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I am allergic to the soap at the house.
Because.
It has grapefruit in it.
Who even knew people put grapefruit in soap?
I discovered I was allergic to grapefruit when I thought it would be a good idea to eat a whole LOT of grapefruit [which I like and was never allergic to before jeez] when I came down with bronchitis in Seattle.
There I was in Seattle sick. So I thought, Oh I need vitamin C. And bought LOTS of grapefruit. And ate LOTS of grapefruit. And every time I ate a grapefruit?
I got sicker.
Then I would think, Oh I need more vitamin C.
And would eat another grapefruit.
And get more sick.
Finally [do not ask how long that went on by the way] I said, "You know I think this grapefruit is making me sick."
Everyone made fun of me and told me to quit smoking [like police did not GAS residents of downtown Seattle right before I got sick, sure, blame cigarettes, not SEATTLE DARTH VADER PATROLS WITH NERVE GAS who do not get SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SEATTLE HAVE TO WALK DOGS but wow thanks for the chemical fun] except one girlfriend who said, "Maybe you are allergic."
That was Lea. She is so smart.
I quit eating grapefruit and got better right off. Whew!
So here I am thinking, Jeezu, what is up with my ankles, is this from those stupid spider bites? With these dumb rose colored rings thinking maybe it is gravity and spider poison only --
It goes away when I take my socks off.
I always wear socks so it took a while to force me out of socks. I own three thousand pairs of socks and just kept changing them and rewashing them thinking, Wow, I hate this, why do I have new anklets I did not buy at a jewelry store? And every time I washed socks it got worse [suspicious rinse cycle?] and then I took the socks off and it was better and I thought, What the hell? And read the ingredients of the soap because that is the only thing about the socks that is different, the soap.
And hello.
Grapefruit.
Okay it is time to pass a law about what you can put in soap -- what next, shellfish? -- and no more ecologically sound laundry detergent for me I am a Tide girl for life.
Your Just Try the Tide Adams Girl
PS: The message board is closed right now but nobody panic it will be back on the 7th. Unless I get so crazed with freedom not administering a message board I just never open it again. That probably won't happen though. Probably. . . .
PPS: Anyone want to administer a message board?
PPPS: You know I bought all new socks right? I am too scared to wear the grapefruit socks now if anyone wants 3,000 pairs of slightly used grapefruit socks they are going cheap.
