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What on earth is inside my pear?

389 replies

HairyPotter · 04/02/2014 07:59

Bleugh! Envy

I was eating in the the dark and didn't notice until it was too late.

What on earth is inside my pear?
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LouSend · 04/02/2014 15:56

I clicked Thumb's link.

HP DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

CuppaTeaAndAJammieDodger · 04/02/2014 15:56

it's a bit like that old joke:

"what's worse than finding a maggot in your apple"

"half a maggot in your apple"

Airyfairy72 · 04/02/2014 15:54

If your piggies are like mine, you'd never hear the last of it. Fussy is an understatement!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 04/02/2014 15:52

My sister sent a dead insect back to a famous Tea supplier. They replied (not that's a shame ) it was the SKIN of the insect that had shed, (so the actual insect was probably still in the tea??)

TantrumsAndBalloons · 04/02/2014 15:48

thats a shame? THAT'S A SHAME?

Is that it? Did they somehow miss the photo of the pear mouse/alien/chamber/testicle?

Ask them what the actual fuck it is

I feel quite sick now. And I am not clicking that link

I feel all itchy ready thinking that thousands of pear bugs have somehow crawled out of those holes and are somewhere....ugh

BarbiesBeaver · 04/02/2014 15:46

I am definitely not possessed by the maggot Aliens either. I had to cut open my neighbour's brains to check they weren't infected but they looked ok. Tasted delicious too.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 04/02/2014 15:46

Yeah Gods HOW can you nap when the BabyMousePear or BabyPearMouse/ Alien/Mutant is loose in your kitchen? Mankying up your worktops now . Hmmmmmm?

Thumbs link involves 7 maggots in a fruit kittens and embroidery .

Honest Wink

CuppaTeaAndAJammieDodger · 04/02/2014 15:45

that's it - I'm giving up fruit for life, I always knew chocolate was better for you.

Thumbwitch · 04/02/2014 15:44

I think you should send the photo to Kew Gardens for starters. They might be able to tell you what it is, and if not, they'll know who you should send it to. I looked at codling moth infestations, but apart from one pic, it didn't really look like yours.

I hope this teaches you to never eat fruit in the dark again though! Always be able to see what you're eating, just in case!

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HairyPotter · 04/02/2014 15:40

I've just woken up from a wee nap to find my mutant pear on mn fb page! Shock At least my worktop wasn't manky Blush

Too scared to click Thumbs link, anyone want to summerise?

Should I go to the Daily Fail? I could complain about cult leading greengrocers foisting mutant pear babies/zombie pears on me. I can even do a sad face along with dd2 (who was far from impressed when she came home from school and discovered it)

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confuddledDOTcom · 04/02/2014 15:34

I can't better the suggestions on here, you've definitely got some sort of scary infestation, but hopefully you've killed it and it's not sent messages to it's people so no invasion due Confused

I can't believe the response from the fruit and veg people! Shock They have to be in on it or they would be more horrified by it.

For some reason I keep scratching reading this thread, like when people talk about nits...

(Seriously, fig 3 and core breakdown seem possible)

BadgersRetreat · 04/02/2014 15:28

OMFG. There is no way i'm clicking Thumb's link. This is horrific.

I had a pear recently with what looked like a seed pod growing inside, round the core. That was offputting enough and it was def vegetation based, if you see what i mean.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 04/02/2014 15:24

Hmmmmmm Thumb I reckon if hairy clicks on that link and thinks about tunnelling through the skin, she'll see the bit of pear she ate pretty soon.

Hairy skips to the toilet...oops, not quite Grin

OhSoSirius · 04/02/2014 15:19

My first thought, "Oh, the stone's just gone mouldy, what's the big deal?" Then I remembered pears don't have stones.

Run, Hairy Pear Potter. I can't believe you let MN convince you to bring it back into the house! And cut into it! You've clearly released the swarm by now.

Thumbwitch · 04/02/2014 15:16

I reckon that it's a late infestation of pear midge fly, and that is the gall that they create. Shame you didn't check the pear more closely - they probably tunnelled out through the top, but you've eaten that bit so can't check. Normally the gall would develop on the fruitlet, and it would never grow into a full-size pear, so you'd never have seen it (it would look like this WARNING!! DISGUSTING PIC!) but if the thing had somehow been encapsulated inside the pear, it's possible that is what you've got.

Practicalpam · 04/02/2014 15:10

Send photos to www.christinewalkden.com she will know what it is. Quite want to know now...

aristocat · 04/02/2014 15:04

Need to dash to school, will check back later!

Good luck HairyP thought you would have had a namechange Grin to something pear-like!

WowserBowser · 04/02/2014 15:03
WowserBowser · 04/02/2014 15:00

And what is a contingency plan? I've never wrote or said it before

We're all doomed!!

SarahAndFuck · 04/02/2014 15:00

Anything is fantastic if it doesn't contain a mass of seething evil when you bite into it.

WowserBowser · 04/02/2014 15:00

Is Scotland still there?!? I've not seen anything on the news.

It'll be heading to me next. Is anyone down south who has a contingency plan?

FuckingWankwings · 04/02/2014 14:55

'oh that's a shame'

'oh that's a shame' Shock

IS THAT ALL THEY'VE GOT TO SAY???!!?

They are in on it, OP, you're right. I wish you weren't, but you were.

Tournesol · 04/02/2014 14:50

Just read the whole pear-shaped thread

StealthPolarBear · 04/02/2014 14:36

Lurking to see you all picked off one by one

SmellyFartado · 04/02/2014 14:30

I am seriously disturbed by those photos. See, this is why I never eat pears and never will again

Plus, I've tried to do an internet search on what this could be (to appease my mind with a rational answer), opening up a Which article and now I can't close down the fecking page, it just keeps coming back up. You've cursed my laptop with your alien mouse baby pear Shock