Square Watermelons

[2nerdy4u 1]

Ooooh... I've seen this before. Crazy stuff, yet rather... simple...

EDIT: Woah... what happened?

[Explodingsims 3]

Well, in the midst of all this negative news, I thought I'd show you guys this intresting little thing I found while surfing the net....

Yeah...Kinda wierd...But anyways, they're grown in tempered glass boxes, which allows them to grow into the Square shape

The reason behind doing all this, was simply to make the fruit fit better in the fridge. Bu

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Well, if you want more info, Here's the full article

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Seems strangly familar dosen't it...Like from a TV show perhaps..I just can't shake the feeling that I've seen this before...

[Mogwai1313 2]

Having lived in Japan for the past two years, I can tell you for certain that these watermelons do exist. These melons fall into the category of "gift food". The Japanese love giving gifts and it is customary to give a gift when you visit someone's home for dinner or something along those lines. Fruits make very good gifts in Japan because pretty much everyone likes them and they can be wrapped in fancy and unique ways to show that you were thoughtful enough to bring a well-wrapped gift. In Japan, the gift is not as important as its presentation.

The downside to the above watermelons and other gift fruit is their price. Those watermelons are easily over $100USD. I have seen small oranges that are supposed to be the best of the best sell for almost $10,000USD for a case of them. Gift fruit is not cheap. But it is quite cute.

[Voar Tok 4]

Originally posted by: 2nerdy4u Ooooh... I've seen this before. Crazy stuff, yet rather... simple...

EDIT: Woah... what happened?quote>

Time stamps.  You posted after the clock rolled over on the server.  Enjoy it, because you'll be one of the only people, and the only person to do it at the beginning of the thread, this year.

[Silur 3,301]

My mind is - Round must be Round !!!

Stop synthetics !!!

[coolotter88 2]

it's not synthetic, they're really square, but this really isn't news, I'm planning on growing my own square watermelons

[ShortStraw 1]

Square watermelons!?!  10,000 dollar oranges!?!   Topic Replies coming before the topic?!?  More signs of "The End Times"...I'm sure this is covered in Revelations or by Nostrodamus or something.  I fear.  Hold me?

[fern244 1]

I love square watermelons.....

[mayor of the manor 0]

Surely it's not that difficult to grow any square fruit yourself? Next time my peppers start growing I think I'll put them in a box so they turn our cube-tastic! Or maybe another shape... suggestions welcome!

[toxicpiano 125]

Now we just need donut shaped bananas

[Zelgadis 638]

Yup, they did this in Atsumi, Japan when I lived there. Rather interesting objects to see.

ISF

[GingerBlokey 30]

Easier to cut up Id imagine, bit like a loaf of bread.

This was on The Simpsons and is very old news, square watermelons was a news story 10, 15 years ago.

[saltandsauce 0]

they arn't square they're CUBOIDS

oh and theres an episode of the simpsons where they go to japan and get a cuboid watermelon

[KingTitan 6]

How funny is that..........soon we might be carving watermellons. LOL Thay look like they make great Gifts.

[2nerdy4u 1]

VT, ya I figured that out during chat a little later.

And yes, I'm sure that these watermelons are more expensive. But still, they must be very convenient. hey don't roll around in the fridge and they look easy to cut up. Japanese people come up with some of the cleverest things...

[hamsterTK 93]

why is fruit so expensive in Japan? This wouldnt be the first time I've read about really expensive melons, last time I read an article about 200 dollar cantaloupes

Anyways, why didn't I think of that, what a crazy cool idea.

[Cleaner475 150]

woah! thats cool, where do I buy them

Richard

[MayorTim 16]

Originally posted by: ShortStraw Square watermelons!?!  10,000 dollar oranges!?!   Topic Replies coming before the topic?!?  More signs of "The End Times"...I'm sure this is covered in Revelations or by Nostrodamus or something.  I fear.  Hold me?quote>

... Lmao!