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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
Blazer_the_Delphox
Since: Apr, 2016
18th Mar, 2018 07:05:19 PM
Both were correct! Thanks!
Two things on complete opposite ends of the spectrum, but just hear me out.
One episode of the United States version of Kitchen Nightmares involved a restaurant owner who was in a vegetative state for a few years, although I don't recall if the reason was specified. I believe the owner's name was Rose(?), and her business suffered due to her absence. I remember Chef Ramsay finding the kitchen and storage disgusting, he told the staff to smell how rotten the food was. When Rose tried to see the poor state of the food, Gordon told her "No, I don't want to put you back into the hospital."
The children's novel is a bit less clear. I think the title had something to do with blackberries. The beginning, or at least a very early part of the novel, involved the narrator and his best friend playing outside. A swarm of bees attacks them, I don't recall the reason, but when the narrator gets inside to get away from the swarm, he finds his friend lying around. He doesn't think much of it because his friend had a tendency to joke around, but then an ambulance arrives. He is informed that his friend was allergic to bees and that no one knew until it was too late. At the funeral, I recall the narrator's wording as he looks down at his feet. "It's hard to think about God when something as small as a bee could kill your best friend."