Watermelon Open Thread

The only audible crunching i will allow in my life 🥹 pic.twitter.com/Bmpxcc6qjQ
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 23, 2024

A man and a donkey share a watermelon together pic.twitter.com/owjyQnwEQx
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When he realized red is the good part of the watermelon.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/K9N5O8Yqme
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Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:25 PM

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1 Hi

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2024 02:26 PM (szKLp)

2 Hi Joe!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 02:26 PM (K5/Ef)

3 Don't like watermelon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 02:26 PM (63Dwl)

4 Nooded and I can't spell watermelon.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 02:27 PM (K5/Ef)

5 Content!A noun!

Posted by: 80's music fan at July 04, 2024 02:27 PM (QSrLX)

6 Watermelon wine

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 04, 2024 02:28 PM (WF/xn)

7 No hippos?

Shame on you.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 02:28 PM (ZCPyW)

8 I want that puppy.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 02:28 PM (bR4Tq)

9 Ai can't conceive that content.

Posted by: 80's music fan at July 04, 2024 02:28 PM (QSrLX)

10 There's a video of a cat's first bite of watermelon. It's expression when I finds out the red part is what you eat is cute.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:29 PM (Q4IgG)

11 No video of the rubber watermelons going around?

Posted by: The_Hoser at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (N66D6)

12 Don't like watermelon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 02:26 PM (63Dwl)

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Me neither. I don't like any melon, actually.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (bR4Tq)

13 I'm not sure I'd want to share food with a donkey.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (K5/Ef)

14 A first on the fourth. Could be song there (tunes guitar and strums a bouncy C...)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (szKLp)

15 We just bought a nice one, very sweet. The females in the household won't eat it unless I cut it up into cubes and serve it to them in nice porcelain bowls.
As for me, an entire slice eaten over the sink with juice dripping down your elbows is the best.
What did I pay for the watermelon?
$7.99

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (MeG8a)

16 A man and a donkey share a watermelon together
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Not as much fun as you would think, infidel.

Posted by: a moslem with rabies at July 04, 2024 02:31 PM (Jh5b+)

17 What did I pay for the watermelon?
$7.99
Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (MeG8a)

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Seriously? Jeez.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 02:31 PM (bR4Tq)

18 I love watermelon! It is unfortunate that I don't have any today. What's more American than watermelon?

Barbecued ribs, potato salad, baked beans.... Watermelon would have been a good finish.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 04, 2024 02:32 PM (4XwPj)

19 >>>10 There's a video of a cat's first bite of watermelon. It's expression when I finds out the red part is what you eat is cute.

thanks for reminding me, I added that. I linked that in a cafe this month but it goes well here.

Posted by: ace at July 04, 2024 02:32 PM (KRtlO)

20 12 Don't like watermelon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 02:26 PM (63Dwl)

Me either

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2024 02:33 PM (IyPmt)

21 Hi ace! Happy Independence Day!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 04, 2024 02:33 PM (4XwPj)

22 Watermelon eco commies!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (Ka3bZ)

23 heh, those cat's eyes. Love that one.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (5p7BC)

24 Nice melons.

Posted by: spindrift at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (OguvZ)

25 Did you read Trump’s newest post on Truth Social?He called out Biden for lying about his cold and his resting for the debate, and he mentioned Willie Brown. 😂😂

Posted by: Jmel at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (bVhJi)

26 We used to have a dachshund who would eat corn on thee cob right off the cob. She would hold it down with both front paws, nibble the niblets from left to right, then roll the cob forward a partial turn and do another row. Pretty cute.

Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (uCfKO)

27 Never really thought watermelon tasted like anything. It's cool to the touch but taste , meh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (NMNWr)

28 Me neither. I don't like any melon, actually.
Posted by: Jordan61

I love melons!

BOOB THREAD!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 02:35 PM (WXNFJ)

29 hi madame! Happy 4th to you!

Posted by: ace at July 04, 2024 02:35 PM (KRtlO)

30 A British general election preview for later:

Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage
I would like to thank the Daily Mail for their support today! ✅
https://tinyurl.com/2htw82ks
6 seconds
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The full frontpage:
https://www.frontpages.com/daily-mail/

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 02:35 PM (Jh5b+)

31 12 Me neither. I don't like any melon, actually.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 02:30 PM (bR4Tq)

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"I tell ya, I get no respect!"

Posted by: Thornton Melon of Melon Hall at July 04, 2024 02:36 PM (N66D6)

32 Just made a whole mess of deviled eggs. Anyone want one?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2024 02:36 PM (u73oe)

33 never understood why some people put salt on watermelon

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 04, 2024 02:36 PM (CWTWj)

34 Is this about us?

Posted by: Carnegie Mellon at July 04, 2024 02:37 PM (dg+HA)

35 We used to have a dachshund who would eat corn on thee cob right off the cob.

Had a beagle that loved to pick green tomatoes off the vine. He loved them like that.

Posted by: Its Alway Been This Way at July 04, 2024 02:37 PM (HlOQp)

36 Grilled burgers by the pool and ate them while drinking a Coke.

Murica.

Posted by: blaster at July 04, 2024 02:37 PM (cvZX6)

37 Just made a whole mess of deviled eggs. Anyone want one?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2024 02:36 PM (u73oe)

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Yes, please.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 02:37 PM (bR4Tq)

38 You ain't nuthin' but a corn dog!

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM (Jh5b+)

39 The grocery closest to me is selling (or trying to sell) watermelons today for $10. Yeah, right.

Fortunately there are other places in town where they're on.sale for $4-5

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM (FiB4P)

40 WATERMELON FRUIT ROLLUPS
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1203977814307351

Posted by: Kathy at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM (p69D5)

41 Does anybody still thump the watermelon with your finger to determine the right one to choose at the store. It was a science and an art form all at the same time according to my mom.

Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM (uCfKO)

42 Fresh dill from the garden too. Put a plate under the usb, Jordan.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM (u73oe)

43 Hubbymayhem is in the shop. We have been working our way through a to do list since he got home last Friday. Last night we agreed to take today off. I did the laundry and am getting everything ready for supper. Hubbymayhem has been in the shop for hours working on another to do project. He seems to have failed that "take a day off" thing.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 04, 2024 02:39 PM (4XwPj)

44 Cute puppy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 02:39 PM (LkLld)

45 never understood why some people put salt on watermelon
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 04, 2024 02:36 PM

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Because it makes it taste MUCH better...really intensifies the flavor.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 04, 2024 02:40 PM (FiB4P)

46 On vacation some of the melons started to spoil, so I chucked them off the side of a cliff out west. Figured the lizards or chipmunks would have a feast. It wasn't about 10 minutes or so before a pair of Ravens flew right in, couldn't see anything because cliff, but they seemed to enjoy that very much. I swear they said "thank you" in their squawk language when they flew away, lol. They would usually come flying in parallel to the cliff face running for miles right at sunset and float on the thermals. Just sort of twisting and playing together while they fly off into the night.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 02:40 PM (r8+qN)

47 Finally had a piece of watermelon at lunch

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 02:41 PM (fwDg9)

48 Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 02:35 PM (Jh5b+)

Nigel Farage has a quick wit and does not seem to be intimidated by his opposition. Good for him!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 02:41 PM (oUxZc)

49 Just made a whole mess of deviled eggs. Anyone want one?

Sure I'll be right over!

Happy Independence Day everyone!

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at July 04, 2024 02:42 PM (iF0sF)

50 4 Nooded and I can't spell watermelon.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 02:27 PM (K5/Ef)
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H2Oteton

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the brain is a tap on the head .... at July 04, 2024 02:42 PM (qfLjt)

51 My mini dachshund loves watermelon.

Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2024 02:42 PM (oaGWv)

52 Had a beagle that loved to pick green tomatoes off the vine. He loved them like that.
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Didn't they make a chick-flick about him??

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (Jh5b+)

53 You heathens that like watermelon are welcome to it. I'll stick to oranges.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (lXCUP)

54 Does anybody still thump the watermelon with your finger to determine the right one to choose at the store. It was a science and an art form all at the same time according to my mom.
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM

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I think the most reliable indicator of a ripe watermelon is the ground spot. It need to be light yellow or light tan, not white or green.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (FiB4P)

55 Is salt on watermelon just a southern thing?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (Dm8we)

56 @52 Fried Green Beagles

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 02:44 PM (NMNWr)

57 No melon today, but we will have fresh sweet corn

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 04, 2024 02:44 PM (sJHOI)

58 Is salt on watermelon just a southern thing?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM

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No. I do it in Illinois. Really intensifies the flavor.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 04, 2024 02:45 PM (FiB4P)

59 Fried Green Beagles
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But enough about Dem presidential hopefuls!

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 02:45 PM (Jh5b+)

60 Watermelon! I had some for breakfast! And a hot dog. Now burgers. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!

Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at July 04, 2024 02:45 PM (9Afsw)

61 27 Never really thought watermelon tasted like anything. It's cool to the touch but taste , meh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (NMNWr)

You've probably only eaten underripe watermelon. The taste gets more and more prevalent as it ripens.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 02:46 PM (exHjb)

62 "Watermelon Man", the movie, starring Godfrey Cambridge. Trailer:

https://youtu.be/cC_rYYnD05s

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2024 02:46 PM (FDPsr)

63 Where's Gallagher when you need him?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 04, 2024 02:46 PM (sJHOI)

64 I read somewhere that cats cannot taste 'sweet' so not attracted to sugar. However so called animal experts have been wrong so often that this may not be true.

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the brain is a tap on the head ... at July 04, 2024 02:46 PM (qfLjt)

65 makes me want to go to the store and buy a watermelon!
the ones in the garden are still avocado-sized

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 04, 2024 02:46 PM (MKEsG)

66 Is salt on watermelon just a southern thing?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (Dm8we)

Kinda'. We also all like fried chicken. And turn a blind eye to Baptist Preachers visiting housewives.

Posted by: Its Alway Been This Way at July 04, 2024 02:47 PM (HlOQp)

67 54 Does anybody still thump the watermelon with your finger to determine the right one to choose at the store. It was a science and an art form all at the same time according to my mom.
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2024 02:38 PM

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I think the most reliable indicator of a ripe watermelon is the ground spot. It need to be light yellow or light tan, not white or green.
Posted by: Bigsmith at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (FiB4P)

For ripeness, you also want it heavy for its size and yet with still firm skin (softness indicates it's overripe)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 02:47 PM (exHjb)

68
never understood why some people put salt on watermelon

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 04, 2024 02:36 PM

I think watermelon is a natural diuretic and salt makes one retain water. So a grudge match to see who wins, I guess.

I eat watermelon I gotta pee like crazy.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 04, 2024 02:48 PM (RKVpM)

69 Huge watermelons in the store are too big for three people, so we got some cut up cubes in a container from the produce section.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 02:48 PM (oUxZc)

70 Never really thought watermelon tasted like anything.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (NMNWr)
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That's why you cut out a bottleneck-diameter hole from the rind, insert a bottle of bourbon, and spike it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2024 02:48 PM (FDPsr)

71 deviled egg? why, yes, thank you!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 04, 2024 02:49 PM (MKEsG)

72 President Joe Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that part of his plan going forward is to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he can get more sleep, according to three sources briefed on his comments.

Attention all enemies of the USA do not attack the USA after 8:00 PM....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 04, 2024 02:49 PM (Mig/N)

73 Is salt on watermelon just a southern thing?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2024 02:43 PM (Dm8we)
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Russians do it all the time. That and pickling it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2024 02:49 PM (FDPsr)

74 Sure wish these pits would stay out of my ears!

Posted by: Matthew "Stymie" Beard at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (V5BDR)

75 Do people still punch a hole in a watermelon and dump a bottle of vodka in it? Then let it soak for a while before, uh... eating it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)

76 69 Huge watermelons in the store are too big for three people, so we got some cut up cubes in a container from the produce section.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 02:48 PM (oUxZc)

Ahhh, I'd have bought the big one (if it were cheaper) and just brought the rest to the congregation on Sunday...or the pool today (kid vultures would eat it)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (exHjb)

77 Salt makes everything better.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2024 02:51 PM (Dm8we)

78 70 Never really thought watermelon tasted like anything.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 02:34 PM (NMNWr)
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That's why you cut out a bottleneck-diameter hole from the rind, insert a bottle of bourbon, and spike it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2024 02:48 PM (FDPsr
Vodka, girls love it.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 02:51 PM (o2ZRX)

79 Biden needs to talk to Mike Huckabee about Relaxium Sleep ...

Posted by: Oscar Meyer at July 04, 2024 02:51 PM (15lwl)

80 WHY WHY WHY hasn't the RNC gone Nuke Attack DEFCON 5 mode on discrediting Kamaltoe? Her bio reads like a maga lurid pulp fiction of a sleazy hypergamy halfrican grifter. As always there is also a negative side.

Posted by: Ray Mota at July 04, 2024 02:51 PM (5wLuE)

81 Do people still punch a hole in a watermelon and dump a bottle of vodka in it? Then let it soak for a while before, uh... eating it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)
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See #70.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2024 02:51 PM (FDPsr)

82 and a happy Independence Day to you, Ace, and all of the Horde!

*makes "toast" gesture with a large iced coffee*
Confusion to our enemies!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 04, 2024 02:52 PM (MKEsG)

83 The watermelon chunks/slices that they cut up for you and package at the store are the ones they drop off the truck or on the store room floor.

Posted by: Retail Secrets at July 04, 2024 02:52 PM (V5BDR)

84 >>> 72 President Joe Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that part of his plan going forward is to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he can get more sleep, according to three sources briefed on his comments.
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Attention all enemies of the USA do not attack the USA after 8:00 PM....
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 04, 2024 02:49 PM (Mig/N)

At what age to parents put their children to bed at 8pm, maybe three?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2024 02:52 PM (llON8)

85 Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (exHjb)

I expect you have a MUCH bigger congregation to go to.

and I don't have a pool Well, I know someone who has a pool, but no young kids .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 02:53 PM (oUxZc)

86 75 Do people still punch a hole in a watermelon and dump a bottle of vodka in it? Then let it soak for a while before, uh... eating it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)

we did that as teenagers.

Best way to get alcohol into an outdoor concert.

Posted by: browndog laughs like Muttleyy at July 04, 2024 02:53 PM (TTAGa)

87 69 Huge watermelons in the store are too big for three people, so we got some cut up cubes in a container from the produce section.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 02:48 PM (oUxZc
You need the rinds for your raccoon trap, Fen.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 02:53 PM (o2ZRX)

88 > Do people still punch a hole in a watermelon and dump a bottle of vodka in it? Then let it soak for a while before, uh... eating it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)
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See #70.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2024 02:51 PM (FDPsr)
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Good to see that the old traditions continue on...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:53 PM (Q4IgG)

89 Hi Jewells.
Hope you are feeling well.

Posted by: Reforger at July 04, 2024 02:55 PM (xcIvR)

90 Posted by: Retail Secrets at July 04, 2024 02:52 PM (V5BDR)

If I thought about all the craziness that went on at a supermarket I'd probably never eat anything again, so I practice selective ignoring.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 02:56 PM (oUxZc)

91 Jewells is here!?!???!

I love you sweet lady. Be happy and do what you want.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 04, 2024 02:56 PM (tH3ut)

92

Burgers on the grill

https://youtu.be/HdQEAeBa7nw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 02:56 PM (63Dwl)

93 Don't like watermelon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 02:26 PM (63Dwl)

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Me neither. I don't like any melon, actually.
Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 02:30

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Yay, I'm not alone. Tho watermelon is the only melon I'd venture to eat. Now cantelope, which J loves, I find smells simply disgusting.

Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:57 PM (55Qr6)

94 Wife made a watermelon salad today with cukes, feta cheese, lime juice. Not sure if anything else.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2024 02:58 PM (a6pjX)

95 Watermelon is OK, but far from my favorite fruit. But when I played HS football and finished up summer 2-a-day practices in sweltering 90+ degree heat, the parent/boosters had packed melons in ice for over 24 hrs and gave it out as we walked off the field, still in pads, from our last practice of the summer.

ICE cold, juicy and sweet. One of the best damn things I ever ate.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 04, 2024 02:59 PM (sJHOI)

96 Searching for "melons in pairs" is just as uninspiring as this thread.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2024 02:59 PM (tA1/w)

97 Yay, I'm not alone. Tho watermelon is the only melon I'd venture to eat. Now cantelope, which J loves, I find smells simply disgusting.
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2024 02:57 PM (55Qr6)

I couldn't eat cantaloupe til adulthood. It needs a friend - raw honey if you want sweet - prosciutto and balsamic vinegar if you want savory. It's really good with a friend, but if it's solo, it's a no go...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 02:59 PM (exHjb)

98 and gave it out as we walked off the field, still in pads, from our last practice of the summer.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

When in season, we ate it often during college for 'hot pipes' after a weekend of drinking.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 03:00 PM (WXNFJ)

99 Blue Bell is bringing back 2 retired ice cream flavors
https://shorturl.at/xJTIk

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (llON8)

100 Grilled burgers by the pool and ate them while drinking a Coke.

Murica.
Posted by: blaster at July 04, 2024 02:37 PM (cvZX6)

Coke and banging your stepmom.

F yeah!

Posted by: Hunter B. at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (I7wMT)

101 All the leftists are trying to make something out of that video Trump posted.

My gut is telling me that down in the hood they are talking about Trump handing the guy a Benjamin.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (5p7BC)

102 Where's Gallagher when you need him?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

Dead, but he was a smash hit!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (K5/Ef)

103 Where's Gallagher when you need him?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

Dead, but he was a smash hit!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Didn't his brother try to hijack his gig?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 03:02 PM (WXNFJ)

104 That salad sounds delicious, olddog

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:02 PM (5p7BC)

105 Muscatine melon, that's what you want for canteloupe. Most fruits and things like that are just industrial imitations of what they once were. Gardeners know this kind of thing. Haven't had a decent apple since I was a little kid probably, I don't even try any longer.

Plants are poisonous to humans anyway, right?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (r8+qN)

106 >>> 101 All the leftists are trying to make something out of that video Trump posted.

My gut is telling me that down in the hood they are talking about Trump handing the guy a Benjamin.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (5p7BC)

OrangeManBad is trying to buy votes!

Posted by: Judge Merchan, I am da law at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (llON8)

107 Blue Bell is bringing back 2 retired ice cream flavors..

Inflation was just too much for the flavors, eh? They had to go back to work?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (oUxZc)

108 what video did Drumpf put out? Pretty sure I approve and I haven't even seen it.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (sJHOI)

109 Donkey Melon is what my first girlfriend back in middle school used to call me. Life was so innocent back then.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (2UBPP)

110 A sort of institution in the old days at Randolph and Lackland was to take a large orange to a training class, perfectly legal. Only, a hypodermic of high-proof vodka or even lab alcohol had been injected, invisibly, before packing. Made long, boring classes just fly by.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 04, 2024 03:04 PM (zdLoL)

111 Kitteh was funneh.

Binge watching Bosch (from 2014) on Amazon right now. Sad to know that Lance Reddick and Annie Wersching are no longer with us. Annie at 45.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 04, 2024 03:04 PM (ufFY8)

112 Haven't had a decent apple since I was a little kid probably, I don't even try any longer.

Posted by: Common Tater

Tell me about it. We had 14 different types of apples in our small orchard on the farm. My asshoe cousin cut them all down after we sold the place to him. Grammi is haunting him, I'm sure.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 03:04 PM (WXNFJ)

113 Where's Gallagher when you need him?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

Dead, but he was a smash hit!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Didn't his brother try to hijack his gig?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 03:02 PM (WXNFJ)

his brother was seedy

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 04, 2024 03:04 PM (sJHOI)

114 Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 04, 2024 02:59 PM (sJHOI)

That's a great little story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 03:05 PM (oUxZc)

115 I am tje only one eating watermelon so if got one would have to finish it

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 03:05 PM (fwDg9)

116 I've read that watermelon is a diuretic.
If so, it's good for high blood pressure.
But this could be overridden by dumping a bottle of vodka into it...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 04, 2024 03:05 PM (MeG8a)

117 Afternoon' (sips coffee)

Happy Independence Day!

Going to work later. There is a light rain going on in my part of Babylon DC. Nothing major.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 04, 2024 03:06 PM (sAmhv)

118 92

Burgers on the grill

https://youtu.be/HdQEAeBa7nw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 02:56 PM (63Dwl)
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"Burgers on the grill" musically reminded me of "Riders On The Storm".

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the brain is a tap on the head .. at July 04, 2024 03:07 PM (qfLjt)

119 Blue Bell is bringing back 2 retired ice cream flavors..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Nice! I hear Jeni's is trying to bring back listeria.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 03:07 PM (WXNFJ)

120 There is a link to the video on the sidebar.

Just Trump out golfing with Barron. He disses both Biden and Kamala, after handing a caddy a $100 tip.

Clearly, he has no idea what the Democrats are doing either, doesn't know which one he will be running against, so trash talks them both.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:08 PM (5p7BC)

121 I can't stomach the smell of cantelope. Don't like the flavor either.
Love watermelon. Can enjoy some honeydew melon. I like any melon very cold.

Story time! When I was a kid my grandparents had a cellar. Every year they hosted the family reunion. The night before the reunion, Grandpa would take bags of ice down into the cellar and dump them in an old wash tub. Then he would bury two big watermelons and a couple of cantelope in the ice. It stayed there until we kids started begging for watermelon. It was so cold, that first bite was painful! August in southern Indiana is hot and that melon was perfect.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 04, 2024 03:09 PM (4XwPj)

122 Happy Independence Day Ace, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 04, 2024 03:09 PM (mRYG5)

123 107 Blue Bell is bringing back 2 retired ice cream flavors..

Inflation was just too much for the flavors, eh? They had to go back to work?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (oUxZc)

I spit water all over my monitor after reading this. Thank you for a really good laugh!

Posted by: Moki at July 04, 2024 03:10 PM (wLjpr)

124 Watermelon was probably kind of a legacy thing. Remember, refrigeration wasn't invented till about 1910, at least on any widespread scale.

If you were lucky, they had an Ice House in your town. For 6 months you roasted, and bought huge blocks of ice to keep shit sorta kinda cold, sometimes. My dad swore ice cold milk was the greatest thing ever, when home refrigerators became widespread. Before that, it was always kinda warm-ish.

Ice cream and watermelon were two things that could be accomplished to try and have a respite from 90 degree 90 per cent humidity days. Stow them bad boys in the Ice House for a day or two, set up a row of tables and maybe, cool down for a few hours. Most people slept outside in the summer months, even in big cities like New York city. Right on the fire escapes, and in the parks, whereever they could get out of the heat.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:11 PM (r8+qN)

125 I would rather have a honeydew than watermelon, calliope I can give or take

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 03:11 PM (fwDg9)

126 It was the usual slog
Through my favorite blog
On a hot summer holiday

Content was light
So I went right
To the comments just to go and say hey

But when I got to the page
I was alone on the stage
Not a Nurse or a Sponge in sight

So I wrote a quick Hi
Hit the post and my my
I got a first on the 4th of July!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2024 03:12 PM (szKLp)

127 It was cloudy and cool this AM and then a small shower came through and now it's cloudy and humid. Damn you global warming

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 03:12 PM (NMNWr)

128 That salad sounds delicious, olddog
Posted by: Dave in Fla
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It really is Dave. Here's link to recipe.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222728/
refreshing-cucumber-watermelon-salad/

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2024 03:13 PM (a6pjX)

129 Most people slept outside in the summer months, even in big cities like New York city. Right on the fire escapes, and in the parks, whereever they could get out of the heat.
Posted by: Common Tater

One of the homes I lived in had a sleeping porch.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 03:14 PM (WXNFJ)

130 Hm, I see madammayhem and I need to get a room, metaphorically speaking.

Yup! Watermelon was an inexpensive way to get a bunch of people cooled down in the summer. My dad humped block ice in the summer to keep in shape for the football season in high school. Lots of people had refrigerators by then, but they were expensive. Po' folks bought ice for many years, especially living in apartments or tenements.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:14 PM (r8+qN)

131 Blue Bell is bringing back 2 retired ice cream flavors
https://shorturl.at/xJTIk
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (llON8 )

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No Dos Amigos? Sad.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 03:16 PM (bR4Tq)

132 >>> calliope I can give or take

Posted by: Skip

I concur, and should say so! Those Greeks were a little too balderdash for me.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2024 03:16 PM (2UBPP)

133 80 WHY WHY WHY hasn't the RNC gone Nuke Attack DEFCON 5 mode on discrediting Kamaltoe?

If I'm the RNC, I'm saving the money on top of the ticket; and I'm blasting Senatorial, gubernatorial, and house-a-torial candidates for being all-in on the national dementia. Everyone knows Kamala sucks. They might not know about Tester and Brown.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2024 03:16 PM (gKWVE)

134 105 Muscatine melon, that's what you want for canteloupe. Most fruits and things like that are just industrial imitations of what they once were. Gardeners know this kind of thing. Haven't had a decent apple since I was a little kid probably, I don't even try any longer.

Plants are poisonous to humans anyway, right?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:03 PM (r8+qN
To me, eating an apple is like eating styrofoam. Not so with pears or peaches.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 03:17 PM (o2ZRX)

135 I think Nurse brought a watermelon, feta, and mint salad to last years Mini MoMe in Salem. It was pretty good, though I never would've thought to combine those ingredients myself.

Posted by: PabloD at July 04, 2024 03:18 PM (ohsd/)

136 Reforger I'm doing okay. Will know next week if there is a plan of attack or what.

Nurse, I am doing just that.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at July 04, 2024 03:18 PM (iF0sF)

137 There is only one perfect ice cream flavor and that is butter pecan. I love all the chocolate things except chocolate pudding. Can't eat it. And I can take or leave chocolate ice cream. But I never pass up on the butter pecan.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 04, 2024 03:18 PM (4XwPj)

138 We have cherries on ice and strawberries macerating for shortbread cakes later this evening. Right now, just making do with cold cuts wrapped around cheese and ice water with lemon. Under the patio fans while listening to the Padres and Rangers.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 04, 2024 03:20 PM (YRsIm)

139 Posted by: jewells45

Hope you have a great Independence Day Jewels!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:21 PM (Q7/YC)

140 coupon at the local store this week, whole watermelon for three bucks.

brought home a beauty I could carry by myself, cut it all up and threw it in the fridge yesterday, and will be eating beautiful chilled melon all day today, and until it is gone!

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 03:22 PM (enw9G)

141 Mom always salted her watermelon and sometimes apples. Never quite got that as a kid. Guess I should try it now that I'm over 29.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2024 03:22 PM (a6pjX)

142 There's a not-too-old Russian joke:

It is the time of Stalin, he is traveling in a train and it becomes stuck in the snow. Stalin says, "fire all the engineers and replace them with the proletariat." The trains gets moving again.

Time passes.

It is the time of Khrushchev, he is traveling in a train and it becomes stuck in the snow. Khrushchev says, "bring back the engineers. .. they knew what they were doing." The trains gets moving again.

Time passes.

It is the time of Brezhnev, he is traveling in a train and it becomes stuck in the snow. Brezhnev says, "pull down the shades and pretend we are moving."

... next, Biden will be saying we should pull down the shades and pretend, while he takes a nap ...

Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2024 03:22 PM (GITLP)

143 Get a big bag of popcorn. Over at Twitchy there is a thread based upon a tweet from the Democratic Socialists of America. They are threatening to make the DNC in Chicago hell for the Biden campaign. The Dems are freaking saying we have to stop the Fascist Trump, stop fighting in the party. Cue Flounder "oh boy this is great"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2024 03:22 PM (NMNWr)

144 Thanks AZ deplorable. Just hanging out at home today. No big plans.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at July 04, 2024 03:22 PM (iF0sF)

145 Pears are sorta the same way. I bet if you get a good one, they are awesome. But I can't, so I don't.

I really like good canned pears however, because they are consistently ... OK. In heavy syrup. Ice cold, then drink the rest of the syrup. Once they switched to corn syrup everything tastes like ass. I'm not a food snob, but ingredients matter.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:23 PM (r8+qN)

146 Thanks olddog, I've got it bookmarked now!

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:23 PM (5p7BC)

147
So I wrote a quick Hi
Hit the post and my my
I got a first on the 4th of July!
Posted by: Joe Kidd

'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a great big convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2024 03:23 PM (63Dwl)

148 Cherries, pecans and vanilla ice cream makes the absolute best hot fudge sundae.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 04, 2024 03:24 PM (YRsIm)

149 Blue Bell is bringing back 2 retired ice cream flavors
https://shorturl.at/xJTIk
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2024 03:01 PM (llON8 )

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Shanks & Cream and Shiv-berry-Licious?

What?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2024 03:24 PM (u73oe)

150
Got the front drainage ditch out by the road trimmed and mowed, then got the front and back mowed as well. Took a pretty good beating in the heat.

I think Her Majesty is imagining I'll now come down to the kennel to help her clean and reorganize the storage shelves. I'm afraid she's wrong.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2024 03:25 PM (1Nxff)

151 and a happy childhood memory: the local pool had all-day festivities on the fourth, ending with a huge cookout and fireworks.

One of the events, along with father/daughter relay races and the like, was a water polo match, with bathing caps for one team and none for the other. The ball was a watermelon that had been liberally coated with crisco.

The first team to successfully get the melon on to the deck at the opposite end of the pool won the prize of eating it!

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 03:25 PM (enw9G)

152 147

10-4, good buddy..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2024 03:26 PM (szKLp)

153 Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. It is known.

You can make really good chocolate syrup with cocoa powder, granulated sugar, and salt. Water based. It will totally blow away the Hershey's stuff, no thickeners or artificial sweeteners. Trust Me.

Heath bar pieces used to be pretty good in ice cream. I like Malts - mix in some Malted Milk powder - a lot of powder - with good ice cream. Fresh ground nutmeg from those pods and it is really fantastic.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:27 PM (r8+qN)

154 If a fruit is a bit unripe and thus sour, adding salt fools the taste buds into sensing sweet. I'm thinking citrus fruits and pineapple - these are firsthand observations.

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the knee is drainpipe trousers .... at July 04, 2024 03:29 PM (qfLjt)

155 Talking of melons, that Giorgia Meloni has a nice pair.

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the knee is drainpipe trousers ... at July 04, 2024 03:31 PM (qfLjt)

156 Hersey makes a Simply 5 syrup. It's sugar, invert syrup, cocoa, vanilla and water. I'm having some on my homemade ice cream.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2024 03:32 PM (xjTDL)

157 153 Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. It is known.

You can make really good chocolate syrup with cocoa powder, granulated sugar, and salt. Water based. It will totally blow away the Hershey's stuff, no thickeners or artificial sweeteners. Trust Me.

Heath bar pieces used to be pretty good in ice cream. I like Malts - mix in some Malted Milk powder - a lot of powder - with good ice cream. Fresh ground nutmeg from those pods and it is really fantastic.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 03:27 PM (r8+qN)

I am now buying Hershey Simple 5 for my kids - so much more real as a chocolate syrup - sugar, invert syrup (which is basically sugar broken down in water), water, cocoa, natural vanilla flavor. My kid is destroying homemade chocolate milk now, and I'm buying double the milk per week than I was before this syrup...

I liked it on my coffee sorbet...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 03:32 PM (exHjb)

158 Off to the day's gig. I'd debut my song, but no one there would get it.

Suggest a squeeze of lemon on your watermelon. Really brightens the flavor. C'ya!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2024 03:32 PM (szKLp)

159 Hershey's Simply 5 - dang typo...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 03:33 PM (exHjb)

160 156 Hersey makes a Simply 5 syrup. It's sugar, invert syrup, cocoa, vanilla and water. I'm having some on my homemade ice cream.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2024 03:32 PM (xjTDL

And great minds think alike...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2024 03:33 PM (exHjb)

161 SMDH at these Democrats.

Biden reassured the Dem Govs that he is going stop scheduling events after 8PM so he can get more sleep.

And they nod along, like that is the problem.

Sleep deprivation does not cause you to slur your words, lose your train of thought and find a question answering a completely different question than the one you started with.

Obviously, the Dem Govs know what is really going on. But the rank and file Democrats that buy this bullshit are unreal.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:35 PM (5p7BC)

162 I kept it out because the ice cream is really frozen and taking awhile for me to eat it. I was pleased to find that syrup at the store.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2024 03:35 PM (xjTDL)

163 Biden: ‘I screwed up’ during debate, but ‘we’re gonna just beat Donald Trump’

Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.

Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2024 03:36 PM (GITLP)

164 The governor of Hawaii inquired as to Biden’s health. My health is fine, he replied, it’s just my brain.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (u73oe)

165 Salt on watermelon
Ketchup on hot dogs
Maple syrup on french toast
That's what freedom is all about. Nobody is going to dictate MY condiments.

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (vFG9F)

166 There is only one perfect ice cream flavor and that is butter pecan. I love all the chocolate things except chocolate pudding. Can't eat it. And I can take or leave chocolate ice cream. But I never pass up on the butter pecan.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 04, 2024 03:18 PM (4XwPj)
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I like Butter Pecan, but then again, I pretty much never met an ice cream I didn't like! However, an ice cream shop by me makes an awesome Pralines & Cream. That's my absolute favorite--can't get enough of it.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (3ImbR)

167 Nood Brazillian!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Q7/YC)

168 IIRC the Luling Watermelon Thump is at the end of June.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (8sMut)

169 If I were Trump, I would refuse to debate Biden again, and insist on debating Harris.

Tell the country that he wants to debate the person who is going to be the actual President in 2025.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 03:39 PM (5p7BC)

170 There's no way Biden can prevent that from happening again. He's not getting younger. That job requires a certain amount of effort and dealing with stress.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2024 03:39 PM (xjTDL)

171 166
I like Butter Pecan, but then again, I pretty much never met an ice cream I didn't like! However, an ice cream shop by me makes an awesome Pralines & Cream. That's my absolute favorite--can't get enough of it.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (3ImbR)
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Those two are great choices. Also coffee flavored ice cream. Love the stuff. Then coffee is almost all I drink anyway.

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the knee is drainpipe trousers .. at July 04, 2024 03:41 PM (qfLjt)

172 Those two are great choices. Also coffee flavored ice cream. Love the stuff. Then coffee is almost all I drink anyway.
Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the knee is drainpipe trousers .. at July 04, 2024 03:41 PM (qfLjt)
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If you're ever in Rhode Island, try some Coffee Milk. No one else in the world has it and it's pretty much the state's only claim to fame.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 04, 2024 03:44 PM (3ImbR)

173 "Feels like" temp is 105 but the actual temperature outside is only 93. It's a wet, cloying heat so I came inside for a break and discovered a Twilight Zone marathon. Maybe they will show the one where the Earth breaks out of its orbit and falls into the Sun.

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 03:45 PM (vFG9F)

174 I thump a watermelon just like my Dad used to do. Have no idea what it means.

Posted by: Javems at July 04, 2024 03:49 PM (8I4hW)

175 It is muggy outside, couple days ago predicted T-storms about now but nothing yet. Hoping to grill some brats about 5-6pm

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 03:51 PM (fwDg9)

176 Got my face stuck in a huge slice of watermelon that's dead ripe--beggars description for tasting good plus a lab that can't get any closer, she discovered the joys of watermelon and honeydew earlier in the week.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 04, 2024 03:52 PM (hKoQL)

177 It's amazing how so many cats love watermelon (and yogurt too) given that they apparently can't taste sweetness. Or at least that's what out veterinarian told us.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 03:52 PM (tmPIh)

178 Preznit awake from 10 am to 4 pm? Did Barry work that much?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 04, 2024 03:55 PM (QSrLX)

179 About thumping watermelons to test for ripeness, I'm one of those who still do it. You're looking for a solid thump, but not too solid. Something close to a drumbeat is the best way I can put it.

Size, color, and the stem can also be indicators. It's one of those things where you gradually develop the knack for doing it.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 03:57 PM (tmPIh)

180 63 Where's Gallagher when you need him?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah
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Right here, with the mighty SledgeOMatic!

tiny.cc/23d0zz

Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2024 05:36 PM (ttjGU)

181 Shit.

http://tiny.cc/23d0zz

Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2024 05:38 PM (ttjGU)

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