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oristarA
 
Reply Thu 20 Jun, 2019 12:39 am
Is it watermelon?:

http://i1.go2yd.com/image.php?url=0M5IPYe2iL
http://i1.go2yd.com/image.php?url=0M5IPYSxEY

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InfraBlue
 
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Reply Thu 20 Jun, 2019 04:40 pm
The fruit looks like watermelon, but the leaves are different from the ones I've seen.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 21 Jun, 2019 03:14 pm
@oristarA,
Is this the test Oralloy took, is an IQ of 170 up for grabs?
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 21 Jun, 2019 03:52 pm
Casaba melons are more likely, but I'm not a melon maven.
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Ragman
 
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Reply Fri 21 Jun, 2019 04:38 pm
@oristarA,
This most likely is Casaba melon.
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mesquite
 
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Reply Fri 21 Jun, 2019 04:57 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

Is it watermelon?:

No, it is a desert gourd.
farmerman
 
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Reply Fri 21 Jun, 2019 05:24 pm
@mesquite,
we called em "coyote melons" in upper New Mexico.

Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 21 Jun, 2019 11:11 pm
@oristarA,
I don't see how the identification of a melon has anything to do with intelligence. Am I missing something?
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 05:02 am
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

I don't see how the identification of a melon has anything to do with intelligence. Am I missing something?


Supposed that you like to travel and now you come to a beautiful, vast wilderness. Excited yet thirsty, you look around and find the lot of these "Casaba melons." What will you do? A scrutiny of the environment confirms you that no one grows these melons. Mother Nature does. Will you think it is a gift bestowed upon you by God? Will you pick up one of the melons to appreciate? Will you carefully cut one of them to check out whether it is safe to eat?

Intelligence is what you do when you don't know what to do.


Roberta wrote:

Casaba melons are more likely, but I'm not a melon maven.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 05:15 am
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:

we called em "coyote melons" in upper New Mexico.


Good guess and impressive.
But continuous exertion may be required.

mesquite wrote:

No, it is a desert gourd.


Interesting and impressive.

Further effort is encouraged, however.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 05:34 am
The challenge of our intelligence:

https://n.sinaimg.cn/sinacn20190607s/274/w2048h1426/20190607/cc71-hxyuapi3940282.jpg
Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 06:57 am
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

Roberta wrote:

I don't see how the identification of a melon has anything to do with intelligence. Am I missing something?


Supposed that you like to travel and now you come to a beautiful, vast wilderness. Excited yet thirsty, you look around and find the lot of these "Casaba melons." What will you do? A scrutiny of the environment confirms you that no one grows these melons. Mother Nature does. Will you think it is a gift bestowed upon you by God? Will you pick up one of the melons to appreciate? Will you carefully cut one of them to check out whether it is safe to eat?

Intelligence is what you do when you don't know what to do.



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I can do everything you suggest without having any idea what kind of melon I find. I still don't see the connection.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 08:55 am
@oristarA,
You're the one who's challenged, not anyone else.

You're talking bollocks about intelligence.
farmerman
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 11:15 am
@izzythepush,
she gets an idea from somewhere and will rarely admit her misunderstandings.

I learned about coyote melons from the Navajo, who would dry and boil the perennial melon ROOT for several uses, including as a potato substitute (Although the massive root is bitter until very dry.
The fruits fairly inedible because its bitter but the seeds can be toasted , salted and eaten like pumpkin seeds.
ya dont have to be a genius to know about m, just listen to the navajo ladies.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 12:56 pm
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:

she gets an idea from somewhere and will rarely admit her misunderstandings.



Yes, I've experienced that before.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 22 Jun, 2019 08:21 pm
@farmerman,
izzythepush wrote:

You're the one who's challenged, not anyone else.

You're talking bollocks about intelligence.


The fact will tell.

It's too early to reveal the answer. I tell you, honestly, to keep making your effort.

If that is truly about intelligence, will you apologize, izzy?

farmerman wrote:

she gets an idea from somewhere and will rarely admit her misunderstandings.
......
ya dont have to be a genius to know about m, just listen to the navajo ladies.


You have to expand your vision. Smile


Ragman
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jun, 2019 12:01 am
@oristarA,
Sad to say but you’ve lost your audience.
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nacredambition
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jun, 2019 12:40 am
oristarA is a male aka Docofsoul

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_colocynthis

Citrullus colocynthis, ... colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cucumber, desert gourd, egusi, vine of Sodom, or wild gourd, is a desert vine native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia ...

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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jun, 2019 01:49 am
@oristarA,
It won't be.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jun, 2019 09:59 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

It won't be.


You've chickened out?

It is my formal statement: Intelligence is closely involved in this issue.
 

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