Attack of the Green Testicle
Now I know what it feels like to be Fidel Castro. For some reason I ate an unripe avocado last night, which gave me a itchy swelling in the back of my throat. It seems I’m allergic to unripe avocado. Eventually the itching spread to the insides of my ears and finally subsided after a couple of hours. As I was searching online to find out how serious my situation would get and what to do about it, I discovered my adverse reaction is caused by an enzyme called Chitinaze, of which there is a high concentration in avocado.
More interestingly, I found out that the name “avocado” comes from the Aztec or Nahuatl word “ahuacatl,” which means “testicle,” assumed to be a reference to the fruit’s shape.
Thanks to Courtney for initiating this voyage of discovery ;-)
April 5th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Yes, yes, hahaha, it’s all my fault. In case any of you are wondering, that “for some reason…” can be filled in with “Because Courtney failed to find a ripe avocado for our guacamole…” I said it before and I’ll say it again: there weren’t any! And it’s not my fault the Co-op was out of their fresh guac! (But I’m still glad he’s not dead).
April 6th, 2007 at 12:14 am
I feel happy!
April 6th, 2007 at 12:58 am
I once had to research an awful story for Casualty about a guy who developes testicular torsion which is where some of a gent’s wiring that should deliver blood supply to a testicle becomes twisted, cutting off the blood supply and causing chronic and unbearable pain. The scary part was that it can suddenly and randomly happen. Made for wince-inducing research!
April 10th, 2007 at 4:15 am
Hi Liam,
I am your cousin Brooke. Duncans sister ‘Sheena’ her eldest daughter. I was the eldest cousin until you :).
I have a blogspot too brooke-elizabeth.blogspot.com and a myspace myspace.com/chookabok if you want to see them.
We may never see each other but I just thought I would check in to say Hi!
P.s- Duncan loves Avacado it’s one of his fav foods :)
April 10th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Hello Brooke!
April 11th, 2007 at 2:52 am
Who the funt is A. de Large? I’m too old for psuedonyms.
April 11th, 2007 at 5:46 am
It’s me. For a while I wanted to anonymize the blog, in case I felt like venting about work, or anything else that might come back to bite me on the arse later.
But then I realised I need to do more to anonymize it, and I can’t be all that bothered. And now I’m quite happy with my work situation anyway.
April 12th, 2007 at 4:10 am
Testicle problems? At least that’s outside the bulk of your body. MEN…beware the hidden dangers of the prostate! Enjoy it while you can, and ladies, learn to love men’s prostate – Love It, and Men Will Love You!
(Which leads me to my current theory that there are only 4 types of Conceptions – from Love, from Lust, from the need to shit, from the need to piss.
April 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Okay then, Mr Dead Inside. Well that makes sense.