The Orange
by MikeGene
Behold the orange. Being perfectly round, it has no sharp edges with which to poke you in the eye if it happened to fall from the tree. Note how easily it fits into the palm of my hand. And it even comes with its own biodegradable wrapper! To open it, you"¦..hey wait, the thing doesn't have a tab! Where's the dagburnit tab?!
Ah, behold the thumbnail. Note how it so perfectly punctures the biodegradable wrapper and…..for cripes sake! The thing just shot acid into my eye! Behold the bloodshot eye:
Back to the drawing board.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Those oranges look delicious. Time to raid the frig.
Comment by Bradford — April 24, 2007 @ 10:48 pm
April 24th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
What you need is a tangerine with a nice loose easy peal skin.
I really like the way they come appart into nice little bite size sections, each section holding in its own juice so your fingers don't get too sticky. Tasty and nutritious.
Comment by Jehu — April 24, 2007 @ 11:51 pm
April 25th, 2007 at 3:06 am
I'm sorry for your eye, but that's a pretty funny spoof.
Comment by Krauze — April 25, 2007 @ 3:06 am
April 25th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Behold the pineapple…
Comment by chunkdz — April 25, 2007 @ 10:51 am
April 25th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
This makes me want a clementine.
And I agree with Krauze. I've always thought the argument from design for bananas was laughable.
Comment by thechristiancynic — April 25, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
April 25th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
That reminds me of a comment I read indicating that the genome of a banana was 50% similar in sequencing to the human genome.
Comment by Bradford — April 25, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
April 25th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Oh, yeah. When they are available, I down about 3-4 of these a day.
Comment by MikeGene — April 25, 2007 @ 10:27 pm
April 27th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Bradford,
That claim is a pet peeve of mine. As I understand it, it dates back to early (pre-human genome sequence) claims that 50% of the genes in humans had recogniseable copies in bananas. That has now transformed itself into the idea that 50% of the entire banana genome is identical to the genome of humans. I've seen this claim (or a variant thereof) in a disturbingly large number of articles in the popular press.
Of course this is laughable – the real figure is definitely less than 5%, and almost certainly less than 1%.
Comment by Mesk — April 27, 2007 @ 12:07 am
April 27th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Mesk, I agree. I said it facetiously.
Comment by Bradford — April 27, 2007 @ 12:12 am