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		If you've always wondered what a 116-year-old orange looks like, today is your lucky day (news.bbc.co.uk)		74
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markie_farkie		2007-10-30 01:25:03 PM

The pips can be heard rattling when the orange is shaken

Gladys Knight is not pleased.

millertrey		2007-10-30 02:22:34 PM

If you've always wondered what a 116-year-old vagina looks like, then just ask her...

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Son of God		2007-10-30 02:36:02 PM

About the same as a 6 week orange, looks-wise.

God-		2007-10-30 02:41:50 PM

Yummy

Guntram Shatterhand		2007-10-30 02:42:49 PM

That's not an orange, that's Ceres!

RUN! A GIANT FROM SPACE IS COMING FOR US!!

denmmurray		2007-10-30 02:43:55 PM

millertrey: If you've always wondered what a 116-year-old vagina looks like, then just ask her...

technabob.com

ha ha! Disgusting!

williamfeldmann		2007-10-30 02:44:12 PM

Well, I can die happy and fulfilled now....

katghoti		2007-10-30 02:45:09 PM

You mean a 116 year old testicle?

The Dogs of War		2007-10-30 02:45:16 PM

heh...it looks like subby's mom
/go me

the8re		2007-10-30 02:46:19 PM

Unavailable for comment:

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krauts ahoy		2007-10-30 02:46:20 PM

I can't tell the difference between the picture of the orange and the picture of Heather Mills a few threads back. *squints*

wpmulligan		2007-10-30 02:46:31 PM

If you've always wondered what a 116-year-old orange looks like, today is your lucky day

No, but thanks for asking.

DaBishop		2007-10-30 02:47:08 PM

I gotta do it...

What's a pip?

/bump, set....

stebain		2007-10-30 02:48:27 PM

Weird indeed.

denmmurray		2007-10-30 02:48:46 PM

DaBishop: I gotta do it...

What's a pip?

/bump, set....

50 dollars for you, 120 for your friend.

gorgor		2007-10-30 02:49:09 PM

Pip Pip Cheerio....

vodka		2007-10-30 02:49:42 PM

What the fark is a "pip"? An orange seed?

My family actually owns an orange orchard so I don't know if I'm just stupid or if that is some sort of weird European thing.

eelcat		2007-10-30 02:49:46 PM

Son of God: About the same as a 6 week orange, looks-wise.

Just came here to say the same thing.

QU!RK1019		2007-10-30 02:50:16 PM

If you've always wondered what a 116-year-old orange looks like, today is your lucky day

My pips are rattling with excitement!

AthensBoy		2007-10-30 02:51:14 PM

DaBishop: I gotta do it...

What's a pip?

/bump, set....

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MissFarksAlot		2007-10-30 02:52:06 PM

markie_farkie: The pips can be heard rattling when the orange is shaken

Gladys Knight is not pleased.

*shakes fist* I came here to make that joke!

bighairyguy		2007-10-30 02:52:13 PM

Orange you glad it wasn't a banana?

SPL317		2007-10-30 02:52:23 PM

A dried-up orange from the lunchbox of a miner fatally injured on the day he was due to eat it

I like how they make the orange more important than the miner. It's like the orange had plans to be eaten.

lukelightning		2007-10-30 02:52:49 PM

If I wanted to see an ancient fruit I'd go to an Elton John concert.

WalMartian		2007-10-30 02:53:41 PM

Pity he didn't have a Twinkie in his lunchbox. Still mint condition after 116 years.

aspAddict		2007-10-30 02:56:14 PM

Looks like Bea Arthur's tit.

*looks around nervously*

...or...so I've heard.

*leaves quickly*

IXI Jim IXI		2007-10-30 02:57:49 PM

SPL317: It's like the orange had plans to be eaten.

I'm sure the miner did too, but they didn't talk about those kinds of things back then...

Alyna_jf		2007-10-30 02:59:59 PM

I dare you to eat it

Eutamias21		2007-10-30 03:00:10 PM

lukelightning: If I wanted to see an ancient fruit I'd go to an Elton John concert.

BaZING.

Daffydil		2007-10-30 03:02:07 PM

If you've always wondered what a 116-year-old orange looks like, today is your lucky day

You know...I've never wondered...

IXI Jim IXI

Gosh dammit! I'm freaking laughing outloud! Don't make me go outside...

Sticky Hands		2007-10-30 03:04:18 PM

sweet, I'm gonna get lucky today!!!!

//good thing I showered

unremarkable asterisk		2007-10-30 03:05:15 PM

What happened to the onion on his belt? 'Cause that was the style at the time.

IXI Jim IXI		2007-10-30 03:05:43 PM

Daffydil: Gosh dammit! I'm freaking laughing outloud! Don't make me go outside..

that's my latest strategy. Pop in, get someone in trouble, exit stage right ;)

VladTheEmailer		2007-10-30 03:07:56 PM

vodka
... so I don't know if I'm just stupid or if that is some sort of weird European thing.

That's not necessarily a mutually exclusive case.

monsignorguru		2007-10-30 03:11:42 PM

What the hell is a colliery? Do they make collies or celery?

kb7rky		2007-10-30 03:11:49 PM

IXI Jim IXI: Daffydil: Gosh dammit! I'm freaking laughing outloud! Don't make me go outside..

that's my latest strategy. Pop in, get someone in trouble, exit stage right ;)

Ha ha! I'm not at work, so there! Mock me to your heart's content!

/wait...
//that's not right...
///fark it...I'm gonna go have lunch

youshallhaveeverbeen		2007-10-30 03:13:30 PM

is the guy holding it in between his fingers? did it shrink?

ImpromptuRhymes		2007-10-30 03:16:38 PM

...and they told me it just couldn't happen!
Yay!

MayoBoy		2007-10-30 03:16:38 PM

monsignorguru: What the hell is a colliery? Do they make collies or celery?

It's a place where they mine encyclopedias.

IXI Jim IXI		2007-10-30 03:19:53 PM

MayoBoy: It's a place where they mine encyclopedias.

Mining encyclopedias would sure make the library a fun place to hang around again...

Macular Degenerate		2007-10-30 03:21:57 PM

Scurvy

TheOtherMisterP		2007-10-30 03:22:42 PM

"It had been kept by his family but has been donated to the Potteries Museum."

Sounds like an odd day to be the curator of the museum:

"You have a what? A 100-year-old orange? And you want to donate it? Um, gee... yeah, thanks I guess"

fernandez		2007-10-30 03:26:14 PM

youshallhaveeverbeen

is the guy holding it in between his fingers? did it shrink?

dried up

Oldiron_79		2007-10-30 03:33:32 PM

Dr Ruth? it looks like a grilled cheese sandwich....

vandelay		2007-10-30 03:33:42 PM

FTFA: Spokeswoman Deb Klemperer said it may just be a piece of dried fruit but the story behind it made it an amazing piece for the museum.

After reading the story, I am still quite unimpressed.