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“FOURPLAY.”

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Sal DeTraglia

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Duck, and cover!

My hormones have reached the four COCONUT level!

This is uncharted territory.

So potentially volatile, in fact, that I thought it prudent to have a guest artist decorate the fourth COCONUT. As such, I let my daughter do the honors.

Her COCONUT de jour is sort of a cross between Picasso during his Cubist period and Sally Field’s “The Flying Nun.”

You may or may not be relieved to learn that the four pictured above represent my entire inventory of COCONUTS. So…where does the adventure go from here? I have no idea. But I do know one thing.

If I don’t start doing some *real* writing soon, you guys will drop me quicker than a $20 bill at a Las Vegas blackjack table.

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13 responses to ““FOURPLAY.””

  1. woman wandering Avatar
    woman wandering

    Beautiful … 🙂 and I bet she had tons of fun too.

    ‘Proper writing’?
    I saw coconuts in the store today and thought … ‘Sal’. The power of advertising huh?

    Lol. Thanks cobber, as one Australian might say to another.

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  2. christina Avatar
    christina

    Hey! Didn’t you already use that post title last year??

    Ines’ coconut is the best one yet, of course. The baby bottle is a nice touch and I love the hair/hat/helicopter propellor/whatever it is.

    And you KNOW that we’re all going to keep coming back here no matter what you write. You’re stuck with us, we’re stuck with you. 🙂

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  3. Sal DeTraglia Avatar
    Sal DeTraglia

    Christina: Awww, jeez. You’re right:

    http://saldetraglia.blogspot.com/2006/02/four-play.html

    Already repeating myself, and I haven’t even cracked 40 yet. Actually, I’ve repeated myself twice this week. “Send in the Clowns” is also a title in stereo.

    Sorry…but not too sorry. Remember that I don’t get paid for this gig.

    And to quote Huey Lewis, “I am happy to be stuck with you [all, too.]”

    Lady Di: “Cobber.” Off to Google, I go!

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  4. Kurt Avatar
    Kurt

    Uh-oh…once you hit 40, it’s all downhill from there! Better live vicariously while you can hehe.

    But, according to Huey Lewis, “It’s hip to be square,” so your mileage may vary!

    I found a coconut themed music video on YouTube and thought of the VTB 🙂

    Coconuts!

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  5. woman wandering Avatar
    woman wandering

    Cobber …

    Did you find it?

    It’s like ‘friend’ or ‘mate’ … one bloke might say, ‘Thanks mate’ to a friend … ‘cobber’ … same thing … trailing off as I look at these strange words on the screen.

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  6. Angie Avatar
    Angie

    Real writing is overrated. (Trust me, I know!)

    We haven’t had this much silly fun at the tapas bar since the Salivator days… or the haggis-bashing… who am I kidding, it’s always fun here!

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  7. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Uh, would the coconuts like to receive a Flat Body to work with next week? It is that time again – a little earlier than last year!

    Nina

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  8. Lisa Avatar
    Lisa

    When my kids were little, they saw a coconut in the store and begged me to buy one for them. So, being the kind of mom I am, I caved. We brought the coconut home and the kids placed their prize on a spot on my counter where they could admire it daily. Being 6 & 8 years old at the time, I guess they thought it was cool just to have it and wouldn’t think of letting me crack its head open to enjoy the real reason to have a coconut. After about 2 weeks of me threatening to take a hammer to it, we awoke to a loud bang. Running downstairs into the kitchen brought about a sudden realization that my kids “pet” wasn’t the long-term kind of pet they thought it would be. Seems coconuts can go from the sweet, lovely things they are to bad, volatile nasty things that explode at the drop of a hat…oh, wait, that’s my 16 year old daughter I’m thinking of…

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  9. Sal DeTraglia Avatar
    Sal DeTraglia

    Ya know, Lisa. I just did a Google search. And apparently…your tale of COCONUT terror is not unique.

    Who would’ve thought that a sweet, innocent little COCONUT had a dark side.

    Hmmm…perhaps there’s a new post lurking in there.

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  10. ironporer Avatar
    ironporer

    Sal, as my wife would say…”You are like a goat, uncle!” (estas como una cabra tio!).
    You remind me of a drink we used to get at Pago-Pago’s (a swank polynesian club in ZGZA 20 years ago)… the drink was a “Coco-Loco”.

    You are Coco Loco too I think!!

    (I can just see the old Coco-Puffs cereal commercials… “You’re cukoo for coco-puffs…”)

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  11. christina Avatar
    christina

    Coconuts eventually explode?? Amazing the things one learns at the VTB.

    This is getting weirder by the minute. But I like it. 🙂

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  12. CanadianSwiss Avatar
    CanadianSwiss

    We’d never drop you, Sal. Even when you hear about the dark sides of coconuts…

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  13. euro-trac Avatar
    euro-trac

    OMG – They explode!??

    I’m worried about you now!

    “Step away from the coconut… there is nothing to see here”

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