Looks like the pineapple I bought at start of week is ripe now! 
At least, that's what the leaf-pulling suggests? Apparently you're meant to test a pineapple's ripeness by gently pulling at the leaves in the middle of the stalk. If a leaf in the middle comes out very easily it is ripe.
Amazing that after a week of junk there might be a healthy dessert for Xmas dinner today 
@irisRichardson@mastodon.art@FediThing Thanks for that tip now I want to go out and get a pineapple to try it out.
According to the method, the leaf should come out like super-easily, you won't need to tug at all.
Will post an update later today to see if the method is proving correct 
@irisRichardson@mastodon.art@FediThing I tried this and it is true