Nice melons!

[Seraphim]

OK, you perverts, I'm actually talking about watermelons here....

I was strolling around the local Japanese market when I spied this nice pair of melons-8,400Y, I don't know if that is as a set, or for a single one, either way it's pretty crazy.

The exchange rate is ~82Y=$1USD, thus this watermelon is selling for about $100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a big fan of watermelon. But I thank God I don't live in Japan. In my book $10 watermelons are pushing it, but $100????!

 

[Topgumby]

 

[Seraphim]

That cat just wants to score $100!

 

[BladeDE40]

Those melons must be made out of silicone.

 

[noahpictures]

Pervert, guilty!

 

[proxymoron]

You could always buy this one to complete the set.

http://www.bawdyblog.com/bawdy/watermelon-shaped-like-***.jpg

 

[BladeDE40]

You could always buy this one to complete the set.

http://www.bawdyblog.com/bawdy/watermelon-shaped-like-***.jpg

Nice symmetry...

 

[The Nid Hog]

That's pretty brutal. I bought one the other day at a market in Okinawa that was about that size for ¥1500. What's that in US dollars now--about $20? Still more than I wanted to pay for it. I took it to a party in a little net bag that the greengrocer gave me and everybody liked it, so I guess I got my money's worth.

 

[BladeRunner001]

I think that's the same watermelon in the OP...hey, I think it's was purchased from Costco and traveled to Japan.

Watermelon: $10
Shipping/Handling: $95

 

[TheVez2]

For some reason melons of all variety are very expensive in Japan. A couple years back we had some friends over for a picnic, one of them had a Japanese wife who hadn't been in the country long. We had set a fruit tray set out and it has cantaloupe on it. She wouldn't touch it and made some comment that made us ask her about it. She thought we were very rich for serving it. When we explained that it was very cheap here, she went to town on it. She siad that Melons are something that you save up for and generally give as gifts (like we would take a bottle of wine to a party). They are treated very delicately and packaged with care, and are generally gift wrapped when given. Kinda funny, I thought. Just something we take for granted in this country, and it is exotic in other countries. Doesn't remind me at all of shaving stuff.

 

[BigRich]

For some reason melons of all variety are very expensive in Japan. A couple years back we had some friends over for a picnic, one of them had a Japanese wife who hadn't been in the country long. We had set a fruit tray set out and it has cantaloupe on it. She wouldn't touch it and made some comment that made us ask her about it. She thought we were very rich for serving it. When we explained that it was very cheap here, she went to town on it. She siad that Melons are something that you save up for and generally give as gifts (like we would take a bottle of wine to a party). They are treated very delicately and packaged with care, and are generally gift wrapped when given. Kinda funny, I thought. Just something we take for granted in this country, and it is exotic in other countries. Doesn't remind me at all of shaving stuff.

I guess living in Georgia I should get into the export business sending watermelons to Japan.

 

[BigRich]

You could always buy this one to complete the set.

http://www.bawdyblog.com/bawdy/watermelon-shaped-like-***.jpg

Maybe it's just me but those look more like an anatomical set of a different type...more of the male side of things..

 

[Shavely Manden]

OK, you perverts, I'm actually talking about watermelons here....

I was strolling around the local Japanese market when I spied this nice pair of melons-8,400Y, I don't know if that is as a set, or for a single one, either way it's pretty crazy.

The exchange rate is ~82Y=$1USD, thus this watermelon is selling for about $100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a big fan of watermelon. But I thank God I don't live in Japan. In my book $10 watermelons are pushing it, but $100????!

$10 watermelons would be ridiculous...that'd better be a damned good watermelon for $100!

"The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world's luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented."

--Mark Twain

 

[BigRich]

How did he do it without getting wet?

 

[bradyarz]

if i'm going to be spending that kind of money on watermelon, i'm going for one of these puppies:

 

[TheVez2]

Yeah, they grow them in a box, so they will fit in a box for gift giving.

 

[DamnFineBob]

I wonder what the Japanese would pay for some small pumpkins.

 

[SalvadorMontenegro]

Watermelon is the most irritating fruit. It's only good about 25% of the time (I haven't actually calculated this). Most watermelons are flavorless, have too many seeds or are flawed in some other way. It's very rare that you get a good watermelon. Secondly, the thing is flipping huge. Where the heck am I supposed to put something this big? I have to clear out the fridge to accommodate it, or put it in the guest bedroom. Finally, it's a well known fact that watermelons begin to spoil as soon as you stop looking at them. So, in the rare event that you get a really wonderful watermelon, it is most likely going to spoil by the end of the evening, anyway. That means, most likely, you are committing yourself to eating that thing the day you purchase it. That's just too much commitment for me. I will stick to citrus fruits!

 

[wilsonent]

I predict a quick death for this thread.


Jeff

 

[rosborne]

That cat just wants to score $100!

I thought the same thing! Pushing it onto the shores of Japan.

Caption:

Here's your d@^n watermelon, where's my $100 bucks!