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The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2441" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877" target="_blank"><strong>The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple - BBC</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Symbols have always been used to signal one's status. Military insignia, family signet rings and heirloom watches; impressive properties filled with original art, expensive cars and designer handbags ensure a luxury lifestyle is obvious to all. But for about 250 years, all of these signposts of wealth and good breeding were ably fulfilled by... the pineapple.</p><p></p><p>Centuries before even the man from Del Monte said "yes", the country's must-have accessory graced the table at the very richest aristocrats' social gatherings.</p><p></p><p>But the scaly sweet was too valuable to eat - a single fruit was worth thousands of pounds and often the same pineapple would be paraded from event to event until it eventually went rotten.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2441, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877'][B]The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple - BBC[/B][/URL] Symbols have always been used to signal one's status. Military insignia, family signet rings and heirloom watches; impressive properties filled with original art, expensive cars and designer handbags ensure a luxury lifestyle is obvious to all. But for about 250 years, all of these signposts of wealth and good breeding were ably fulfilled by... the pineapple. Centuries before even the man from Del Monte said "yes", the country's must-have accessory graced the table at the very richest aristocrats' social gatherings. But the scaly sweet was too valuable to eat - a single fruit was worth thousands of pounds and often the same pineapple would be paraded from event to event until it eventually went rotten. [/QUOTE]
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