My apologies for the late reporting on this pretzel sighted at the Frankfurt airport. And now because of my own lack of organization, I'm unable to report to you which terminal or gate I was at when I spied this decoration. But let me reassure you, I did see this.
Despite the lack of setting, it still seems important to include this because I feel it is truly the most heinous pretzel to be sighted yet. Not only is it gaudy, it's confusing because it actually looks like a croissant in the shape of a pretzel. A pretzel poser.
In my heart I want all pretzels to be created equal. There should be no such thing as a "bad pretzel" but truth be told this one is just a big plastic twist of ugly that you would expect to find on the sideboard of an aging ogre's house, nested between plastic bananas and pears in a gigantic bowl.
The girl working behind the counter so sincerely explained to me that there were "real" pretzels for sale on the other side of the counter. I insisted on my interest in only the plastic one which seemed to bewilder her on a deep personal level. She was so sweet and amused but ended the transaction with, "but you could eat these ones over here..."
Yes. Yes you could young lady, but this plastic pretzel is truly one in a million.
Thank you for your pretzel dedication. Carry on!
Posted by: Linda | September 15, 2010 at 07:26 PM
What a truly great find, thank you for sharing :)
Posted by: Veronika | September 16, 2010 at 09:40 AM
Ugh! That is quite unappealing!
Posted by: Anne | September 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM