Melon Madness Mutation
I read this story a while back and thought, well, that's interesting and a little wacky.
Apparently they grow square watermelons in Japan and charge premium prices for them. A regular watermelon can sell for anywhere from $15 to $25 in Japan. A square one can go for over $80.
I didn't think much of it at the time. I figured if someone wants to go to all the trouble to force a growing watermelon into a square shape, let 'em charge ridiculous prices. What the hell do I care?
But then I read this story.
Japanese melon sells for more than $6,000
That's just stupid.
I blame us.
We nuked 'em a couple of times back in '45. I think the radiation seriously fucked them up.
I mean, it's 2008 and they still eat their food out of wooden bowls using a couple of sticks.
That can't be right. Have you ever tried to eat rice with sticks? Why wouldn't you just use a fucking spoon?
It makes no goddamn sense.
Has to be the radiation.
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Square melons -- the dehumanization of women. A woman with a sqaure melon is a sad thing indeed.
I read a blog written by a guy living in Japan -fruits are super expensive there, for example strawberries are individually wrapped and sold by count. I am sure American farmers are exploring how to export huge American melons to supplement their tiny melons.
You know, I'm a fan of tiny melons...
It could be the radiation....or the fact that the entire island is rock. But probably the radiation....square watermelons. It's just not normal.
Stop and think a second. In Japan space is at a premium we can't even imagine. They just found a homeless woman who had been living in a guy's closet for a YEAR before she was discovered. People pay rent for entire apartments smaller than my pantry.
Square melons stack and pack and snack (ooh, I just couldn't stop the rhyme) in a ton less space than clumsy unstable ovoid melons. This means you can put more in less and not have to worry about them rolling all over the place.
Personally I wouldn't eat a square melon because it's just too bizarrely artificial. But I can see the thought process here.
This argument doesn't hold up in the footbinding discussion, but that was the Chinese anyway.
Banzai.
First it was a LOL at the story, now it's a ROFL at the comments!
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