# What do you do with coconuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-coconuts/451334 "2008-06-01T05:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-coconuts/451334/41 "2008-06-03T13:17:50Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Don’t mess with a sailor; even one named Emma. [/QUOTE] Now there are words to live by. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-coconuts/451334/42 "2008-06-04T02:45:56Z")
[QUOTE=TV time] Actually, the best way to open one of them is to sharpen a steak (the wood kind) drive it into the ground and then sharpen the end sticking up to use that to peel off the husk. [/QUOTE] You eat wooden steak? You must have a tougher stomach than I do, and I live in Asia. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-coconuts/451334/43 "2008-06-04T15:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Curses! _Shakes fist at blondebear_ Um, since my first idea is taken, how about make coconut bras? [/QUOTE] Ah yes, that takes me back to the [Cook Islands](http://www.geocities.com/robkingston/cook06.jpg). πŸ†’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-coconuts/451334.md?page=2)