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Cucumbers encumber man

Rob Beschizza at 10:27 pm Mon, Mar 26, 2012

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A farmer carries cucumbers to sell in the markets of Allahabad, India. Photo: Jitendra Prakash with Reuters.

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  • hypersomniac

    I pickled up on what you did there.

  • corollax

    A wild Tangela appears!

  • Mister44

    They look like giant string beans!

  • http://www.facebook.com/vtblues Jeff Marshall

    Cthulhu?

    • Antinous / Moderator

      Cthucthumbers?

  • cdh1971

    In Hindi (and I think Urdu) they’re called kakri and are in the same genus as cucumber, taste like a cuke and are considered cukes for culinary purposes, but are not of the same species as a…um…proper cucumber. The wiki article linked below labels them Armenian Cucumbers…

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_cucumber
    Would really love to try one of these, perhaps get my paws on some seeds. 

    Also, the wikiP on cucumbers is fascinating, well worth reading.

    • MrBillWest

      Burpee has Armenian Cucumber seeds. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (they are the best!!!!) has other rare cucumber seeds too. Not sure if they have this variety.

    • http://kutsuwamushi.dreamwidth.org/ Kutsuwamushi

      My family grows these just about every summer. They don’t taste much different than “normal” cucumbers. They have smaller seeds, though, and if you’re making a cucumber salad they’re really pretty because when you slice them they look like stars.

  • bruce_a14

    I thought at first that these were one of the long varieties of Thai eggplant, shown here along with their smaller version.  I had some of the long green ones in my garden a few years ago, thought the taste better than the common Black Beauty eggplant.  But the larger pic shown past the front-page post shows the ridges, a tell for Armenian cucumbers.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/RWYOYJGZXKYKXDZE7SSH2RQXLI yahoo-RWYOYJGZXKYKXDZE7SSH2RQXLI

    And I who thought I’d been touched by (or at least caught a glimpse of) His Noodly Appendage…

    • francoisroux

      Flying Spaghetti Monster?

      • awjt

         Not ripe yet.

      • robdobbs

        All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster that can walk on the surface of land!

      • Bobsyeruncle

        Or FSM and Cthulhu’s bastard love child? :D

  • Autonymous Media Daemon

    I look forward to the day BB presents us with a fine gentleman-about-the-internet puking on a cuke uke.

    • http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios

      Give it about a week and your wish will surely be granted.

  • MarcVader

    Quite a cumbersome mode of transportation.

    • Radu Romaniuc

      You mean cucumbersome.

      • IamInnocent

         That many cucumbers weigh  a pun!

  • hazz

    Snakes on a peon.

  • HahTse

    All hail the Lord Cthulhu!

  • http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai

    IA IA KOSHER DILL, CUCUMIS FTAGN.

  • fuzzyfuzzyfungus

    A compelling argument in favor of RPGs whose encumbrance mechanics are based on item weight rather than item volume, methinks.

  • info

    The Walking Spaghetti Monster!!!

  • Sparrow

    Orange you glad I didn’t say “banana?”

  • bumpngrindcore

    Where I come from cucumbers don’t look like that! 

    Other than that, this picture should have the caption “Like a boss.” 

  • Gtmac

    Looks like a Dale Chihuly piece. Cthihuly?

  • http://twitter.com/AwesomeRobot AwesomeRobot

    That’s not a man, that’s a pokeman. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tangela_(Pok%C3%A9mon)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Nance/1801552488 Mark Nance

    Finally! PROOF of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520184505 Andrea Dickson

    Oh, I thought it was bitter melon.

    • Robert Cruickshank

       His dog carries those.  It’s a specially trained bitter melon collie.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1501098635 Ben Cobbett

        Life is Butter
        Life is Butter
        Melancholy flower
        Melancholy flower
        Life is but a Melon
        Life is but a Melon
        Cauliflower
        Cauliflower

  • joeposts

    Hopefully he sells all his veg and walks home unencucumbered.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=640537025 Jennifer Kanis

    A wild tangela appeared!

  • SeferinoDC

    Medusa’s afro!

  • http://halfbakedmaker.org Robert Baruch

    That’s nothing. Tomorrow’s headline reads: Encumbered cucumber man cues Cumberland cook’s umbrage! I’m not sure I can handle the headline that comes after that one.

  • RJ

    Look at the photo of the man one more time. Imagine him walking along, the pile of cucumbers bouncing with each step, all in time with one of those equally bouncy big band tunes they used to play in old cartoons. I don’t know why that photo makes me think of old cartoons, but it does.

  • BombBlastLightingWaltz

    Rasta-cucumber man vibration, POSITIVE! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Marlowe/709027629 Michael Marlowe

    Was this the inspiration for the fashion photo that shows up later in the day?

  • melbojudoka

    A cucumbrance?

    • Antinous / Moderator

      A cucumberbatch.

  • awjt

    Cucumb no one’s making any puns on this thread?

  • timquinn

    This hat would look nice with a cucumberbund.

  • http://www.gdni.info/ fabricio1233

    I knew it!
    the aliens are invading earth!

    :)

    hahaha