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This is your day then. It is said that Japanese persimmon tree survived the atomic bomb at the end of the War. So special health and strenght qualities are claimed for the fruit.

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Oh, apparently the platanus tree as well.

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Originally Posted By: TheFallibleFiend
My wife and girls eat them all the time. As I type this, there's a huge bowl of them on the table in the dining room. I, however, have never tasted them. Not ever. I don't know why.


reading in Flat Mode as I do, this gave me whiplash! and a good chuckle while I determined that it wasn't the Dakotas on your table...

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I thought it was the parsimonious that he was talking about eating. I don't even know what a parsimoniou looks like.

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An orange caribou, of course. Preferably a stingy one.

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No, you were right. My cannibalistic kin delight in fresh Dakota when Aniyunwiya go out of season.

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when Aniyunwiya go out of season.

Yes, that's the kind of language!

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