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Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
Yahoo.com ^
| June 6, 2008
| Tomoko A. Hosaka
Posted on 06/08/2008 11:29:52 AM PDT by plain talk
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country. In a society where melons are a luxury item commonly given as gifts, the watermelon's hefty price tag followed another jaw-dropping auction last month, when a pair of "Yubari" cantaloupe melons sold for a record $23,500.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening
KEYWORDS: foodsupply; inflation; japan
To: plain talk
Local produce prices.....Cantaloupes are 2/$6.00 and seedless watermelon is $5.49.
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posted on
06/08/2008 11:37:32 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: plain talk
Those must be some melons...
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posted on
06/08/2008 11:41:04 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: PLMerite
...a pair of "Yubari" cantaloupe melons sold for a record $23,500. That must be a really nice pair of melons!
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posted on
06/08/2008 11:44:19 AM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: PLMerite
Those must be some melons... uh oh..
:-)
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posted on
06/08/2008 11:44:48 AM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: TLI
“uh oh.. “
Be thankful I forgot how to post images here...
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posted on
06/08/2008 11:52:21 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Gabz; gardengirl
Garden Ping
Dang! I am rich! I got a few Sugar Baby watermelons in my garden I am willing to sell for $6K each!
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posted on
06/08/2008 11:55:35 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: plain talk
The Japanese are particularly obsessed with melons and are known for the extreme prices they are willing to pay for the highest quality examples of food items that they are obsessed with (i.e., Kobe beef, tunas).
To: plain talk
Isn’t it illegal to use black and watermelon in the same sentence?
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posted on
06/08/2008 12:06:31 PM PDT
by
mass55th
To: PLMerite
Be thankful I forgot how to post images here... It's easy, see?
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posted on
06/08/2008 12:33:18 PM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: TLI
The Jolly Green Giant has “Orchitis...”
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posted on
06/08/2008 12:40:23 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: plain talk
Where these are grown, Japan is giving away free land if you move and build a house there.
I suspect this is for Japanese only, but they are getting desperate, everyone is old in Japan.
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posted on
06/08/2008 1:07:20 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: plain talk
Gee, how much did the guy pay for beer/saki?
To: TLI
Gee, it looks like the “Incredible Hulk’s” butt!
To: mass55th
Isn’t it illegal to use black and watermelon in the same sentence? No.
But you are going to Hell for it.
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posted on
06/08/2008 5:07:28 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
("Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?")
To: plain talk
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posted on
06/08/2008 5:12:41 PM PDT
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: plain talk
They say environmentalists are watermelons-green on the outside, red to the core. This one must be an Obamamelon. You know the rest...
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posted on
06/08/2008 5:14:11 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Tom Manion '08-My only reason for voting this year)
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