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dany505
a theft ring for peaches?? ..only in japan
Taka313
What a bunch of mo-mos.
Taka
franz75
I like peach cakes! Does anyone know who took it?
thepro
If they charged normal prices for fruit people wouldn't steal them
serindipity
Awe, for peach sake! What a son of a peach!
fds
price is commensurate with the time and care put into growing it. where else can you buy fruit that huge, juicy, sweet and doesn't have a single mark or defect on it?
Spidey
Now this story takes the cake!
And I was planning on making a peach cobbler for dessert tonight. So much for that idea.
Damn Yak peach thievn' thugs!
What's next!? Cows?
S
japanyesterday
lol this should be in the entertainment section.
wilbur
fds: huge, juicy and sweet, almost any place that grows them...blemish-free is a marketing ploy for weak-minded consumers
Altria
I hope they catch the people who did this and im-peach them.
thepro
I've had the expensive fruit in Japan and it doesn't taste any better than the regular supermarket fruit back in Australia. Sometimes I've paid huge amounts for fruit that tasted plain bad. I don't care if it looks perfectly round with no spots on it.
Piglet
I wish I could find shops around Tokyo selling normal fruits at a discounted price: no stupid packaging, just a bunch of fruits you can pick up. They could sell fruits with non perfect apparence (spots, not round, etc...). There's a lot of people with low purchasing power here (especially outside downtown Tokyo), and many cannot afford buying many fruits and vegetables anymore. I'm sure there's a real market for discounted fresh products.
keshii
You guys need to be taking this story more seriously. There are some serious criminals on the loose right now... None of your fruits are safe.
thepro
I'd go buy some cheap peaches from the back of a truck if I lived around there
telecasterplayer
Hmmm... that song "Peaches" by "The Presidents of the United States of America".. Millions of peaches peaches for me Millions of peaches peaches for free The thieves must have taken it too seriously.
sageb1
So let's export peaches to Japan and rake in the loot!
ninjaboy
Peach sake anyone?
sageb1
Plum wine!
thepro
The cops just need to check if a bunch of guys all turned up at a hospital suffering from severe diarrhoea.
WilliB
I hope the criminals get impeached.
WilliB
Altria, sorry I see you beat me to it
sailwind
WilliB,
It's really the pits when you think you have a juicy plum of a one-liner and didn't realize it was already used but I'm sure Altria is flattered. As for these crooks I'm thinking that by stealing the peaches they they thought they could make some quick cash and get out of whatever financial jam they have found themselves in. I hope the local fuzz nails these guys soon. I've heard that there was an Ojiisan woodcutter and an Obachan who does her laundry in a river nearby that might have a good lead on a pretty promising suspect when it comes to someone who has been pretty involved with peaches in the past. I'd start with them.
soothsayer
Funny jokes, everyone. Now let's just hope that the farmer was insured for the loss of a fair proportions of his yearly income.
Sarge
thepro - "I'd go buy some cheap peaches from the back of a truck"
Heh, they're not cheap either.
nath
Peach wine for sale.