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Apple with a smiley face
Posted By:
Myst
Dec 21, 2004
 Snip:

"I was working in my backyard last weekend, and I happened to look up and I saw this thing staring at me," The Truro man said Friday, referring to the apple his wife Michelle named Mr. Happy.

His Cortland apple, now a dull auburn colour and with wrinkled skin, was smiling at him.

Two dime-sized rotten spots make up the eyes, a third stands in for the nose, and four small marks curve up into a grin.

At first, he thought it was a joke.

"I thought my neighbour Calvin was over and poked it with a pencil or something," said the 36-year-old Halifax Regional Municipality employee.

"But when I got up close to it, I could see that's the way the bad spots formed."

[IMG]http://img1.imagevenue.com/loc83/th_78d54_1046.jpg[/IMG]

Link to a cached version of the article:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:u0eUpArr9TgJ:www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/uncgi/archive/7displaystory?2004/12/18%2B309.raw+Apple+of+their+eye&hl=en

At least it is something other than Mary. smile
Category: News-Story, Tall-Tale; Replies: 39

Comments
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Alex
in San Diego
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 07:34 PM
Alex
in San Diego
 Member
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 07:37 PM
Okay. It was my fault that wasn't working. When I activated the message boards two or three days ago, I forgot to click the button to allow images in the comments. Seems to be working now.
Myst
Member
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 07:41 PM
Thanks Alex. I feel better now. cool smile
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 07:45 PM
Hooraay Alex!
Dave
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 05:04 AM
What a frightening apple grrr ... you know I come to a conclusion, that if you cann't reach something then there is some divine reason for that... maybe you do not need to see it at all. By the way the word to submit was - "ill". Is that a sign or a programmed word for the thread?
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 05:24 AM
"What time is it? It's time to get ill!"
Razzle Berry
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 02:54 PM
poo be upon you (!) i have seen an apple that looks JUST FREAKING LIKE THAT lol, i guess it's my own fault for not taking it
Citizen Premier
in spite of public outcry
 Member
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 06:00 PM
You know, he should sell that on eBay, since that's obviously the face of Jack Skelington.
Rod
in the land of smarties.
 Member
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 09:20 PM
And I, Jack, The Apple King
Have grown so tired of the same old thing...

Or how aboot "So I Married an Axe Murderer"?

It looks like an apple on a toothpick.
HEEED!
Smerk
in to mischief
 Member
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 09:33 PM
Y'know, if the rot had appeared in the same formation, but upside down, no-one would've thought anything of it, and it would've been thrown away as bad fruit...

Rod, where's the toothpick? hmmm
Katherine
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 11:42 PM
That's actually a pretty cute apple...heh.

We used to have apple trees when I was a kid, and I'd almost forgotten how spotty/mishappen/gnarly-looking homegrown apples look. Makes you wonder what they do to the grocery-store fruit to get it so flawless...
Katherine
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 11:44 PM
I meant misshapen, of course...
Rod
in the land of smarties.
 Member
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 12:01 AM
"Rod, where's the toothpick?" - S....

It's a parody of a movie line (So I Married An Axe Murderer)...

Mike Myers is bugging a kid about how big his head is, and he says "Would ya look at the size of that kid's head! It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system! Looks like an orange on a toothpick! "

I also contained such gems as...
May Mackenzie: Charlie, hand me the paper.
Charlie Mackenzie: Mom, I find it interesting that you call The Weekly World News "the paper." A paper contains facts.

Harriet Michaels: Do you actually like haggis?
Charlie Mackenzie: No, I think it's repellent in every way. In fact, I think most Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

I stole the direct quotes from this IMDB page. Mostly because it's a tad more accurate than my memory when it comes to quotes.
Rod
in the land of smarties.
 Member
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 12:04 AM
It DO bear a strikin resemblance to Jack Skellington, though...
Smerk
in to mischief
 Member
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 12:07 AM
Ok. So I'm a little bit clueless when it comes to most pop culture references. Especially when it comes to movies I've seen once on commercial tv.

Katherine, they treat fruit destined for our local grocers with plenty of pesticides...plus, you expect an apple to look a certain way, so when they do get flawed fruit, they don't release them for sale...although I think we get all rubbish here...it looks okay, then when you go to pick it up, it disintegrates!
Razela
in Chicago, IL
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 12:15 AM
Wow, I just love the movie nightmare before christmas, and jack skellington is my favorite. Seriously, Danny Elfman is my hero...
Rod
in the land of smarties.
 Member
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 12:47 AM
Let's see...

Favorite Elfman stuff...
BeetleJuice
Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands

And, of course, The Simpsons.

Damn, I just googled him (Are my fingers cold, Dan?), and you can add Batman.

Shit, I never even knew he had anything to do with Surf II... Buzz Cola, anyone?
Razela
in Chicago, IL
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 11:54 AM
yah, but don't forget that some of his best work was before all that when he was in oingo boingo.
Free Message Board
in London
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 | 02:46 PM
Good JOV!
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