I have done a post on this mailbox lobster in the past. But we just drove by it again, and it tickles me so much that I had to snap a new picture and do a second post. It resides in the very tiny town of Ivy, Virginia. It's sitting right on a busy highway. In an earlier post, I said that I don't eat lobster, shrimp or crabs. I don't enjoy eating creatures whose eyeballs are on stalks. Also, did you know that lobsters are more closely related to insects than to animals? They are part of the anthropod group, which includes spiders, centipedes, shrimp, and crabs. To me, crustaceons are the spiders of the sea. Lobsters live a very long time, indeed. Perhaps even to 100 years! Long ago, they were so plentiful that Native Americans used them as fertilizer. And in colonial times, they were huge, said to grow to five feet or more. Back then, they were considered poverty food, served to prisoners and indentured servants. In Massachusets, some servants rebelled, and had it put it into their contracts that they wouldn't be forced to eat lobster more than three times a week! And we thought Oliver Twist had it hard! So If you're ever passing the town of Ivy, be very careful indeed, because those claws were made for pinchin'.
"Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales. But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales-whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water-you are to detest. And since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest their carcasses." Lev, 11:9,12
7 comments:
That is a very unusual mailbox, I wonder how the postman feels about those claws.
Lobster is too expensive but I love shrimp and crab is ok. I don't like to remove the shells so I get it after it's been cleaned. I don't want to see the eyes either.
very interesting story, never heard that one before. once again we are sistas, i don't eat lobsters or crabs either. don't like the taste or the look or the cracking the shells. love that mail box and I missed it in the blog before so glad you did it again.
Very cute. I like how folks are so creative in everyday things.
I don't eat lobsters, crabs either. It's just too sad how they're cooked.
Thanks for the second post - I didn't see the first one! Nice find.
I feel pretty much the same about eating (i.e. not eating) those crawling things (it beats me how anyone thought of trying it in the first place - they must really have been starving...) But I love the mailbox "sculpture", it's funny. Thanks for showing it.
That is quite a wonderful piece of mailbox art. I guess the claws are to make sure no mail gets away.
The most interesting mailbox art I've ever seen!
Cute post, Ginny.... I must say that I've never heard of Ivy, VA--and I've never seen a Lobster Mailbox before.... ha ha
Hugs,
Betsy
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