[Diana in Wisconsin]

Reminds me of my teen years. We'd build a big bonfire, then throw a watermelon into it when it was good and hot.

When the melon exploded, we'd all run off into the woods in pairs to "get a piece."

(Yes, it's a JOKE. A lame, one, but it's the only watermelon joke I know!)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Discovering too late that a watermelon spiked with vodka had accidentally been served to a luncheon meeting of local ministers, the restaurant’s owner waited nervously for the clerics’ reaction.

“Quick, man,” he whispered to the waiter, “what did they say? “Nothing,” replied the waiter. “They were all too busy slipping the seeds into their pockets.”

[Gabz]

This is DEFINITELY one for the Garden List!!!!!

Pprobably a few other lists, but we shall see!

[nikos1121]

“Research Says Compound In Watermelon Can Have Aphrodisiac Effects”

About the only that will work is if you knock a hole in it.

[nikos1121]

“Research Says Compound In Watermelon Can Have Aphrodisiac Effects”

About the only that will work is if you knock a hole in it.....and fantasize.

[tx_eggman]

Researchers from Texas A&M's Fruit and Vegetable and Animal Improvement Center

Let's not leave out the animaals, they have feelings too ...

Donning flame retardant underwear .. have after it aggy

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Watermelon rind preserves are good.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Austin, TX (AHN)

Only about 100 miles off. Kinda like having a story about the World Trade Center with a Philadelphia dateline.

[Liberty Valance]

They left out this part ... again ...

Cut a hole in the side of the melon, then stick the handle of a wooden spoon into that hole and mush it around a bit to break up some of the pulp, then put the neck of the bottle of the liquor of your choice into the hole. The amount of booze, depends on the size of the melon.
A nice combo is about a cup of triple sec and a pint of vodka for a small melon.
Punch holes in the rind of the chilled melon, insert straw and enjoy.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Watermelon; it’s a good fruit! You eat, you drink, you wash your face.” ~ Enrico Caruso

[wildbill]

We’d better be careful with this info. This is the same department at A&M that is researching the transplantation of natural predators to kill off fire ants.

I think it is a kind of gnat that sucks out their brains. Just what we need running loose, brain-eating gnats.

Remember that Kudzu and nutria were imported to cure problems?

[tubebender]

So that was why my Pappy had my Mama pickle watermelon rind by the ton...