# Gender and grapefruit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285 "2009-11-12T05:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/1 "2009-11-12T05:18:56Z")
Do you like grapefruit? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/2 "2009-11-12T05:23:48Z")
We’re talking breasts here, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/3 "2009-11-12T05:25:47Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > We’re talking breasts here, right? 😃 In case you’re not joking: No, this is about the fruit. I fully endorse the idea of you starting a poll about breasts though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/4 "2009-11-12T05:31:58Z")
Arrggghhh…my hamsters jumped…female and love it! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/5 "2009-11-12T05:36:29Z")
My mother is female too and loves it. I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/6 "2009-11-12T05:37:32Z")
It’s okay. I don’t dislike it. My main problem with it is it’s kind of tricky to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/7 "2009-11-12T06:22:47Z")
Given the options, shouldn’t this be _sex_ and grapefruit? (The answer to both is yes!) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/8 "2009-11-12T07:14:07Z")
Male, like it occasionally ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/9 "2009-11-12T07:23:08Z")
What if i like the Juice? ---
**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/10 "2009-11-12T13:59:23Z")
Male. Don’t care for grapefruits, but I do really like [tangelos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangelo), which are a hybrid of a grapefruit and a tangerine. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/11 "2009-11-12T14:03:11Z")
I must have some chemical thing going, because I simply find grapefruit inedible - as in “really - someone decided we could actually consume this stuff?!” Something about the taste just seems like it is warning me that it is poison, a corrosive acid, a juice that spoiled a month ago, or something… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/12 "2009-11-12T14:06:07Z")
I am unable to convey how allergic to grapefruit I am. If I suddenly cease to post, it may be assumed that I succumbed to the evil citrus. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/13 "2009-11-12T14:07:48Z")
My complaint is they’ve ruined them over the last 20-ish years. Around here the stores have 3 or 4 varieties of sweet useless red or pink ones. The original yellow/white kind are hard to find. And when a store does have some, they’ve been bred to be way too sweet & not at all tart like they used to be. Real Grapefruit. For Real® Men. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/14 "2009-11-12T14:18:10Z")
Male here. Love grapefruit and all other citrus. And breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/15 "2009-11-12T14:18:59Z")
I like grapefruit juice and dried grapefruit when it’s been dipped in nutella. Otherwise, I leave it alone. Nutella is good on boobs, too. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/16 "2009-11-12T14:33:05Z")
I have no strong opinion either way; I can take it or leave it. Female. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/17 "2009-11-12T14:35:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > My complaint is they’ve ruined them over the last 20-ish years. > > Around here the stores have 3 or 4 varieties of sweet useless red or pink ones. > > The original yellow/white kind are hard to find. And when a store does have some, they’ve been bred to be way too sweet & not at all tart like they used to be. > > Real Grapefruit. For Real(r) Men. And Women, please - the tarter the better. We grew up putting salt on our grapefruit - freaked me out the first time I saw someone put sugar on one. Ewwww. I don’t get them anymore because \*\*JustThinkin’ \*\* does the grocery shopping - and can’t eat grapefruit because of her cholesterol meds. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/18 "2009-11-12T14:39:46Z")
I hate the stuff. Just a little grapefruit will ruin an entire fruit salad. It’s not the sweetness – something specific about the taste which I find very unpleasant. It’s one of the very few foods that I completely avoid due to taste. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/19 "2009-11-12T14:49:08Z")
One of my favorite [xkcd panels](http://xkcd.com/388/). ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/20 "2009-11-12T14:50:08Z")
I absolutely LOVE grapefruit. The only thing is, I can’t have it due to the medication I take. This makes me very sad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285.md?page=2)