October 24, 2003
Lobster Mania!
Tonight after spending the evening at Trevor's school for a Halloween party, we swung by Lamberts to pick up some pumpkins for tomorrow's annual Liloia pumpkin cutting party.
We spent some time outside selecting our pumpkins and then headed inside to see if there any other items that we wanted to pick up. There as we walked in was a group of young men all standing in a circle around the seafood case along one side of the store.
As we walked towards the display (I wanted to grab some shrimp), the group parted and we were faced with what was quite possibly the largest lobster I have ever seen. It was so big that Trevor wasn't comfortable coming within 5 feet of the thing.
We all looked at the impressive crustacean, and then continued on with our shopping. After we got into the car, Tara and I looked at each other and said almost the same thing. We HAVE to blog this, and we NEED a picture of it! So I ran back inside with my camera phone and documented this Boston-Metro event!
Here is the conversation as it went in the store on my second trip in.
Dave - "Um, this may sound weird, but can I take a picture of your lobster"
(I thought this burly guy was going to deck me)
Dave #2 - (his name was Dave too) "Yeah sure!"
Dave #1 - "How big do you think it is?" (yet another question that sounds weird)
Dave #2 - "This one is 13 pounds...hey you wanna see the other one?"
Dave #1 - "The other one?"
Dave #2 - "Yeah, the other one is bigger. Maybe 15 lbs!"
I have to say that this was possibly one of the coolest things that I have seen in a long time. Their claws were so big that they couldn't use rubber bands on them. In the pictures you can make out the DUCT TAPE that was needed to control these monstrosities. Dave was a pretty big guy, and the lobsters look big even against him. Do yourself a fovor if you are ANYWHERE near Norwood. Swing by and see Dave's Amazing Lobsters. I took the liberty and named them Fred and Ethel.
Dave - Thanks for being such a good sport!