Tuesday 23 June 2020

Durian Durian


Shock-horror. There are reports of a package of evil-smelling durian fruit in a Post Office in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany causing panic (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/smelly-durian-fruit-evacuation-bavarian-post-office). These spiny, pear-shaped fruit are revered as delicacies in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand but they emit a very pungent odour. The postal workers had no idea what they were dealing with and 6 were actually admitted to hospital before the nature of the 'problem' was revealed.

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