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May 17 2006 5 Comments

Marvelous melons

Getting to grips with a pair of big and juicy melons is a thought that consumes many people’s minds, yet few of us, it has to be said, go as far as Kaijo Suzuki for the chance to slaver and slurp on some fleshy fruit.

Smashing the previous record set last year, Suzuki-san paid a staggering 800,000 yen (3,800 pound) at an auction on Wednesday for two famously expensive Yubari melons. The 53-year-old wholesaler drooling, “I wanted to tell my customers that Hokkaido’s tasty season will begin.”

Officials at JA Yubarashi, an agricultural cooperative where the auction took place, promised to keep the media abreast with any further developments.

big melons

Categorized: Food and Drink, Odd

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  1. three_legged_crow says

    5/18/2006 at 2:04 am

    heh, nice use of puns this time

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  2. Reeve says

    5/18/2006 at 6:55 am

    What an appropriate photo for such a punny entry…

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  3. Huey says

    5/18/2006 at 11:09 am

    those melons look suspiciously familiar…

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