Random Thought #33

So I learned a valuable lesson today. I went out and bought little clementine oranges. We all love to eat them because they are healthy and easy to peel and eat. We usually buy a particular brand and so when I went to look for them today at the grocery store, I saw two brands. One was a 3lb bag of the brand we like and the other was a 5lb box of a brand I haven't heard of. Typically, the smaller the oranges, the sweeter they are and the more we like them. The 3lb bag was cheaper but the oranges were larger than normal. The 5lb box had smaller oranges but we don't like getting the box because its awkward in our fridge and it was a brand we didn't know. Well, turns out the larger oranges for a cheaper price from the brand we knew and liked weren't that great. Although judging a book by its cover is never recommended by itself, it may be indicative of what lies beneath. I guess I can't really complete my comparison since I never tried the other brand. Perhaps I should have listened to myself and got the smaller oranges. I was somehow deceived. I'm sure you can draw your own parallels from my "parable of the clementines" :)