1) It strikes me that their tanned hides would make a lovely piece of patchwork stitchery.

2) I do hope you are dropping lots of remarks about Florence. You know, like if they ask you where the yellow form is, you could say, "you know, last week when I was in Florence, the lemons in the adorable and charming fruit stands were just that color..."

They're not good enough to shine your Italian leather shoes, honey.