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Insane Luxury of YesterYear – Pair of 25K Watermelons

by Barbara


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Pair of MelonsListen up!   This is CRITICALLY important if you don’t want to make a gourmet misstep!

Imagine the following!  You type with exclamation points!

(oops, sorry about that – the individual who is responsible for doing good grammar has been sacked).  Let us start again.

Imagine the following.  Having made your millions and are now enjoying the dotcom lifestyle, you decide to invite Tim and Nina Zagat over to impress them with your newly acquired gourmet tastes and begin by scouring your thesaurus for overly flowering language you can use to design the gold-encrusted menus and…

(NOTE – the person responsible for sacking the good-grammar doer….has been sacked).  Let us start one more time!

Imagine the following - you can afford the Batman’s other vehicle with your penny change, your summer cottage was once owned by Madonna, …. you get the idea. 

The critical question now emerges – what should you bring to your child’s preschool picnic?

Why, I think watermelons that cost 25K would be appropriate, don’t you?

To wit:

SAPPORO (Kyodo) A pair of cantaloupes from the bankrupt city of Yubari, Hokkaido, fetched a whopping 2 million yen at the first auction of the season at the Sapporo central wholesale market, the Japan Agricultural Cooperative’s Yubari unit said…..

"Perhaps the city’s designation as a financially rehabilitating entity ironically helped generate an advertising effect," said a spokesperson for the former coal town, which went bankrupt last year. "This will encourage the city a lot."

The two melons were put on display at Marui Imai’s flagship outlet priced at 1 million yen apiece. Yoshikazu Hoshino, 59, a purchasing officer at the department store, said the cantaloupes were more for publicity than profit ….MORE….

Apparently,prior to going bankrupt,  the whole town of Yubari centered upon its watermelon cache.   Accounting for over 95% of its income, the Yubari melon is a favored gift to give one’s boss or friends or family during the summer.   And because it’s an industry that supported the town, farmers cannot sell them directly to consumers; the commerce is strictly regulated.

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Your child’s preschool buddies, I’m sure, will appreciate it beyond words.  :)

Enjoy,

Barbara

 


#BEGIN highlights of this blog writing post:

Beginners make money tips:  Shun Yubari melons until your income is over 6 figures.

Intermediate and/or Advanced make money tips: If you DO buy a Yubari melon, try to benefit from the publicity as well.

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WarrenNo Gravatar May 15, 2008 at 2:08 pm

I WANT THE SWORDS! SEND ME THE SWORDS! THEY LOOK COOL!

Oh, and the article was good too. :)

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DianeNo Gravatar May 15, 2008 at 2:53 pm

25K for two pieces of fruit?

Is the world insane?

Now Batman’s car, that looks really good. :)

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RobertNo Gravatar May 15, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Don’t get me wrong, I like melons, but not at $25k apiece. :)

Nice article!

Robert’s last blog post..Building and Measuring a Viral Loop

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