"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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>
> I was looking at some VERY ripe pears the other day. Even my tiny, short
> fingernails kept piercing the skin. I bought a lot of pears. I wasn't
> about to leave them so the store would eat the loss.
>

You don't think the supermarket has some responsibility not to leave rotting
fruit in their bins? If it's so over ripe that it splits at a light touch,
it's no longer food, it's compost.

Scott.