Square Watermelons


	Square Watermelons

dorine

8-24-2007 6:16 PM

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snopes, watermelons, photos

dorine says:

"Each square watermelon costs about $82; regular ones cost from $15 to $25 each."

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8-25-2007 7:23 AM

Lifestar

Cool. And scary too.

8-25-2007 11:34 AM

michellezm

So unusual, but what a price!! That would be about 615 Rand where we would usually spend about 15 Rand per watermelon. Completely insane!

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