Lime in Human Culture
American cuisine
- Lime Jell-O is the official state food of Utah and Utah is a state in the "Jell-O Belt", a term synonymous with the Mormon Corridor.
Military
- Limey is a national epithet for the English coming from the historical British naval practice of supplying its sailors with lime juice to prevent scurvy.
Music
- Lime is the name of a 1980s dance music group.
Sexuality
- In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a lime colored bandana means one is into the fetish of sitophilia.
Sports
- The National Rugby League team the Canberra Raiders' main color is lime green.
- Lime Gatorade is a popular sports drink—the color lime is used for its labels and packaging.
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“In our large cities, the population is godless, materialized,—no bond, no fellow-feeling, no enthusiasm. These are not men, but hungers, thirsts, fevers, and appetites walking. How is it people manage to live on,—so aimless as they are? After their peppercorn aims are gained, it seems as if the lime in their bones alone held them together, and not any worthy purpose.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In our large cities, the population is godless, materialized,—no bond, no fellow-feeling, no enthusiasm. These are not men, but hungers, thirsts, fevers, and appetites walking. How is it people manage to live on,—so aimless as they are? After their peppercorn aims are gained, it seems as if the lime in their bones alone held them together, and not any worthy purpose.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“A human being is only breath and shadow.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
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