Life lesson: don't bilk funds to buy giant watermelons

2007-03-08

Apparently, a dude sucked out govt. money so he could buy an expensive, gargantuan sculpture of a watermelon slice. How much? US$150,000. How big? I gotta say, it's delicious-looking…

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6034/757melonembeddedprodafftw3.jpg

Seriously, the dude isn't me, but I'm aware I have serious competition now! (I'd actually prefer we team up and take on Gallagher for his chronic melon abuse, but that's another story…)

Thanks to Peter Haik, cofounder of Metaversatility, who mused that he found the "real me". For the record: stealing fund$ to go all-out on watermelon is the smartest stupid thing I've ever seen.

{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

Elix 2007-03-09 at 3:08 AM UTC

He's Robin Hood! He steals from the rich and gives…well…to the keepers of giant watermelon.

Ameshin Yossarian 2007-03-09 at 4:31 AM UTC

Wow.. where might one purchase such giant fruit sculptures?

Torley 2007-03-11 at 11:09 AM UTC

@Ameshin: I've never seen a catalogue from them, so I presume direct contact with a dealer of some sort might be in order.

Ameshin Yossarian 2007-03-13 at 3:20 PM UTC

Interesting lol that is so ….cool and wrong. Using the funds to buy a giant watermelon… that is an interesting person.

Torley 2007-03-18 at 7:29 PM UTC

@Ameshin: Yes, I'd like to ask them "Why watermelon?"

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