ele jou: four, zut alors!

i studied primate behavior in chapel hill and though many consider anthropology a useless endeavor, it has served me well in many walks of life: restaurant work, the film business, and psychotherapy, to name a few.

i remember a kind of monkey that lived in an area where there were many poisonous plants. the newborn babies would cling to the front of the mother, riding on her chest for several months, and every time she ate something, the baby would smell the contents of her mouth. in this way, the young animals learned to distinguish nourishing foods from poison. a great system, really.

sadly, humans don't do that kind of training program. we are inundated with every kind of junk on earth offered up in brightly colored and aluring packages and we're weened on enough sugar and salt to kill a rhinoceros.

figuring out what to eat in english is a challenge for me. in spanish, shopping can really occupy a good chunk of the day.
i saw this attractive display at the Farmacia Guadalajara (this is a mini-supermarket that also has a pharmacy) and it looks, to the untrained eye, like bottles of soft drinks.
but NO: it's a mountain of dish detergent!