Thursday, December 17, 2009

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.