Mystery guess #17
The very smelly, mystery fruit
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Is it a pukeberry? *stabs wildly in the dark*
That’s sick (meaning good, in 2009 playground parlance)
Is it the fruit of the Gingko biloba?
Did the regurgitative bouquet yield subtly faecal bass notes?
Yes? then I’m with Dawn, Ginkgo biloba for sure.
It does indeed have those bass notes – I forgot that I put the fruit on the window ledge near my desk and have been blaming the cat for the smell of excrement.
Yes Ginkgo biloba, and to be smug RHS student, Its from the female tree usually ovules come in pairs on the stalks. ( That had better be right or I will get more homework)
Very impressive. No need for extra homework!
yeah, pukeberry=ginkgo biloba in west country dialect
Well, I was going to post the answer on Friday, but as there seems to be almost universal agreement that it’s Ginkgo biloba, there’s little point continuing the game until tomorrow…it is indeed Ginkgo biloba. Guessing correctly are Dawn, Ben and Michelle (I don’t quite believe Mark’s excuse that puke berries is a West Country term for ginkgo). However, there can only be one winner and as the lovely Dawn guessed first, she is the winner of Mystery Guess #17. Currently in overall first place in the Mystery Guess HALL OF FAME are Emma T and Victoria, who both have three wins a piece. VP and Ryan are in joint second place with two wins each, while Helen, Janine, Valerie and now Dawn have each won once.
I was just about to say Gingko!!!! I gotta get on here faster
Oh my God! That was so easy! Please note the sarcasm used in that sentence.
I would never have got it so well done!!
I hate having to go to work and missing out on the fun
Ryan
On the bright side, you’re still in second place in the Mystery Guess Championship
Have you ever smelt a dog dumpling? No, really, it’s a plant – Morinda citrifolia, I think, in the mulberry family Moraceae. They grow in the Caribbean and look a bit like giant, white strawberries. Apparently they’re edible but the one I picked up and took to my room began to decay very quickly and provided ample reason for its strange name.
Not as nasty as a gingko, but not at all nice.
Now that stink bombs are banned, I think a child could have a lot of fun with a bagful of dog dumplings. After your description, I might avoid a cocktail made with this http://z6.co.uk/z6575t
Hurrah – I knew my expertise following years of olfatory vomit study would pay off one day.