Pineapple Pete felt pineapple neat. He wore his best pineapple costume to purchase the ripest of pineapples from his supermarket of choice. People knew him by sight, which wasn't hard because he made sure he dressed like a pineapple. Whenever he entered a store nowadays an announcement over the broadcast system would warn folks they's soon be out of pineapples. Most people knew it was code for 'Pineapple Pete arrived and is going to buy all pineapples'. And they were right. Just as any other day Pete was standing in front of the pineapples, his breathing controlled but elevated. He could barely contain his excitement. He reached out to grasp the prettiest of the pineapples on display when