Things I don’t recommend

Deciding to go for a hike at lunchtime on a day when the weather at 7:20am was listed as 71deg and 99% humidity (instead of a sun or clouds, the weather report had a completely white block with the word “mist”). It only gets hotter during the day, not less humid.

Eating German food in Japan. To be fair, Asian food in Germany is equally bad. Stay away from both.

Leaving the car windows open after lunch to let the cool bug with the super long neck escape, on a day when thunderstorms are possible.

Stuffing your face with real pepperoni pizza after eating mostly fish and rice for the last 6 weeks. The body just doesn’t know what to do with the sudden onslaught of grease.

Eating pastries with lime green topping. I haven’t commented on dud food choices lately for fear of becoming redundant, but this deserves mention. It looked like a yellow cheddar cheese filled pastry, with white cheese on top (albeit with a slight green tint). It turned out to be a cantaloupe-goo filled pastry with honeydew icing.

I’d feel better if now knowing these things would allow me call others “grasshopper”. But I can’t help this sneaking suspicion that it just means I don’t have the common sense of a grasshopper myself.