The beloved Durian fruit!!!

I took the family to Thailand for vacation and ate a bunch of these (well two is enough)...very unique texture and flavor...

...almost like toasted creamy nuts (yeah, I know), but they smell very LOUD and you cannot bring them into the hotel.

Great experience for me and the girls!!!

Have at it!!

I saw these on that "Bizarre Foods" show - that dude who eats bugs and fried turds and stuff. He couldn't even stomach those things. They don't sound all that bad the way you describe them (well, except maybe the nuts part...). It about made him puke.

Was planning on seeing some big boobs...well I guess there is one big boob in the picture...;^j

I have heard of these, but how 'loud' is the smell. Smells like what? Hard to eat somthing that reeks IMO.

Shheesh , Ugly STUFF,,

The fruit looks intresting though...

Durian, like certain types of "aged" cheeses, you either love it or hate it.

I ate one recently; I wish I could find them as fresh as THAT though.

Where'd you go in Thailand?

MACS - good thing your in corections and NOT detective work!!!

Andy - I asked them about mail ordering them to the States, I was going to send you one...due to the odor factor and agriculture BS, it couldn't be done...you were in my thoughts though

^thanks for the effort.

Funny........you would probably have no trouble mailing dog ****, but they pick on the Durian.

^ I also looked for the "****-less" sauce, but to no avail.

We probably spent 2 hours in the grocery store just looking at all the interesting stuff...you can learn a lot about a culture by looking through their grocery stores.

I think my girls enjoyed the store more than the King's Palaces and Temples...

everyday it was like, "Can we go back to the hotel and swim? these temples are boring. You can have a cigar and we can swim"... I spend all that $$$ on a nice vacation and all they want to do is swim, LMAO.

Um... okay. WHAT FARKING CITY DID YOU VISIT IN THE FARKING COUNTRY OF FARKING THAILAND!????

Good thing you're in the Marines and not an English teacher.

I saw Andrew Zimmern on Bizarre Foods almost gag on them, too. But Anthony Bourdain on No Reservations loves them. Go figure.

so how much does a 3 some cost there?? lol semper fi

Dan aka JCG

MACS,

Kids!!!

MACS,

I apologize whole-heartedly...I misread your post...you're still okay in my book.

We went to Bangkok and had a blast...I (we) plan on going back again, but this time we're doing the resorts and hang out on the beach.

I looked for Adroomi, but i didn't recognize him in any of the "he-she" bars that I was checking out...he must be in Malaysia closing out one of those big aircraft deals...

It looks like my wife and girls will be hanging out in Japan (she's a teacher with DoDDS and will get her own SOFA status, housing, and bennies) and I'll head to SoCal at the end of August, go to the "BIG WAR", retire from Iraq, and head back here to be with them...So, I'll be a GEO Bachelor while I'm there..do you have a room for rent???

I'm still trying to work it out with the monitor, but right now I have a report NLT 31 August.

Talk to you soon,

Jim

^Yeah, me too, brother. Upon further review, that post appears as if I was being my normal douche-ly self, while my intention was merely to screw with you.

LOL!!!

GEO bach, eh?

We'll have to arrange a few beer drinking fests while you're here.

And, yes... I got an extra room you can crash in. We don't need no stinkin' DUI's!!

^

The great thing about being in the Navy-Marine Corps brotherhood is that we understand the context in which typed messages are being sent and read, I knew what you were getting at...

We'll definitely be smoking and drinking when I get back to Conus...

I'll bring my shelter half...I just can't seem to get a good night sleep with you Navy guys and the "Ether Bunny" running around...I always seem to wake up with a headache and a sore ass.

I'll give you a few aspirin. That'll fix the headache, at least.

HA-HA!