When I was very young I ate a sandwich every single school day. Come heat or cold, hail or shine... who am I kidding, it's Aus, so constant warm floppy sandwiches. Getting sick of the repetition, I became bold and skipped lunch in favour of tossing a sandwich or two into the overgrown end of the backyard (why not bin it? Well, that would be sensible, see). I would thus come across them a few weeks later, moldering away. I was also a precocious reader/nerd who really enjoyed the history picture books I came across in the library. So the mold to me looked darkened, almost black, and spotty. Like... like bubonic pustules. Like the Black Death sinisterly spawning in my sandwiches!
No, seriously, I was pretty freaked out. Even gave me nightmares for a bit. I eventually decided that I had to do the right thing, so I think I disposed of it into a double tied plastic bag while wearing three layers of clothing, rubber gloves (washed down with liquid soap afterwards), and a bandanna tied over most of my face. I soon learnt better afterwards, but for that very brief time of my youth, it was a fearful time...
When I was very young I ate a sandwich every single school day. Come heat or cold, hail or shine... who am I kidding, it's Aus, so constant warm floppy sandwiches. Getting sick of the repetition, I became bold and skipped lunch in favour of tossing a sandwich or two into the overgrown end of the backyard (why not bin it? Well, that would be sensible, see). I would thus come across them a few weeks later, moldering away. I was also a precocious reader/nerd who really enjoyed the history picture books I came across in the library. So the mold to me looked darkened, almost black, and spotty. Like... like bubonic pustules. Like the Black Death sinisterly spawning in my sandwiches!
No, seriously, I was pretty freaked out. Even gave me nightmares for a bit. I eventually decided that I had to do the right thing, so I think I disposed of it into a double tied plastic bag while wearing three layers of clothing, rubber gloves (washed down with liquid soap afterwards), and a bandanna tied over most of my face. I soon learnt better afterwards, but for that very brief time of my youth, it was a fearful time...