On (19 Aug 05) Carol Shenkenberger wrote to George Pope...
 CS> CS> GP> You got room to grow watermelons in JAPAN????
 CS> CS>
 CS> CS> ;-)
 CS>
 CS> GP> I was serious, do you grow them in Japan, or just import them
 CS> fresh?
 CS>
 CS> We grow them here.  No reason not to!

They need a lot of real estate, and Japan is rather short on that! (same
reason why you don't have your own beef ranches, but rather import)

 CS> GP> I think it's often called "onigiri"
 CS>
 CS> Humm.  That ongiri rings a bell for a completely different dish.  Not
 CS> sure
 CS> though.

The problem being the transliteration into romago! :)
I'm sure it'd all make wonderful sense in Kanji! :)

Because I care,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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