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This was the prettiest thing in my grocery bags this week, a quarter slice of watermellon shrink-wrapped in plastic. It's the kind known as "seedless" or, more accurately, "mini-seeded" so the seeds are white instead of black. Before they were cultivated, the watermellon plant was native to the Kalahari desert. Really. Wikipedia says so, so it must be true.

#1: Jan Wolter (jan) on Sep 9, 2008 [HINT] [SPOILER]

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ROFL
You haven't seen the competition yet, Jan.

Just kidding, everyone!!!!!


P.S. I have never seen slices of watermelon for sale at the store (other than it plates of cut-up fruit).

lol Jan on 3. I like it. Looks juicy and refreshing. Nice.

Yum! Nice puzzle :)

Halves and quarters are quite commonly found in grocery stores around here. It's for small families who can't quite manage to eat a whole watermelon before it goes bad.

Of course, I have a better than average grocery store - lots of organic and locally grown produce. It's sort of like a Who-Foo, but not a chain and less self-righteous.

Stop the contest we have a winner here


lol who the kiss-up??? :-)

I had the same thing in my bag this week

And as a final tought I never look at the creator when I judge a puzzle only at the puzzle itself

Thank you for your participation

Lol Jan. I am amazed by your confidence in Wikipedia. ;-)

I did the red first and thought this was a strawberry. You could resubmit without the green!

We have watermelon sold by the slice or quarter here too. Maybe it's an American thing?

I didn't know that watermelons were native to the Kalahari.
Thanks for the puzzle Jan and good luck!

I'm glad you joined the contest :)
good luck

we have watermelons sold in slices, quarter and halfs in Denmark, so not just american.

Nice to have a easy puzzle from you jan great way to start my morning.

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Seedless watermelons are not fun. We hardly ever get to have seed spitting contests anymore because seed are so hard to find. Cherry pits work pretty well.

lol Beth, & Cherry pits leave a impact both with stains & pains :)

Ergodyne, did you read Forum topic #112? If not, please do. WC stands for Weekly Challenge. Each week there is a new theme for anyone to submit a puzzle for. 3 of us are judges, and we judge all the puzzles, and rank the top 3, in order. They get "points."

So puzzles with "WC" in the title are being submitted as contenders for the weekly contest. The "Honors" button on the left menu also has info about the contest.

You should enter ErgoDyne! :) I'd love to see what you come up with.

Late comment per #7 and the description, I consider myself a Wikipedian and can say that just because Wikipedia says it, it isn't necessarily true (you should see the vandalism that's been in the news the last few years regarding living people). What stays in Wikipedia is "properly sourced"; even an article about Jimbo Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, came under question because information about his own daughter was not properly sourced. While he could put that in himself, he's not allowed to; living people must refrain from being active on their own articles, it must be written as by a third party. Thus, proper sources had to be found on information regarding his daughter before it could be included. Funny how it works, but it's like any other encyclopedia with the side idea that we are researching for and writing it.

I love this! Watermelon is my favorite food. :) And I'm pretty sure that what Wikipedia said is right, I've done research in various real books. :)

Fun.

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