November 23rd, 2009, 02:15 PM
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Square?
A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator, and the higher the shelf it's on, the more likely it is to roll out onto the floor (splat). Not to mention rolling out of the car onto the street or driveway (splat) before you even get it home.
Well, some enterprising people in Japan have seen the problem and developed a solution:
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November 23rd, 2009, 02:42 PM
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Wonder if they're seedless ?
Yummy!
My kids and grand poopers can eat from a square bowl. ( they like the ends )
I'd buy one just 'cause it's cool. 
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November 23rd, 2009, 02:52 PM
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Cool idea, just don't buy them Japan. Back in 2001 they were selling for around $82. But, that's only about twice the price of a normal watermelon. I'm not sure I'd pay $82, or even $41 for a regular watermelon.
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November 23rd, 2009, 04:46 PM
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Don't they also grow bonsai cats like this. Put a cat's head into square bottle and as the cat grows, the head takes a square shape.
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November 23rd, 2009, 06:31 PM
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December 2nd, 2009, 12:13 PM
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That reminds me of the veggies they grow at Disney. They are shaped like mouse ears.
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December 2nd, 2009, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheesehead
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Okay, my favorite part about that was the packaging for the tool...the chicken is laying a cubical egg and saying "Ouch" in two languages. That's pretty awesome. |
December 4th, 2009, 08:58 AM
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Amazing! I saw this a while back.. I don't like how people are genetically tampering with our foods. We don't even know what we are really eating anymore....
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December 4th, 2009, 09:46 AM
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This has nothing to do with genetics.
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December 4th, 2009, 11:20 AM
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fruit is pretty expensive in Japan. I'm sure this is "all natural"
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