Posts Tagged ‘fun’

10 Signs to Identify a Fruit Lover

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Here are 1o signs to identify a fruit lover.

A fruit lover usually is someone who:

  1. Rushes to eat the fruits first even before having the first bite of the main course
  2. Knows what fruits are on the table but doesn’t mind what dessert is there
  3. Usually likes fruits better than chocolate but doesn’t mind dipping it in chocolate fondue
  4. Can be found lining up for Gummy Bears and Jelly Beans rather than Hershey’s
  5. Doesn’t care if he’s roommate hogs on chocolate pudding but fights with his life to protect a slice of fruitcake
  6. Thinks a bar of Toblerone left open for two days is worse than a fruit salad left open for two weeks in the fridge
  7. Stocks the freezer with strawberry ice cream, mango yogurt and blueberry  cheesecake
  8. Doesn’t let the apple reach the preschool teacher
  9. Cuts grandma’s fruit basket into half right before reaching grandma’s doorstep
  10. Thinks ice cups are the most nutritious drinks in the world

Ten Tropical Fruit Facts

Monday, May 18th, 2009
  1. Mangoes are loaded with Vitamin A, and high in Vitamin C, Postassium, and Iron.
  2. Chinese medical practitioners use mango to treat dysentery.
  3. Twelve lychees have less than seventy calories.
  4. Passionfruit get its name from its flowers, which Spanish missionaries thought resembled symbols of Christ’s Passion, such as the crown of thorns.
  5. Mangosteen are rumored to have been the favorite fruit of Queen Victoria.
  6. Orangutans love mangoes.
  7. Legend has it that an Emperor of the Tang Dynasty lost his throne because his insisted on having fresh lychees delivered to his concubine on a regular basis – at great cost to the Chinese people.
  8. Many people believe durian is an aphrodisiac.
  9. Mangoes have been used as a type of contraceptive.
  10. Lychee is a member of the soapberry family.