why "Wet Watermelon?"

Someone left a comment asking me how I chose this title for my blog.

I sensed a suggestive tone in the query, but considering that I used the word "Wet" in a blog on the Internet of all forums, it was bound to be interpreted with some sort of suggestive meaning eventually.

The title was taken from a poem I wrote in my teens about a transcendent experience I had eating almost an entire scathing-cold watermelon by myself with nothing but a butcher knife and my bare hands. (I don't know where the poem is. Maybe I'll try to find it and post it at the bottom if I do.)

My original choice was "Cool Watermelon"--taken.
"Cold Watermelon?"--taken...and it didn't sound fun.
Well, the experience certainly was wet, and the alliteration was very fun to say.
"Wet Watermelon" was available, and I took it.
Watermelons are big and round and goofy and clumsy. They're also red (my favorite color) and sweet and thirst-quenching. Okay, maybe I don't mind some of the suggestive connotation so much either...(but I don't prefer to get carried away with it.)

It was not until many months after I started this blog that I discovered "Wet Watermelon" was also the name of various 'personal' products.

I have since learned my lesson: Google your title before choosing. Just because it's available, doesn't mean you should use it.

In spite, I still proudly use this title. I know what it means and that's all that matters. :)

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