cucumis_sativus raze see this cucumber, he says. tom petty gave this to me. i've been carrying it around all these years like a microphone no one gets to sing into. a tribute to the great man, you understand. and also because it's as perfect a cucumber as you could ever hope to find. i mean, sure. i cut a piece off the end a while back just to see how it tasted. who wouldn't? and it was the best cucumber ever. naturally. but i wouldn't dare defile it again. i don't even know how it's kept its colour for so long. no mould or milky sheen or anything. must be some kind of magic. maybe that's what all tom's songs are really about. "don't come around here no more"? crestfallen cucumbers. "the waiting"? impatient cucumbers. "learning to fly"? skydiving cucumbers. hold_on. i'm just gonna have a little nibble on this bit of skin here. shit. not so pristine anymore. might as well eat the whole thing now. 260323 what's it to you? who go blather from