Snatchings

I had to do the dreaded task of grocery shopping today.  It’s dreaded for me because I get to see all of the things I would like to eat, but can’t.  Isn’t it simply amazing how everything that tastes good is bad or fattening?  Just one of the many tribulations of life I suppose.  It seems like most things that are enjoyable are bad anymore.  I just look at the pastries and I gain a pound.  There’s a new grocery store 1 minute down the street from me now that has the best bakery!  That store is just heaven!

Well, I ended up passing by the lemon meringue pies and fresh baked garlic bread and snatched up a nice, big red watermelon!  Did I ever mention I had a sweet tooth?  I wonder where watermelons came from.  Being the inquisitive nerd that I am, I learned that they originate from Southern Africa.  China is now the world’s largest watermelon producer, go figure!  I was pleased to read that watermelon has a lot of beta carotene and lycopene.

Well, I wasn’t the only one shopping at that same food chain today.  It’s been all over the news today that there was an elderly woman who’s purse was snatched in the middle of the store!  The store’s video shows it all, and someone in the store had chased him down getting her purse back and capturing the bad guy!  That was a very brave individual for tackling him like he did as you never know what the robber could be carrying. Turns out he did have a knife on him.  Now watching the video, it all happened so fast that she didn’t have a chance to react or do anything to defend herself or her purse.  All the other people in the store however could have taken him down easy with a shot of pepper spray to the face off their key chain, or a push of a button on their TASER C2 to have saved the day in a safe way.