12/17/09: The Slovakian Triple

I received the following email on Tuesday:

"Hello Corey,


I've found my first triple peanut on December 6th among the peanuts I got for St. Nicholas Day (St. Nicholas giving us treats, blahblah) and I was pretty amazed.. So I immediately googled it and found Your superb blog :). So I decided to share my peanut photos with You.. I'm sorry for the quality, but photos were made with my cell phone and before I could get a camera my sisters managed to eat the peanut :(. That text under the picture of girl says cca "3 delights in 1", it's an ad for snack bar 3bit and it's my mouse-pad or how it is called :). So I replaced 3bit with my triple peanut, the slogan fitted :). Bye :)


Hana from Slovakia


PS: Sorry for my English, didn't have chance to practise for a while :-x.."


Here is the picture:

First of all Hana, let me say that your English is fantastic. At the very least, it is far better than my Slovak. Also, you have excellent taste in blogs.

Second, congratulations on your first triple peanut discovery! Hopefully, this will be the first in a long list of triple peanut encounters that will last for years to come. I know that you will find this journey very rewarding. Always remember: each triple peanut is special, not just for its delicious taste and generous portions, but for the places we find them in and the people we share them with.

Third, for your first discovery, the picture was very artfully done! You already understand that it is not enough to only take a picture of the Vitruous Triple; we must celebrate it and give it the consideration and attention to detail that such a wondrous legume most decidedly deserves. The cell phone pictures turned out just fine, and don't get discouraged, there will always be sisters to prematurely eat our triple peanuts before we can fully enjoy them in the way only a true lover of the Triple knows how. I have a sister myself and the voracity with which she consumes triple peanuts would be alarming were it no so eminently understandable. The allure of the triple is unyielding and those of us who are not lucky enough to possess such even tempers find it difficult to control. We must not judge these people, it is just the nature of the peanut itself that overtakes them. Luckily, there are those of us dedicated to the respectful, measured admiration that the glorious triple requires to fully impart its treasures.

So here's to the first Slovakian triple peanut I have ever seen. If three peanuts can coexist so harmoniously in one shell, then surely we can all live together in peace here on planet Earth.

To Those of You that Have Been Sending Me Pictures of Quadruple Peanuts

When I first set out on my quest to catalogue and celebrate the triple peanut, I never imagined a day when I would have to write this particular post. After all, mine was a pleasant pursuit. A hearty sendup of that most lighthearted and fancy-free of legumes. But like all good things, my carefree romp through the world of the Triple would not go unsullied by the cold heart of man and his voracious love of all things prurient and unwholesome. I am of course talking about that most lascivious of grotesqueries, the quadruple peanut.

To those of you that have been sending me pictures of quarduple peanuts, I must insist that you stop immediately. The quadruple peanut is an abomination and has no place here. Not now, not ever. To think that I would besmirch these hallowed pages explicitly dedicated to recording the Virtuous Triple with something so base and ribald as a quadruple peanut is laughable. Your insinuations that I would do so are insult of the highest order and one that I assure you will not be taken lightly.

Honestly, I cannot even imagine what sort of perverse pleasure one could get from a quadruple peanut. So opulent. So unrefined. It is the height of bad taste. When I compare the smooth, rolling curves of a triple peanut to the lumpy, unseemly protrusions of a quadruple, I simply fail to understand how one could choose to associate themselves with the latter when armed with knowledge of the existence of the former.

Quadruple peanuts have no elegance. There's no propriety in their construction. They are simply crammed to the gills with as many nuts as can fit in one pea. Does an Aston Martin have 28 cupholders? No, it does not. If you are lucky enough to ride in one, you will politely hold your drink in your lap and be mindful not to slurp when you near the bottom. Such is the way with the triple peanut. It demands careful consideration and nuanced appreciation. It is mysterious and beautiful and joyful. And it is here, in this small, safe corner of the Internet, that it shall live forever, unfettered by it's gnarled, mutant quadruple cousin.

Thank you and good day.

Corey J.

If you have come across any triple peanuts in your own travels and would like to see them displayed here, please send them to CJFarris@gmail.com

5/19/09: Turner Field, Braves v. Rockies

When sitting in the front few rows of the left field bleachers at an American baseball game, it is customary to yell things at the opposing team's left fielder. This is affectionately referred to as giving the left fielder "The Business." Recipient of said business at this particular game was Rockies' left fielder Seth Smith, who went 0-3 with a strikeout and was pinch-hit for by Ryan Spilborghs in the ninth, who walked and has a beard.

A Triple Peanut Haiku

The triple peanut.

So beautiful, yet so rare.

Life: A Mystery.

5/17/09: Mark's Parents' House in Woodstock, Mark's Birthday Cookout

Mr. Hayward gave Mark two triple peanuts during Mark's birthday cookout last Sunday. At the close of the post lunch badminton tournament, Blake's friend from Tennessee was named most valuable player and received a $30 Publix gift card for her efforts.

5/15/09: Twelve & Associates Offices

***Sent in by reader Michael Barney

This peanut was discovered by Barney at his place of work. His boss likes to feed peanuts to the squirrels outside her window, but unfortunately she was unable to do so last Friday as she was out of town for business. Barney was instructed to continue the practice in her stead. He was also instructed to save the triple peanuts for the pregnant squirrel, who was very grateful.

What to do upon Triple Peanut discovery

Upon discovering a triple peanut, one must first present the peanut in question to the nearest bystander for verification. Upon successful verification, it is customary to extend one's fist in the direction of whomever provided said verification and speak aloud the words "triple peanut", at which time the aforementioned verification provider is expected to make a fist of his own and slowly but firmly tap the front of his fist into the front of the peanut-finder's fist while simultaneously speaking aloud the words "triple peanut" in kind. Please see figure 2.1 below.

5/3/09: Philips Arena, Hawks v. Heat, Game 7, 2009 NBA Playoffs First Round

This playoff series engendered in me a perhaps irrational hatred of Dwayne Wade that caused a rift between me and my friend DA, a fan of Wade's. The Hawks would win the game 91-78 and then go on to get swept by the Cavs in round two, although I would fail to develop a similar hatred for Lebron James.