my mother had an expression, when we were young children back in the old country, that always gave me the creeps. when you're looking at something so obvious but you can't see it she would say: if that thing is a snake it would have bitten you dead a long time ago.
it was like this bamboo chopping board. i got this last summer in one of my forays at the dollar store. i thought i'd use it with bread and/or cheese or pizza which, of course, i had promptly forgotten. i only have one cutting/chopping board which was a solid plastic, but it now has lots of scars from too much use as it must be well over 20 years old now. looking around in the kitchen for something (don't ask me because i don't know what), perhaps to eat or who knew why my feet got me there, i looked at the corner where i have chips and a case of bottle water. i fiddled around with a bag of corn chips, a half-finished bag of dates and an unopened bag of cranberry and almond mix. then i proceeded to tidy up the corner, moving the chopping boards around, the strainer and the microwave cover. sitting down at the dinner table, i was about to open the bag of corn chips when i heard a "ding!" inside my head. of course! the bamboo chopping board! if that bamboo chopping board was a snake, it would have bitten me to death a long time ago!
and so the bamboo gets to live yet another day.
and if i could have a talk with the bamboo, i'd have told it that this is what happens when bamboos die. 😂 🤣
I use the phrase frequently, but leave off the word dead. Time to break out the new cutting board. Thank both bamboo for the offering given to help sustain you.
