A Long Day's Journal Into Night

Yesterday I was talking with a genuine Hawaiian who told me that pineapples grow in the ground and are in fact roots, although they are not vegetables. This mystified me, for I always thought they grew on trees. You know...pine trees...apple trees...logical connection...pineapple trees. So at lunch today I proudly informed my companions that pineapples grow IN THE GROUND!

And they laughed.

No, I insisted, a Hawaiian told me.

Well it was a lyin' Hawaiian, they responded.

hmmmm...

So a few clicks of my mouse and I learn, indeed pineapples grow above the ground. Here is a site I found during my research. It has cool flying pineapples.

http://www.alohafriends.com/pineapples.html

I can't believe it.

Duped by an islander. I bet they get great glee out of fooling the mainlanders.

So moral of the story: Never buy a gold watch from a little man in a grass skirt and lei.

Damn 'bows.