Alissa
Last night, while hanging on the couch watching Iron Chef with my husband, I jumped up and grabbed my can of Jelly Belly jelly beans from the kitchen to snack on. I hate licorise, blech. I can't even spell it, I hate it so much. So, being the thoughtful wife I am, I began picking out the black beans from the top and handing them to my husband (who doesn't like jelly beans, or liquorice).
Since he wasn't eating them, he began to shake them in his hands, almost like dice. "Runes," he said to me, laughing.
And I went, "HEY!!!!!!!!" My light bult went on, you see.
Wouldn't it be great to use jelly beans for divination? You could close your eyes, reach into the bag and pull for the beans and cast them, like bones. Of course, with 49 flavors, you have only 49 (not 78) divinatory meanings to work from.
But the combinations! And the flavors! It would be fun!
"I see in the past, on the left here, is the orange juice jelly bean. That tells me things have been sweet, so that's good, but also very tart, or hard to come by.
And, here, in the middle, you see the cappucino bean. Really, this is a good bean. They're a bit more rare than your standard lemon or cherry flavored kind. Cappucino = expect things to start moving, hot and fast.
But I'm afraid the future doesn't hold as much promise. It's a green one... those could be about 3 or 4 different flavors, and you won't know if you're in a green apple state of mind, or god help you, sour lime time until you actually commit yourself, and take a bite."
I thought it was freaking brilliant... right up there with SweetNLows and toothpicks for reading materials.
And I didn't even mention how you can read the ground shapes made by the beans, as well as the flavors (like toothpick/bone-casting) too....
Since he wasn't eating them, he began to shake them in his hands, almost like dice. "Runes," he said to me, laughing.
And I went, "HEY!!!!!!!!" My light bult went on, you see.
Wouldn't it be great to use jelly beans for divination? You could close your eyes, reach into the bag and pull for the beans and cast them, like bones. Of course, with 49 flavors, you have only 49 (not 78) divinatory meanings to work from.
But the combinations! And the flavors! It would be fun!
"I see in the past, on the left here, is the orange juice jelly bean. That tells me things have been sweet, so that's good, but also very tart, or hard to come by.
And, here, in the middle, you see the cappucino bean. Really, this is a good bean. They're a bit more rare than your standard lemon or cherry flavored kind. Cappucino = expect things to start moving, hot and fast.
But I'm afraid the future doesn't hold as much promise. It's a green one... those could be about 3 or 4 different flavors, and you won't know if you're in a green apple state of mind, or god help you, sour lime time until you actually commit yourself, and take a bite."
I thought it was freaking brilliant... right up there with SweetNLows and toothpicks for reading materials.
And I didn't even mention how you can read the ground shapes made by the beans, as well as the flavors (like toothpick/bone-casting) too....
