# In Japan, watermelons are veggies!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-japan-watermelons-are-veggies/477383>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 16, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-japan-watermelons-are-veggies/477383 "2008-12-16T12:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-japan-watermelons-are-veggies/477383/41 "2008-12-19T00:41:15Z")

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> [@Autolycus](#):
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> I’d say you missed a great opportunity for a Gaijin Smash. “Watermelons are veggies? Fuck that; they are totally fruits!! Anyone who says otherwise gets a powerbomb because I’m bigger, stronger, and totally barbaric. Gaijin Smash!”

The Incredible Gaijin!

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-japan-watermelons-are-veggies/477383/42 "2008-12-19T06:57:29Z")

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> [@jovan](#):
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> I think that’s what it is. “Watermelons are really vegetables” is the sort of trivia kids are exposed to in elementary school. Sort of like “peanuts aren’t nuts.” As a matter of fact, when I asked my wife, she answered: “the answer you’re looking for is vegetable, right?”

Yes, that’s pretty much what I found out by running this by a typical Middle Age Man in our company. Everyone calls them fruit and eat them like fruit.

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