CJ and I spent the afternoon at the zoo, wandering around in the gray almost-rainy and oh-so-cold weather. What happened to our 80 degree weather? What happened to our 70 degree weather? Heck, at this point I’d settle for 60s!! And the cold and gray has more than one ramification…
For example, we were sitting in the zoo eating area, having a snack- Me, coffee. CJ, raspberry smoothie- WHEN… I saw them. Two rather portly women, carefully carrying a plate endowed with a HUGE pile of chili cheese fries. We’re talking serious grease and serious cheese.
Now I know what you’re thinking; “Ewww! chili cheese fries? WHO eats chili cheese fries?” and usually I’d be right there with you. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten chili cheese fries, simply because they always seemed rather gross.
But something caused me to be very attracted to that plate of chili cheese fries. In fact, I had a momentary flash where I actually SAW myself leaping across the room, shoving over plastic chairs and tables in my hurry, and scooping up a big handful of chili cheese fries to shove in my mouth while the women looked on in open-mouthed horror. Mmmmm… cheesy, greasy, delicious.
Can you imagine? What a scene that would be. Sort of reminiscent of when that orangutan got loose from a zoo in Taiwan…
“Women goes mad for chili cheese fries” the headlines would read, “It was an ugly scene here at the Woodland Park Zoo when what appeared to be a calm and unassuming woman shocked the zoo-goers by leaping across tables and chairs in what she later called an ‘unexplainable fit of hunger’… the woman, who has been identified as Jenny Blackburn, apologized to the rightful owners of the chili cheese fries for the massacre saying, ‘I just don’t know what came over me. All I could think was CHILI. CHEESE. FRIES… and away I went!’ Similar drive-by eatings are cropping up across the city, with experts theorizing that the recent onset of Seattle gloom may be to blame…”
Oh don’t worry– it was just a momentary fantasy, a daydream of the weirdest nature, a wild impulse from who-knows-where. I didn’t actually do it. But (sigh) I do have to admit, those chili cheese fries are STILL looking pretty darn tasty. If you find yourself eating them in MY neighborhood, you’d better watch your back.
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June 7, 2007 at 3:51 am
OMG, when I’m feeling quite low and dumpy I go for a Sonic sized chili cheese fry take it home and then eat it on the couch and wash it down with a Dr. Pepper. Then I close the blinds, grab the puppies, turn the tv down low and fall into a carb induced slumber for 1/2 an hour.
After that poor pitty me time is over and I go back to my glasses of water and being social once again.
Next time I’ll lock the door to keep you out.
heehee
They are yummy…you should try some one day!
June 7, 2007 at 4:32 am
Mmmmm….chili cheese fries…so yummy….so cheesy….so g-o-o-d….now i want chili cheese fries…but where am I going to get them at this hour???
You should seriously try them…they’re so very tasty!
June 7, 2007 at 4:51 am
Pregnant? ;-)
June 7, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I have never had CCF either. But someday, something might come over this unassuming mother as well…
You are a fun read!
June 7, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Now I’m going to be craving them all day long. Thanks a lot :)
June 7, 2007 at 2:31 pm
We were supposed to go out for pizza today for lunch but you’ve totally ruined it for me! Now all I want is a plate of those fries!
June 7, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I, too, am a sucker for CCF. I wish I weren’t. Maybe you should just never try them. They’re sort of like crack, only addictive.
June 7, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Mmmm! That makes the turkey sandwich I’m eating right now seem positively unappealing.
June 7, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Oh those look so good!
I feel my heart harden a bit, but they might be worth it!
The zoo…how fun!
June 7, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Ha, I agree with Deejay. We love us some chili cheese fries, or tots from Sonic. I don’t eat them often but sometimes the cravings just overtake you!
June 7, 2007 at 7:32 pm
CCF. Mmmm. There’s a place in NOLA called “Bud’s Broiler” that has the BEST CCF. Frankly, I don’t even like them anywhere else. Guess I’ll be going there for dinner tonight. Damn, the power of CCF.
June 7, 2007 at 9:13 pm
LOL. You are so funny!
I love the cheese fries from outback. yum!
June 7, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Girl, you gotta get yourself some chili cheese fries. They aren’t the best, but sometimes, they are exactly what a girl needs.
June 8, 2007 at 3:12 am
More important than the fries is the question: Why were you at the zoo without me?
June 8, 2007 at 3:42 am
Maybe you’re pregnant? I’m just askin’ But seriously Jenny, come to BlogHer with Katheryn and I. We talk about it like you are coming but we still don’t know if you really are or not and we don’t care about the snoring! :)