# What's rough on the outside, but sweet on the inside? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062 "2012-12-24T22:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/21 "2012-12-25T06:32:10Z")
A dead lion carcass with a hive of honeybees nesting inside it. “Out of the eater came something to eat, Out of the strong came something sweet.” Judges 14:14 ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/22 "2012-12-25T06:45:03Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > There’s a whole country full of people like the OP : Israel. > The traditional nickname for an Israeli is “sabra”, which is a type of cactus that grows all over the country. And produces a sweet edible fruit. So it’s prickly on the outside, sweet inside. > > (And it is actually is a pretty accurate and appropriate description of Israeli culture.) Since I came in to make this post… Yeah, this. He’s a “[Sabra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_%28person%29)” (AKA “Prickly Pear,” or [Opuntia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_Pear)) Even if he’s never been on the same continent as Israel 🙂 ETA: I think “Prickly Pear” could work as a nick name 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/23 "2012-12-25T07:04:48Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![andrewbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrewbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewbub)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/24 "2012-12-25T12:04:28Z")
an oreo ---
**Author:** ![gms453](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@gms453](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gms453)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/25 "2012-12-25T13:14:59Z")
A Zagnut candy bar (from a long ago far away time and place). ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/26 "2012-12-25T15:15:15Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Since I came in to make this post… > > Yeah, this. He’s a “[Sabra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_%28person%29)” (AKA “Prickly Pear,” or [Opuntia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_Pear)) Even if he’s never been on the same continent as Israel 🙂 > > ETA: I think “Prickly Pear” could work as a nick name 🙂 I may start using that for my SO, although osiul still fits too. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/27 "2012-12-25T15:49:14Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Even if he’s never been on the same continent as Israel 🙂 My friend is from Turkey, actually. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/28 "2012-12-25T15:52:49Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > My friend is from Turkey, actually. 🙂 If he’s from the European side of Istanbul and never crossed the straits, I still win :dubious: (No, I thought not :)) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/29 "2012-12-27T12:17:35Z")
> [@andrewbub](#): > > an oreo Yep, I came in here to say an Oreo Cookie. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/30 "2012-12-27T13:27:24Z")
Sweet potato! He’ll respond, “I yam what I yam.” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/31 "2012-12-28T06:51:09Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Sweet potato! He’ll respond, “I yam what I yam.” _Cogito ergo spud._ I think, therefore I yam. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/32 "2012-12-28T13:24:20Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > What’s something that’s rough on the outside, but sweet (or softer) on the inside? A vulva? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/33 "2012-12-28T13:33:31Z")
Durian fits perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/34 "2012-12-28T14:33:55Z")
A semi-dried turd? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/35 "2012-12-28T14:45:02Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > A vulva? Take off her jeans first. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062/36 "2012-12-28T15:38:09Z")
My little pit bull, Simone, who shrugs off collisions with furniture and doorjambs, and lives to lick everyone she sees. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062.md?page=1)