Following up on my previous post, “Do coconuts grow in Florida?,” I found this rather fabulous article about coconuts and how they were able to develop a home in South Florida (and other places, including Hawaii) despite not being indiginous… and omg how I love anything and everything that’s coconutty!!
The article is far from being nutty though as it was published by Scientific American, which means it’s actually quite schololarly. Research going into uncovering such a mystery is quite impressive and it’s comforting to know that I’m not alone in my minor obsession with coconuts. Read the full article here: “Coconuts: not indigenous, but quite at home nevertheless”
And, as a bonus here is probably one of the most annoying songs ever recorded about coconuts. I dare you to watch the whole thing without going mad!
More interesting posts about coconuts: Food: Best coconut recipes and pics and After eating your coconut, this is what to do with the shells
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Song, I so wanted to like you. I really did. You’re about coconuts, after all. But still…
“You broke my heart, Fredo. You broke my heart!”
Have to admit, though not quite as irksome s that “Reindeer” jingle, only because the latter is ubiquitous. Less than three months now to the most wonderful time of the year. How long before that stupid “Reindeer” monstrosity comes pretty darned close to undoing all the good?
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Coconutty related, I enjoy this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je98UffdN18
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Lol, I was just talking about that song with one of my friends. That’s a good one. 🥥
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I am with you, JoAnn, and love anything coconutty! That (slightly obnoxious) tune is reminiscent of “I want a hippopotumus for Christmas,” don’t you think?
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Oh yes. That is probably the most annoying Christmas song ever… oddly enough though “Grandma got ran over by a reindeer” is one of my favorites! 🦌🎄
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I guess we all have our favorite worst Christmas songs! 😀
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Oh, that song really brought back memories. It was sung by Danny Kaye and was on the wireless a lot in the 1950’s. 😃
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Oh? I will have to look that up now. 🙂
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I absolutely LOVE Coconuts. 🙂 They used to do a Chocolate Bar here called the Coconut Boost and OMG it was absolutely delectable. Then they discontinued it. 😦 Coconuts are dreamy…
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Ohh, wow. Will have to do some research on that… awesome candy that goes away isn’t good!
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I made Coconut and Lemon Rice pudding the other night,,, 🙂
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Sounds delicious! 😋
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