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Hmmm... maybe it's my squirreliness, but I think grapefruit are both easy to eat and tasty. Mmmmmm... - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

I can't stand grapefruit. It might be the only fruit i've ever tasted that i can't eat. - ·[▪_▪]·

That's too funny. It would be great to see some sort of mashup of everyone's take on that chart. I happen to love grapefruit and find plums far too messy to bother with. This humourous chart could also work well with all sorts of items. What about usability and information as the axis and then throwing on twitter, FF, IM clients, etc? - Troy Forster from twhirl

Oranges should be at the top of the Y axis. X axis is accurate. - michael brashier

@txsean i think i have tried those. I've tried supposedly "different" grapefruit and they all have a similar disgusting aftertaste to me. - ·[▪_▪]·

Alt Text: "Coconuts are so far down to the left they couldn't be fit on the chart. Ever spent half an hour trying to open a coconut with a rock? Fuck coconuts." - Tim Hoeck

Ever tasted or smelled Jackfruit? That has to be the at the bottom of the pit of tasty. - Troy Forster from twhirl

Durian. So far off the chart that if the chart is on your computer in your living room, the durian is on the exact opposite side of the earth. - FFing Enigma

Did anybody else notice this is from 205 days ago?? - Virtual Bird's Eye from twhirl

txsean been diggin scobleizer history - ·[▪_▪]·

Grapefruit is the whiskey of fruit. It hurts a bit at first, but it's worth it. - Andrew Warner

Carlin: "And now a message from the National Apple Institute: "Fuck pears" - iTad

I'm morally obligated to not like this, due to my love for pomegranates. - i80and

I love that - Calvin Robinson from twhirl

Durians truly stink. However, citrus fruit of most all kinds except for those easy-peel clementines or satsumas, are just messy. Period. - Ian May

True, Ian, but getting into a durian is similar to getting into a coconut: it practically requires a wood splitter and a mallet. All that work just to release that stench. - FFing Enigma

grapefruit is nearly $3 now at my local grocer so yea, eff grapefruit - Cee Bee

yay! chaos. meltdown! someone's going to get very rich off this. not me though - @baratunde

this was hinted to on Bloomberg earlier today. crazy. and we can expect more to bite the dust as well. - Carlos Ayala

The futures are down but not nearly as bad as today. They were down about 300 at this point last night. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets... - Andrew

Weren't they just approve to borrow $20 billion from one of their subsidiaries? - Kyle Lacy

Kyle - $20 Billion with a B - Andrew

If S+P downgrade them, they're toast and more panic may ensure tomorrow - Sally Church

AIG turned down private financing yesterday. They have options. They just don't want to take it. - Andrew

CNBC is talking about it now. $75 billion needed on Tuesday or bankruptcy on Wednesday. - Andrew Leyden

Keep an eye on Warren Buffett. His BH sub no longer offering insurance to the bankers that need coverage over 100k for their whales (the fdic only covers up to 100k on each account). His folks are saying it's because they are not able to obtain re-insurance on favorable terms. Hint: BH also owns a re-insurance company. In the case of BH, the left hand knows what the left and the right hand are doing. Not a good indication. - Dave Martin

WOW, this is serious!! WTH?!! is going on?! We couldn't log into our bank tonight (HSBC) weird stuff going on - Susan Beebe

Whoa. (Neo is concerned.) - AJ Kohn

Susan, I got nervous too when I went to an ATM machine and it said temp unavaialble. the next one owrked OK. - R. Ferguson

@Steven: I don't know who's talking about the rich - this is going to affect *everyone*. - AJ Kohn

The financial system meltdown is getting worse by the hour! - Muthu Ramadoss

This is bad but it had to happen. These bad mortgages have to be written off and there's only one way that's going to happen. - Rob Sterling

@Steven: I don't think it's being discussed here specifically but I think (hope) that everyone has that in the back of their minds. I know it's in mine. - AJ Kohn

shit - Arjun

I hate how all you insensitive asses from Silicon Valley treat the rest of the country when they are in a crisis, and it becomes a mere laff riot, an opportunity to hector people about bad debts, and a mere stock loss. You should think of all the loss of livlihoods happening here to people who are not to blame directly. Shame on you. - Prokofy Neva

not good. not good at all - Jim Goldstein

@prokofy - Very few jokes here, if any. Even so, everyone handles times like these in a different manner (some choose to joke, some choose to criticize other people's behavior). And not everyone on FF is from Silicon Valley... - cjmart

Holy shit that's awesome. Clearly they've tried to prevent this several times judging by the 2x4's nailed to the roof. - Josh

Thats really impressive - Arthur Guy

Steve Mcqueen reincarnated? - Toby Graham

That dog looks like a Beagle, and I remember growing up our Beagle would do escape jobs no matter what we'd put him in. - Mol, FF Music Lover

Love it. Trust a Beagle to figure out how to escape. - Marc

Am I the only one who laughed but was a little scared at the same time? - jered reynolds from feedalizr