When coconuts dangle in the wind
Only nuts don’t wear a hard hat
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Alfred Peyer (Pseudonym) (
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When coconuts dangle in the wind
Only nuts don’t wear a hard hat
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I shy away from such droppings - hey, i even dodge the pigeons efforts.
Thanks b-e, would love to watch you zig-zagging through the crowds on a side-walk.
Great piece Fred. I have only just conquered the art of shelling a coconut so that it remains whole and the outer hard bit can be peeled with a potato peeler - feeling quite chuffed with myself.
Potato peeler???? That I have to see! Takes me about half an hour to get to the inside, all the while wearing my hard hat.
Remove the outer shell (like peeling a hard boiled egg) by gently tapping it with a hammer all over along what look like veins until the shell cracks but you must do it gently and it takes a little before it happens and quite a few taps. The shell can then be peeled away. The inner meat remains whole (like a peeled hard boiled egg) and the milk is still inside - its rough surface can then be peeled with a potato peeler. Does this all make sense?
I does Michael, but you forget that when they come down, the husk, consisting of stringy fibers with a hard green covering (scientific term: exocarp) needs to be removed first. THAT is the hard part, especially if you are not equipped properly. Using a machete, or a big knife, you hack away at that covering just to get to the nut. Some Micronesians and Hawaiians can do it in a few seconds flat, using a vertical pointed steel bar either cemented into the ground or otherwise fixed and then just bang the coconut down onto the pointed end to remove the husk. But if you don't know what you are doing, you might end up with a broken hand or broken arm.
Understood Fred - yes we only get them with the brown inner shell here in the UK and was forgetting the main hard green covering.
Awhh lovely! One day i'll witness them dangle instead of drinking them in a cocktail haha!
Thanks Renzi, if you see them dangle better head to the bar for a Mai Tai, Blue Hawaiian, or Sex on the Beach! (The drink, not the other kind!) 🙂
Ouch, Fred. Something needed for them coconuts!
Thanks Frank, the hard hat will be enough, I think.
Practical advice indeed! Thanks for sharing, Fred.
Thanks Charles, but there is more than practical advice behind these two lines, such as 'look, before going ahead', or 'only fools don't prepare...', or 'better safe than sorry', etc.
The depth of your words is wonderful.
Awh Goldfinch! The first reader who can see past the nuts!!! Mahalo!
So brief, yet so complete. I imagine coconuts would be wanting without cracking a nuthead or two. So many of us out there. This piece must bring a smile to all who read. Thank you!
Thank you Seek, I did hope it would bring a smile, but also show some of the deeper meanings.
I'm sorry, it is too deep for me to comprehend. Maybe something less wordy, perhaps? Fine two-liner, Fred.
Thanks Louis! Too many words? Try this one: I write, therefore I am.
Now that one I can relate to ... just under my word limit!
Thanks FRED ~ having just spent two weeks in CUBA and the PINA COLLADAS were free in the last hotel ~ Any mention of COCONUTS stirs my juices ~ Thanks for scaring ~ BRIAN
Thank you Brian, I hope you had a good time in Cuba. Just recently saw a beautiful look behind the scenes at everyday life in Havana on Public Broadcasting. Would love to visit one day. And yes, I know how you feel, spent a week in an all inclusive (drinks included) hotel at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for my son's wedding. Some of the guests we not feeling any pain anymore at 2pm already.
Thanks FRED ~ CUBA ~ is well worth a visit. Unlike LONDON & NEW YORK HAVANA streets full of happy people ~ no Police ~ no Militia ~ no Beggars ~ no Rough Sleepers etc quire a revelation ! Love Mexico too especially Puebls where I have Mexican relations by marriage ~ BRIAN
I might have to swoon at this, if there's any 'hot' double-meaning behind it! heehee.
Thank you Orchidee, there are so many double meanings here, one is bound to be 'hot'. And by the way, you know that coconuts have three soft spots in the shell where you can easily put in a straw. One hole is for the air to go in when you drink, and the other two are for two straws, i.e. his and hers, a lover's drink.
I have plumbed the depths of Mr. Peyer, in all of his mystery and enigma, and escaped holding a coconut. Consider me fulfilled, Fred my friend. Now I'm craving a French Coconut Pie.
Ah Heather, you did explore the quarter inch of depth I have and all you got was a nut! And you obviously never tried the Hawaiian Haupia & Chocolate pie, a piece of culinary art that makes the French Coconut Pie look like childish scribbles. In order to fulfill your cravings, I guess you need to book the next available flight to Honolulu. I might even pick you guys up at the airport.
Coconuts are my favorites. I just planted 3 trees. They it takes very long to grow and begin to give you fruits, so, it is not risky for me yet. Taking advice on how to open them. Great advice poem.
Thanks Malu,
A few years ago I threw a whole bunch of green coconuts into a corner of my property and new there several palms growing. Some are already about 10 fee high.
Wow! Nice to know. Thanks Fred
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