Durian Fruit

[Red Horse]

More No Durian signs

This is the kind of discriminatory anti-durian propoganda i'm sick of. I really dont see how people can say they smell that bad. It something people always quote after reading it the Lonely Planet or something but often have never had a wiff themselves, they really dont smell that much

 

[Herbsman.]

lol those signs are funny

NO GUNS! NO KNIFES! NO LETHAL WEAPONS! AND NO FRUIT!

 

[Red Horse]

One of those signs is against mangosteens, how can a mangsteen smell?

 

[Ms Ordinary]

More No Durian signs
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That appears to be a very specific breed of dog they've banned there

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This is the kind of discriminatory anti-durian propoganda i'm sick of. I really dont see how people can say they smell that bad. It something people always quote after reading it the Lonely Planet or something but often have never had a wiff themselves, they really dont smell that much

Well I've been to Malaysia 8 or 9 times. I've been to Thailand and Singapore.

I think I can say from personal experience that they DO stink

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

lol those signs are funny

NO GUNS! NO KNIFES! NO LETHAL WEAPONS! AND NO FRUIT!

yeah, not seen that one myself

 

[Red Horse]

Well I've been to Malaysia 8 or 9 times. I've been to Thailand and Singapore.

I think I can say from personal experience that they DO stink

Fair enough. they didn't have to bring the scotty dogs and the mangosteens into it as well though did they? That was uncalled for

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Durian is lush. Ignore the smell, eat the fruit, it's like a cross between conventional fruit and a cake.

They're a good option for veggies too - my wife reckons they have as much protein as chicken

 

[Red Horse]

And, no doubt, tells it that he introduced them to you, you'd never heard of them before etc. etc.?

He tells people they used to grow naturally in the part of Romford where he grew up and he his brother would spend long summer afternoons shimmying up the trees to knock ripe ones down. He says he's always had a natural affinity with the fruit

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fair enough. they didn't have to bring the scotty dogs and the mangosteens into it as well though did they? That was uncalled for

To be fair, Scotty dogs are only overgrown rats and you don't want rats on public transport

 

[Sadken]

He tells people they used to grow naturally in the part of Romford where he grew up and he his brother would spend long summer afternoons shimmying up the trees to knock ripe ones down. He says he's always had a natural affinity with the fruit

He's such a cunt.

 

[Y_I_Otter]

Isn't the prohibition against having a durian on a public conveyance more related to danger than the smell?

I know, I wouldn't want to be squashed into a crowded tram or subway car with a lot of people carrying durians in net shopping bags!

Here in Canada, we can only buy frozen durian because there's allegedly the larvae of some burrowing insect in the husk that will survive here (!) if it's allowed to hatch. Seeing that it's always frozen anyway, I usually just buy those smell-proof plastic boxes of durian meat and dispense with buying the whole fruit altogether, since it's not that much more expensive, ounce for ounce.

 

[Jessiedog]

Shared a flat in Singapore in the early 1990's and this crazy, shaved-headed, Norwegian cartoonist (a good one too,) called Einstein used to keep them in the fridge till they were very ripe.

Once he finally ate the stinking, dripping fuckers, both he and the flat stank like a toilet for days - visitors stayed away.

I heard that once you get over the smell they're delicious, but I did try twice and retched both times, couldn't keep it down.


They are quite popular here too, but definitely banned from my house.

Yuck!






Woof

 

[Sadken]

He tells people they used to grow naturally in the part of Romford where he grew up and he his brother would spend long summer afternoons shimmying up the trees to knock ripe ones down. He says he's always had a natural affinity with the fruit

This comment is actually incredibly funny if you know the person we're referring to. I realise that isolates every single person on these boards apart from me, Red Horse and Pugwall, but I had to come back to it to give it's propers.

 

[Greebo]

Mate, that is lame Wing Tai's a stones throw away, well worth it for the sweet flesh of a durian

Might be a stone's throw away from where you are, but it's a v crowded 15 minute bus ride from that shop to up here. Somehow I don't think the bus driver (or the rest of the passengers) would let me on with something that differently fragrant.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Might be a stone's throw away from where you are, but it's a v crowded 15 minute bus ride from that shop to up here. Somehow I don't think the bus driver (or the rest of the passengers) would let me on with something that differently fragrant.

Would disguise the smell of Kentucky Fried Chicken and McShiteys though

 

[Greebo]

Just can't get used to the smell of durians - it reminds me of 3 day-old dead freezer contents.

 

[Y_I_Otter]

My partner describes the smell as "that stuff they put in natural gas to keep you from blowing your house up when the flame goes out on a burner and it's still pumping gas".

And then he downs his durian lassi like it's the last one he'll ever get to drink.

There are plenty of foods that taste a lot better than they smell. Ripe esrom or Harzer cheese at room temperature anyone?

 

[Red Horse]

My partner describes the smell as "that stuff they put in natural gas to keep you from blowing your house up when the flame goes out on a burner and it's still pumping gas"

Thats not a bad description of the smell actually, there is something a bit 'gassy' about it

 

[Red Horse]

There are plenty of foods that taste a lot better than they smell

Yeah Jaffa Cakes are like that

 

[ViolentPanda]

Thats not a bad description of the smell actually, there is something a bit 'gassy' about it

Corpse gas!

 

[Sadken]

God is a gas.

 

[beeboo]

What's with "NO SUGAR"?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What's with "NO SUGAR"?

Someone mentioned it was an advert

Someone also said maybe it was to prevent ants.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Is this the official view of Urban? are you closing me down?
See I dont get that. they dont even smell that bad, they smell strong but its not unpleasant

You say that now...

Take a journey lasting several hours in a minibus half full of them, where for the first hour you're just sitting there in the sun waiting for it to fill up, and then you'll change their tune.

Smells like men's pub toliets.

 

[Red Horse]

You say that now...

Take a journey lasting several hours in a minibus half full of them, where for the first hour you're just sitting there in the sun waiting for it to fill up

Sounds like heaven

 

[Red Horse]

Smells like men's pub toliets.

Nothing wrong with that, I've had some of the best times of my life in men's public toilets