banana advisory

Today I learned that those spotted bananas I saw at Safeway two days ago were not as ripe as they looked. You have to actually touch them to see if they're soft or not, and these still-firm bananas were very handy because I couldn't find any other ripe bananas for the really, really sick lady in a ten mile radius. So, if you're shopping for somebody on a rigid rotation diet who tolerates bananas, always check to see how the bananas feel even if they look terrible.