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DetlefK

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1. I know there's a breed of oranges in Spain that looks delicious and tastes absolutely horrible.

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 07:31 AM

Sep 2019

In southern Spain there's a breed of oranges where the trees are exclusively intended for decorative gardening. The trees look great, the oranges look great, but when you take a bite, the flesh of the orange is so bitter you can barely swallow it.

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"Banana Man" Ray Comfort Now Wants to Convince You God Designed Oranges [View all] trotsky Sep 2019 OP

I know there's a breed of oranges in Spain that looks delicious and tastes absolutely horrible. DetlefK Sep 2019 #1

I've often wondered why that is done... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #2

Oranges and bananas are understandable to their flocks. Science confuses them... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #3

The oranges we enjoy today are the product of human MineralMan Sep 2019 #4

"Ray Comfort doesn't know what he's talking about." trotsky Sep 2019 #6

Yes, of course. MineralMan Sep 2019 #8

I did not know marmalade was made from Seville oranges. Neat. trotsky Sep 2019 #9

There are a couple of trees in my parents' orange grove MineralMan Sep 2019 #11

Was the orange designed by gawd to fit the human hand rurallib Sep 2019 #5

Wonder what this guy thinks about in the dark? packman Sep 2019 #7

Truly a miracle that the Creator made chicken parts in the shape of nuggets. trotsky Sep 2019 #10

So who created watermelons? Cartoonist Sep 2019 #12

And pineapples and cashews and pufferfish and... trotsky Sep 2019 #13

Ray Comfort, explained Cartoonist Sep 2019 #14

Carlin did it pretty well too. trotsky Sep 2019 #16

And who doesn't like an orange-banana smoothie? brooklynite Sep 2019 #15

Orange you glad I didn't say banana? Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #17