Emily, official youngest daughter or NewMexiKen, writes:
Have you ever heard of a watermelon imploding?
Rob bought a nice big watermelon on Sunday evening. We planned to cut into it today.
I guess the watermelon had other ideas . . .
Last night, it imploded and leaked sticky, gooey juice all over our kitchen island, stools, floor, trash cans, and life insurance papers. It totally ruined a rug. And our whole house smells like rotten watermelon.
Yuck!
Then, as I started to clean up, Rob tried to move the deflated fruit into the trash can. That’s when it exploded red pulp all over the floor and trash cans.
Gross!
Forty-five minutes and a whole roll of paper towel later, I finally got through mopping it all up.
The ants are already having a feast and I can only imagine it will get worse. I feel like I’ll have to mop for a week straight to STOP finding sticky spots on the floor.
Just wondering whether there was a big pressure change that caused the melon to implode? Was it moved from a high altitude to a lower one, or was there a big storm? Was it a thin rind watermelon? This is quite perplexing and fascinating. I suspect being rotten had a lot to do with it. I hope Emily and Roe get their money back, or a new non-imploding melon.
At least it didn’t happen on a carpet.
And don’t forget to clean under the refrigerator, just in case.