Intrigued by the novelty fruit market, the other day I stumbled upon baby buddha pears. While still growing on a tree, molds are attached to individual fruits guiding it in shape as it grows.  http://www.incrediblethings.com/art-design/buddha-pears/  Something about it reminded me of binding girls feet, of forcing nature in a different direction. Strangely so many things remind me of foot binding that it is difficult for me to put on makeup or pluck an eyebrow without wondering how the whole shebang started and when do I get to be in control of what society finds sexy anyway…..I recognize that Pear shaping is different then foot binding. This is about guiding the development of a pear into an iconic symbol of enlightenment…..OH THE MARKETING POTENTIAL…It thrills me. The minute I saw this I thought…we are five minutes away from McDonalds apples..If McDonalds brings back Grimace as a marketing mascot…I’m calling Grimace Delicious apple foreshadowing…you heard it here first. ….It can’t be long before our logos and ideas take shape in custom fruit… look how we all went  guano crazy with the opportunity to put our own initials on M&Ms.

So I start to think…How can I benefit from the custom fruit market…I start thinking about what shapes I would transform my fruit into.  I think of bananas …I smile to myself…I think of Plums shaped like plumbers.  Peaches shaped like leeches. I get stuck in a land of fruit and punny….Then I think of Melons…and I realize what I am really thinking of is boobs…I don’t know why I don’t just start out thinking about boobs, because it seems every thought ends up there anyway.  Why follow in the footsteps of the Hamburgler pear when I can forge my own way in the shaped bra industry.

My concept…That after years of  “training bras” A woman could unleash her Groucho Marx’s upon her mate.  Entertain him with her  headlights, relate to her friends on whole new levels. This is the thought I had after seeing Buddha Pears.  I have drawn the conclusion that I need a chaperone for my thoughts….because I have work to do. I have a real calendar with projects and deadlines and my new  “BoobyTrapz” logo is NOT one of them.  If someone had alerted me to what a heinous idea this is earlier..I could have saved us all a lot of time. I’m sorry.