Last of the summer pears
‘Genesis is non-committal on the forbidden fruit, but I believe that it was a pear’
MANY years ago, in the middle of an especially enjoyable picnic (no rain, no whingeing children, no wasps), a Spanish friend suddenly exclaimed ‘’, or ‘This is the pear!’, explaining afterwards that his countrymen, presumably because they hold the fruit in such high esteem,’ when unhappy with a particular situation.
