I'm right browned off.
Because. Every single of piece of fruit does NOT NEED A LABEL.
Like I need to be told that an apricot is an apricot. I know an apricot when I see one.
Trying to get the label off the apricot is tricky. Hungry for apricot... can't... catch edge of sticker with fingernail... Thrice-damned label! I will brook no delay! Curse you and all your scratch 'n' sniff cousins!
Once off, you have to put it somewhere. Find a garbage. Flick label into garbage. Oops. Label is still sticking to finger. Three or four more fruitless (ha ha!) attempts. Label has formed permanent bond with skin. Crazy-glued limpets would be easier to dislodge. Hokey-pokey. Shake it all about. Swear in technicolour.
At last the apricot has been decoupled from its label. Toss into mouth, finally. Gnash it completely up, minus the stone.
Conclusions
I think we must ask ourselves: "WTF?" The raw data in Appendix A speaks for itself.
Appendix A for Apricot
Time to eat apricot: 0.5s -- Time to delabel apricot: 3m 10s
Fig. 1A - Time taken, at non-relativistic velocities, for male hairless monkey to perform self-interested apricotacious tasks.
Perhaps you should grow your fingernails. Or buy the bulk-bagged fruit.
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I, too, know the agony of trying to eat in a simple piece of fruit (in my case, it was a peach)... *Grumble grumble* Stupid blickin' pit...
http://beanie-universe.blogspot.com/2007/01/hidden-danger-in-your-fruit-bowl.html
Peter, I'm disappointed in you. Where are the error bars on your chart? Frankly, I hold you to a higher standard that this. tsk tsk.
In order to have error bars, Peter would have to make errors.
There, I said something nice to you, for once. ;) That fills my quota for the year, I think.
*dusts off hands*
I've known Peter for going on 6 years now. I think I said something nice to him once. It was probably at his wedding. And that would really've been for Chelle's sake, anyway... :-)