The OJ Squeeze

There are only certain things I truly believe in and I will never change my opinion on.

Amongst them:

• The significance of showing proper respect to the interview gods,
  
• The 1994 Expos would have saved baseball in the 514 if not for the strike,
• The infallability of Mark Parsons,
• That Boulanger is living the life (to learn more about this read jf-en-chine.blogspot.com)
  
• I could have made it as a singer if I only had a good voice,
  
• Slovakia is a truly underappreciated travel spot and
  
• When life gives you the squeeze always try to find a different path.

The most recent squeeze that life has attempted on me is something that I refer to as the Brussels orange juice squeeze. Yes, the orange juice squeeze!

Amongst the most overpriced things that I have found in Brussels is the price of orange juice (and that’s saying a lot as Brussels is rather expensive). Imagine a litre of Tropicana for three EUROS!!!! Now please understand that I am not a cheap guy it’s just that when you think that in Canada you can get 2 litres for three CAD, it hurts to pay three euros/litre!

It may be premium but why do they charge such a premium for it?

So here’s the jonathanism for today: when Tropicana orange juice is for sale at 3 euros a litre, go out and buy yourself a juicer and a kilo of oranges and make your own juice. It’s better for you, it tastes better and at least you’ll be doing the squeezing.