i walk around the other way so I'm nowhere near them. I've even had a hard time typing the word this whole time.

My sister-in-law says they are wonderful and sweet and they of course are supposed to be good for you...none of this matters to me. I'm deathly afraid of them. The only thing I'm more afraid of is flying.

So that, my dear purkle friends, is why pomegranates are ebil. I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt your feelings. heart heart

I can vouch for the fact that they are one of the only fruit trees who will 'volunteer' (grow from a seed/fruit dropped on the ground) and flourish here in the desert. Nice to have a splash of colour and shade in an otherwise barren landscape. When the fruits are cut the right way, their sections also reveal a lovely 5 pointed star, especially meaningful to certain religions as well, or people who just like stars rofl In WickedPomegranate's journal, I saw a story about why they are special to him, in fact I think he referred to it as 'comfort food' Guess it is just a matter of how the mind interprets stuff.
Personally, I want to hurl when I see/think of fried chicken because a Colonel in a white jacket's leftovers were in the refridgerator when I was 10 and thought I had recovered from the stomach flu. That particular finger lickin' night I found out I was NOT recovered and cannot eat or even look at fried chicken and I will go out of my way to avoid it.

see..i have always heard that Persephone loved Hades and she ate the seeds so that she could be with him...i am really learning lots here...told yall i learn something new everyday...i love it biggrin



yeah i have seen this too...it is just like an apple and holds a star in the middle..very cool biggrin

i personally have always loved...they are a very sweet fruit...and we rarly get them here so i try to get them when i can...i havent ever tried them in anything else...just had the fruit itself..but that was always good enough xd

and it is ok to be affraid jaz...everyone has things that they are affraid of or cant stand...huggs...