This is a fake fruit arrangement that I bought on Halloween. They're popular home and office decorations here, and I love them. I'm not sure why, but I do, with almost the same inordinate intensity that I love True Stories and giant boxes of crayons and that 30 Rock episode with Thomas Jefferson.
There are many reasons to find them delightful - they're brightly colored, slightly absurd, and an interesting status symbol. Maybe something about that they're a tangible example of how there's a giant part of the world that doesn't even sort of care about American floral arrangement norms. Also, from a distance, they just look like normal fake flower arrangements; it's only when you get close that you realize that what looked to be red-and-yellow tulips were actually a bunch of inverted apples.
I've seen a variety of apples, mangoes, tangerines, bananas, chili peppers, pears, peaches, and lemons. The peaches were especially great because they were slightly fuzzy and laced with little hard plastic dewdrops. If the arrangements weren't so expensive (usually 30,000-70,000 Guinean francs/$4.50-$10.00 USD each, depending on how big, varied and elaborate) I would probably have a half-dozen by now.
There are many reasons to find them delightful - they're brightly colored, slightly absurd, and an interesting status symbol. Maybe something about that they're a tangible example of how there's a giant part of the world that doesn't even sort of care about American floral arrangement norms. Also, from a distance, they just look like normal fake flower arrangements; it's only when you get close that you realize that what looked to be red-and-yellow tulips were actually a bunch of inverted apples.
I've seen a variety of apples, mangoes, tangerines, bananas, chili peppers, pears, peaches, and lemons. The peaches were especially great because they were slightly fuzzy and laced with little hard plastic dewdrops. If the arrangements weren't so expensive (usually 30,000-70,000 Guinean francs/$4.50-$10.00 USD each, depending on how big, varied and elaborate) I would probably have a half-dozen by now.
