May 12 2009Wuv, Tru Wuv: Heart-Shaped Watermelons
What? I CAN QUOTE The Princess Bride IF I WANT. There's no shame in my game. Or extra lives. Anyway, just in time for not Valentine's Day, Japanese jolly ranchers Kiroichi Kimura and his wife have perfected a way of growing heart-shaped watermelons, which sell for up to $160. It took three years to develop the process, which involves implanting a watermelon seed in a giant's heart and then slaying it and removing the melon afterward. Nice, guys, but I think I still stick to regular-shaped melons. *ahem* I'm looking at you, female Geekologie reader.
Heart-shaped watermelons in Japan [japanprobe]
Thanks to Ashnod, ffffffffffffffffffffff and NESbeast, who are holding out for spleen shaped watermelons.
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Reader Comments
1. Rutter - May 12, 2009 10:41 AM
FIRST!!!
2. the man - May 12, 2009 10:42 AM
first!
3. gizmoduck - May 12, 2009 10:43 AM
dawwwww
4. Kid C - May 12, 2009 10:44 AM
Does that heart watermelon have a belly button?
5. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 12, 2009 10:44 AM
Can we get one shaped like a vag?
6. Chase is First - May 12, 2009 10:44 AM
4th? Pffft. I still won't eat it.
7. bendizle - May 12, 2009 10:48 AM
exscuse me GW i am a man....and i dont have "watermelon" breasts...... *cry* i dont....
8. Timbo - May 12, 2009 10:50 AM
Cool...but not $160 cool...
It's still a freaking watermelon
9. yan - May 12, 2009 10:51 AM
for the same money you can buy a hooker a lobster dinner
i figure if they can grow em "cubed", they can do it in any shape
but thats a bit stupid to pay that much for a perishable
as it is $50 square watermelons were bad enough but $160 for a heart one?
its a wantermelon...WATER...MELLON it consists of basically.... well WATER and.....MELLON
you know how many regular watermellons $160 buys?
10. dubba - May 12, 2009 10:53 AM
for an "regular" japanese chick shes pretty cute
11. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Police - May 12, 2009 10:57 AM
Check out more shapes below, I hope GW sees this.
http://www.tofugu.com/2008/08/15/japanese-face-shaped-watermelon-and-other-weird-shapes/
12. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Police - May 12, 2009 10:59 AM
Also @2 you are a failure to your parents
13. LSDiesel - May 12, 2009 11:04 AM
I had watermelon for breakfast this morning. Except they were designed to look and taste like strawberries. Totally worth it too because when my roommate said 'pass the strawberries' I laughed quietly to myself.
14. Ollie Williams - May 12, 2009 11:04 AM
Happy Valentines Day darkies! Where are the heart shaped waffles and friend chicken?
It's funny because I'm racist. :(
15. photoshop-police - May 12, 2009 11:06 AM
bootymelon?
16. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 12, 2009 11:12 AM
@14
But you're black.
17. Alioth - May 12, 2009 11:19 AM
GW...you gotta show us yours first :)
18. Chuck Nunchuck - May 12, 2009 11:24 AM
This guy looks sad to be holding this.
http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/mickey-mouse-shaped-vegetables.jpg
19. Elwood Moosee - May 12, 2009 11:26 AM
And then, just like a REAL heart, you cut it open, scoop out the insides and share it with your loved one, down by the river, under a willow tree.
20. Ollie Williams - May 12, 2009 11:28 AM
@GFS
Ah-ha! I've fooled another one!
21. Ollie Williams - May 12, 2009 11:29 AM
@19
I just threw up a little.
22. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 12, 2009 11:35 AM
@20
Can I still sit on your lap?
23. Darth - May 12, 2009 11:38 AM
It looks great,how does it taste?
24. Pew³ - May 12, 2009 11:39 AM
Anybody want a peanut?
25. Rhialto - May 12, 2009 11:40 AM
It depends on the angle but it looks ass-shaped as well.
26. naas - May 12, 2009 11:47 AM
@5 good call shum, a vagemelon sounds better than it probably tastes
@13 Deez I had spaghetti for breakfast, then smoked one afterwards
27. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 12, 2009 12:01 PM
@26
It'll definately feel better than it tastes. Then again, I wouldn't try to eat it after I've used it.
28. aSsss - May 12, 2009 12:29 PM
i'm a female geekologie reader!
29. Anne - May 12, 2009 12:53 PM
I'm a female geekologie reader! pick me! me!! over here!
Also... dya think, if they made dinosaur shaped watermelons......
30. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 12, 2009 1:11 PM
LOL, he said female Geekologie reader, like there's only one of us...
Overpriced watermelon is overpriced.
31. Alan - May 12, 2009 1:37 PM
Romantic. Until you take it home, hack it apart with a cleaver, and eat it.
32. quik - May 12, 2009 1:47 PM
In regards to the price, even regular shaped watermelons in Japan are much more expensive and much smaller than ours.
33. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 12, 2009 2:08 PM
@30
Their's only one cool female Geekologie reader. (hint: I'm flattering you)
34. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 12, 2009 2:31 PM
Aww, how puke! Thanks GFS -HUG-
35. atheistgirl - May 12, 2009 2:35 PM
Why? Just why?
36. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 12, 2009 2:44 PM
Vomit! That means she hates me! She really really hates me! This is the best day ever!
37. Spith - May 12, 2009 3:14 PM
Inconceivable!
38. LonnieBubonic - May 12, 2009 4:43 PM
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.....
39. Daisy - May 12, 2009 5:51 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where Max learned how to reach into a mans riub cage and pull out his still beating heart. This is something he used to steal sodas from vending machines.
40. Watch-303 - May 12, 2009 7:17 PM
ummm... ok.
41. Aids - May 13, 2009 2:29 AM
Next its gona be a penis shaped watermelon..........
http://std-aids.mybrute.com
42. Jaded Icon - May 13, 2009 7:33 AM
Nothing says "I love you enough to spend $160 on a piece of fruit" like a heart shaped watermelon.
43. w0rkf0rf00d - May 13, 2009 11:07 AM
http:\\bravo2009.atw.hu