Botanical Wednesday: Plump and protuberant

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   Shadowin

   17 August 2011 at 10:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   This gives a new meaning to food porn.

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   Snoof

   17 August 2011 at 10:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   That is clearly Grimace.

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   Glen Davidson

   17 August 2011 at 10:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   The anti-fart vegetable (fruit for pedants). Or anyway that’s supposed to be the etymological meaning of “aubergine.”

   Being literal isn’t always preferable (don’t do tell Ham).

   Glen Davidson

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   Aliasalpha

   17 August 2011 at 10:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Looks more like a fat man with a bad wig having a dance

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   Andromeda

   17 August 2011 at 10:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   There I was innocently thinking it had 2 phalluses, only to find out all about a French Tickler.

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   Iris Vander Pluym

   17 August 2011 at 10:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It looks like it’s dancing, no? I hate to do this but…

   *squee!*

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   elwoodius

   17 August 2011 at 11:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Instead of a giant purple nutsack – ok, I’ll admit I did see that first – I see an angry Mr Weatherbee.

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   DrMcCoy

   17 August 2011 at 11:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   This reminds of Purple Tentacle. :)

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   chigau ()

   17 August 2011 at 11:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Elvis.

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    UAgainstTheRopes

    17 August 2011 at 11:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    OMGless is that a phallus? And it’s got two mini-phalluses, errr mini-phallie?!!? I’m so excited I don’t care. Holy shit make me airtight, plug all my orifices so I can feel humiliated and derogated in this society. Quick! Quick! Quick! Thelonious, here’s my camera take a picture and post it on the internet, Classical cipher comment on the historical dominant male role of privilege while I cummmmmmm.

    WAIT!!!! Is that the god in three persons in one eggplant??
    HMMMMMMMMM….
    blessed trinity..?
    HMMMMMMMM…….????
    hhhmmmmmm….

    Never mind it’s just a mutant eggplant.

    Carry on…

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    The Panic Man

    17 August 2011 at 11:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    “Dose are da conditions dat prevail, ha cha cha cha cha cha!” That’s all I could think of.

    …So I watch a lot of Looney Tunes.

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    Classical Cipher

    17 August 2011 at 11:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Your puny brain is incapable of comprehending how tremendously you need to fuck off, UpAgainstTheRopes.

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    Benjamin "I can has MacBook Pro?" Geiger

    18 August 2011 at 12:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Classical Cipher:

    … what is this I don’t even.

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    The Rat King

    18 August 2011 at 12:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Well, it’s obvious that this vegetable is simply trying to achieve perfection by sprouting tentacles.

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    F

    18 August 2011 at 12:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    UATR:

    The fuck? Your goats on fire or something?

    -

    So, anyway, when did Barbapapa get that haircut?

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    agaytheist

    18 August 2011 at 12:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I’ve actually seen smaller protrusions than that.

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    Charlie Foxtrot

    18 August 2011 at 1:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I’d like to see it with a couple of big googly eyes and dancing.
    Then I’d accuse it of wearing a toupee.

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    Noadi

    18 August 2011 at 1:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I must be tired if I didn’t immediately see the sexual imagery. I though it was sprouting limbs in order to take vengeance against all humans who have eaten his vegetable brethren.

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    =8)-DX

    18 August 2011 at 3:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    We call it “lilek”. Finally an interesting vegetable that DOESN’T look like a penis.

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    Truckle

    18 August 2011 at 4:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I see this as the aubergine shrugging like the Fonz going “Eyyyy”

    Just me?

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    Carlie

    18 August 2011 at 7:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Aww, it’s waving “hi” at us!

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    Audley Z. Darkheart OM (OS), purveyor of candy and lies

    18 August 2011 at 7:34 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It wants a hug! Awe!

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    Cuttlefish

    18 August 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It looks like a high-melanin Schmoo variant.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

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    A. Nuran

    18 August 2011 at 8:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    That gives me the wil…err, the humorous vegetables

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    tangsm

    18 August 2011 at 8:29 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It wants a hug! Awe!

    Yeah, my immediate mental reaction was that it’s doing that “Up! Up!” thing toddlers do. That or it just needs to be captioned with ” ‘sup?”

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    ChrisKG

    18 August 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Okay, so my first thought was, “Is that an eggplant, or are you just happy to see me?” but it reminded me of a friend who had a vasectomy after a botched surgery and then he decided to show everyone the surgeon’s handiwork. Let’s just say “looks like an eggplant” was heard a few times. this was not a memory I needed. Thanks PZ.

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    MAtheist

    18 August 2011 at 8:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    presenting the double pronged eggplant …

    the new atheists nightmare!

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    ChrisKG

    18 August 2011 at 9:16 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    This gives a whole new meaning to “Don’t play with your food.”

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    arakasi

    18 August 2011 at 10:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Did anyone else see it as the reincarnation of Fonzie? No? Just me then…

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    Duth Olec

    18 August 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Hey, it’s Eggplant Man. Where’s his mask?

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    Kafir

    18 August 2011 at 11:21 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    As I live and breathe.

    Where is Kid Icarus when you need him.

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    The Panic Man And His Gloves Of Running Urgently

    18 August 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Kafir @#31: Preparing for his upcoming 3DS title.

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    Sili

    18 August 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Finally an interesting vegetable that DOESN’T look like a penis.

    It doesn’t!?!

    Excuse me.

    I think I need go call my GP …

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    kennypo65

    18 August 2011 at 4:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Very cool! I once got an eggplant that looked like Nixon. I should have kept it but I was hungry so I ate it.

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    Eddy Spillane

    18 August 2011 at 10:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I feel like a bong…

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    Markita Lynda, admirer of roadkill

    23 August 2011 at 8:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    What if we don’t _want_ to sign in with WP IDs? Does TypePad know about FreeThought Blogs?

    I can’t decide if it’s a happy, dancing eggplant or a cross between an eggplant and a boxing glove.

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    Shandra Opel

    27 September 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    “If those sound more compelling, perhaps it is your best choice.”