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About those lemons, Cary
I have a nice lemon tree. I took such excellent care of it, now I get a yield of about 300 lemons that all start turning ripe right in the middle of the Christmas holidays when I have ten zillion other things to do.
When I politely offer someone lemons from my tree, what I am really saying is, "HELP TAKE SOME OF THESE THINGS OFF MY HANDS PLEASE BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I CAN USE ALL OF THESE BEFORE THEY GO BAD."
Cary, feel free to share that with the person who shushed you.
There is no way you are being rude by offering to take lemons from somebody's tree.
If you have a lemon tree, you will always end up giving half of them away.
They're probably still drinking Meyer lemonade at the local homeless shelter now.