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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41857694

He should have gone to Specsavers. At least the police say the funny side of the story.

Talk about a marrow escape!

Adrian
(getting coat)

One year a plot holder left overgrown courgettes unpicked, They looked rather like mortar bombs, I suppose, particularly as the colour faded.

Found this while investigating achocha:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Exploding_cucumber_%28Cyclanthera_explodens%29_in_slow_motion.webm

Cheers.

Better safe than sorry.  As an ex-squaddie, I know that unexploded ordinance is nasty at best.

I've dug up shrapnel; a genuine unexploded isn't impossible.

Is it me?  I cannot seem to open Vinlander's link

It makes me think back to during the war when my grandfather gave my mother very large marrows to make marrow jam. I was carrying one these home on the bus when a person asked me if I had  one of Hitlers bombs . Mum used to make marrow and ginger jam out of the great big yellow ripe marrows.

Quote from: Digeroo on November 18, 2017, 10:26:59
Is it me?  I cannot seem to open Vinlander's link

It's the first time I've tried it from the post and it works for me - even when I log in as Guest  - but if all else fails, highlight the whole thing (from well before to well after) cut & paste into the URL line. If that doesn't work try pasting into Notepad (which removes all formatting) then cut & paste from there.

Or just google "Cyclanthera explodens youtube" - there are a few videos - the one with tweezers in frame and spines like a wonky horse chestnut is the best, any that show a hairy oval fruit are a different species (squirt cucumbers).

I can understand why squirt cucumbers are green - they work on liquid pressure, but the Cyclanthera is green outside and dry inside - I was expecting it to be brown (like exploding bean pods).

Cheers.

It works for me too.

I have tried every way but it simply asked which program I want to use to open it.

Have now watch the youtube video it is fun.