feeling crabby

ha ! I bet we have often felt out of sorts and the saying "I,m crabby " comes to mind.but no one as been able to say for sure were the saying comes from could come from 2 sources , the sourness of the apple or well you would not be happy if a crab nipped you


Last week a company's selling various sauces like mustard took local children on their local crabapple fruit collecting day to make jelly with and you thought all that went out of fashion yeons a go!!


Actually the English Dictionary does not know what the word means so what chance have us mear mortals and not sure whether crabs or apples are related !

I am not sure whether Shakespere understood the word crab but that is what the dog is called in two gentlemen of verona


I don't think i have ever been bitten by a crab but i would not like to be snapped by a Japanese spider crab which its leg span is over 12 feet , well I am 5 feet four so this is unimaginable well its not but still and don't forget weighs over 40 pound and live for about a century so all that pinching and nipping people must be doing some good

I am not to sure how many people will go to Japan , I doubt it will be me as don't Even like leaving merseyside but still be aware very afraid as their is the largest crab called spider crab whose legs can reach over 12 feet yes that is right 12 feet golly goshand weigh over 40llb and lives over 100 years so although well a pensioner dont have a fight with it!

Their has been a lot of of fuss over the years of women parading around the world in beauty concerts but what about crabs who I am sure have no choice not like human beings but in Ocean city NEW JERSEY they have a concert for crabs were the C winner is crowned MISS CRUSTAEAN(I bet miss beautiful crab was not crabby that day)! the winners have been very varied such as COPA CRABANA Crabunzel, SANTA CRAB AND CRABOPATRA and you thought human names were bad!

I adore crab sticks!In fact I can eat packets at a time well maybe exaggerating slightly but unsure if is actual crab I am eating but still tastes yummy , but many humans must like crabs as 1.5 million are eaten each year!! ( I thought i liked them but not this much!

You would have thought that the crabeater seal would eat crabs as its name suggests but NO ! not on its menu but small shrimps needless to say it was not the cool British but the french who named the frog should have been SHRIMP EATER but still we all make mistakes with names!
I don't know how long humans have been eating crabs but the crab peeler was not patented til 1980 by Harry M.snr!! oh well i am getting ratty now or should I say crabby so will nip off!